Reports to the 2015 BCMB convention reflected the “innovate” theme of the meeting, milestones and many activities.
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Conference minister Rob Thiessen wants leaders to innovate – “to do new things.” The light bulb was an innovation, he said to the opening session of the annual convention of the B.C. Conference of MB Churches, May 1–2, 2015, at South Langley Church.
In August, the B.C. conference (BCMB) executive board appointed David Leung to the new volunteer position of Assistant to the Conference Minister for Chinese Churches, effective Sept. 1, 2014. For…
Art Birch of Ross Road Community Church, Abbotsford, B.C., has learned about leadership the hard way. Understanding leadership, he told BCMB leaders, starts with the theology of leadership. Scripture points…
It was a happy ending to a story of trials and resolution at Camp Likely, the newest BCMB camp near Williams Lake, B.C. Co-director Patrick Hama (left) said, although there were 58 recorded personal commitments…
Delegates to the 2014 annual convention of the B.C. Conference of MB Churches at Cariboo Bethel Church, Williams Lake, May 2–3, 2014, were challenged to live out Jesus’ love…
These four admonitions were modelled after the letters to the churches in Revelation 2–3 given to delegates at the 2011 B.C. MB convention, “Hearing the Spirit speak to the BCMB churches,” Apr. 29–30, 2011. Click here for convention coverage.
Two churches – who meet at a unique, shared site – hosted this year’s annual convention of the B.C. Conference of MB (BCMB) Churches. Richmond Bethel and Richmond Chinese MB’s co-host pastors told delegates that each church has its normal congregational life in the same building, but they do some things jointly or cooperatively. Pastors Peter Mau and Scott Tolhurst said those joint things must be intentional – they don’t “just happen.”
The 2009 convention, as conference minister Steve Berg put it, was the third in a series to make the B.C. conference’s annual meetings more productive.
Introducing Ron Toews, Peter Dennison, Jay Neufeld
Farewell to Lawrence and Selma Warkentin, Herb and Maureen Klassen
Changes for Graeme Isbister, Mennonite Brethren Mission and Service International (MBMSI)MB Biblical Seminary’s Langley, B.C. campus, part of the Associated Canadian Theological Schools (ACTS), graduated 14 students with Master of Arts degrees Apr. 19.
What’s the most constant need in inner-city work? It’s not necessarily sandwiches. “It’s socks,” says Deb Lowell, a front-line Salvation Army worker. Speaking to B.C. Mennonite Brethren leaders at Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, Feb. 23 and 24, Lowell said front-line work isn’t as simple as it may seem. One must temper compassion with knowledge – often learned the hard way…
Among the Mennonites of British Columbia there is a movement under way that may completely change the makeup and self-identity of the province’s Mennonite churches. The past decade has seen…