The U.S. Mennonite Brethren conference ended its 2013 fiscal year with a strong positive balance and is now able to move forward in 2014 with its aggressive vision to plant …
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A young Chilliwack, B.C., church that launched a second campus just two years ago is expanding again, this time to take over more of the building it already owns.
“Oh my God! Oh my God!” gushed Sister Sophia, meeting us as we disembarked the bus. The nun in her sky-blue habit wasn’t taking God’s name in vain…
Not all the 1,800 seats were taken in Vancouver’s former Centre for the Performing Arts on launch Sunday, Sept. 29, but only a few chairs were vacant as the Westside …
Winkler celebrates 125 with local and national initiatives “What is an old church capable of?” That’s the question at the heart of 2013’s 125th anniversary celebrations of Winkler Mennonite Brethren …
Canadian Mennonite Brethren churches have chosen the number one as a thematic symbol. We speak of one Lord, one people, one mission. It’s a catchy sound bite. Mathematically, the number …
Every morning, our group piles into a van that drives us to the MCC Colombia office. Every morning, we laugh in disbelief at the way traffic flows: steadily moving bumper …
The Mar. 28 signing ceremony at ETEM-IBVIE celebrated far more than the addition of another Bible school, Institut Biblique du Québec, (IBQ) to the growing partnership.
North American church planters meet Asian counterparts Mennonite Brethren church planters from Canada and the United States met with overseas counterparts in February, in what MB Mission general director Randy …
My favourite part of the day, when I’m working from home, is hearing the distant sound of church bells from Winnipeg’s Ukrainian Orthodox cathedral. The bells chime every three hours …
My journey from marketplace to ministry In August 2006, a few months after my 50th birthday, my wife Janice and I went to Ross Haven Bible Camp in Gunn, Alta., …
I love a good Western. Back in the 1970s, I enjoyed a TV series featuring the adventures of two brothers, Morgan and Quentin Beaudine (played by Kurt Russell and Tim …
Book author: Sean Benesh City vision in danger of losing sight of gospel “It is my contention that the city, though plagued with many social ills and broken on numerous …
A church planter learns 3 important lessons I recently read an article based on Mark 4:35–41. It’s the story of Jesus on the Sea of Galilee, where he says to …
If you’re a church planter, chances are you’re wasting money. The sales pitch Let’s be honest: the U.S. is home of free-market capitalism [and Canada isn’t far behind]. There is …