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Evangelical Anabaptist. Catholic Anabaptist. Pentecostal Anabaptist. I have used all these phrases in different contexts to explain my identity as a follower of Christ. In those sentences, the first word…
When we’re young, we’re often identified in relation to our parents (“so-and-so’s kid”). At some point, our parents become known by us (“so-and-so’s mom/dad”). Throughout our life, we take on…
V I E W P O I N T Let me be honest with you: I don’t want my kids to be evangelical Christians when they grow up. It was…
V I E W P O I N T Recently I was involved in a group reading through The Activist Impulse: Essays on the Intersections of Anabaptism and Evangelicalism. It…
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How an impulse click surprised me with community
by Contributor“Going to church” with the MB Herald book club Ever been catching up on your newsfeed and impulsively clicked something that caught your eye? Just a momentary spark of interest…
The Church of Us vs. Them: Freedom From a Faith That Feeds on Making Enemies David E. Fitch Brazos Review by Gil Dueck Why this book? Like many others, I…
June 8, 2019, MB Seminary announced a financial gift of $250,000 per year for two years that enables a reversal of personnel cuts previously indicated. “We are pleased that both…
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Why should we pay attention to the Reformation anniversary?
by Meetinghouse2017 is the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther posting 95 theses on the doors of the churches in the city of Wittenberg, Germany, including the All Saints Church.
Stuart Murray in his book, The Naked Anabaptist, suggests that many Anabaptists around the world are part of traditions we wouldn’t readily associate with Anabaptism. According to Murray, they practice a stripped down or “naked” form of Anabaptism
Since the 1970s, Mennonite Brethren have claimed the unusual title of evangelical Anabaptists. Through the decades, we’ve found ways to blend two broad theological streams into one current of church ministry and life.
How the MB Herald shaped our attitudes about evangelical Anabaptism Many MBs understand “Anabaptist” and “evangelical” as overlapping categories, like two circles in a Venn diagram. Both bodies hold distinct…
The reasons for claiming an Anabaptist identity have varied over time: in Russia, early Mennonite Brethren leaders were quick to claim continuity with the Mennonite-Anabaptist tradition, at least in part, to insure they didn’t jeopardize their legal status as Mennonites.
The first church that had to endure me as pastor was a gracious lot. I was 23 years old, idealistic, and sure my convictions were right. I had been raised in a Mennonite church, steeped like grandma’s canned cinnamon crab apples (don’t knock ‘em till you’ve tried ‘em!) in a particular brand of Anabaptism and unaware how much I had to unlearn.
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