Gathering 2014

2014 through the pages of the MB Herald.

At the nine-year mark, his church was in vision drift, said pastor Brad Sumner at the L2L breakout session at Gathering 2014. Jericho Ridge Community Church, Langley, B.C., called on…

I love the local church. I’m in awe of God’s amazing plan to use the local church to give witness to the reality of the transforming gospel of Jesus Christ…

“I’ve been asked many times about why we talk about multiplication,” said executive director Willy Reimer in reference to CCMBC’s new mission statement: “To multiply Christ-centred churches to see Canada…

Experience Vancouver was a tour (either on foot or by bus) highlighting various Mennonite Brethren ministries throughout downtown Vancouver. It offered participants a small taste of how MB initiatives operate…

“Theological reflection is like breathing: if we stop, we die,” said board of faith and life (BFL) chair Brian Cooper during the BFL breakout session at Gathering 2014. The survey…

In June, I attended Gathering 2014, the Canadian conference’s biennial convention. This year, the event was held in Vancouver at Westside Church’s The Centre – an amazing meeting space in…

In January, the C2C Network hired Karolyn Burch as director of ministry to church planter spouses. MB Herald copy editor Angeline Schellenberg talked with Karolyn about how God led her to…

1 Corinthians 3:1–11 Growing up is important.  We don’t have much control over the physical process of maturing – our bodies grow and change and get older whether we want…

Welcome to CCMBC’s mission conference!”  So began Gathering 2014 at The Centre in Vancouver, with a welcome from executive director Willy Reimer. “We are a mission agency, and our mission…

The Canadian Conference of MB Churches’ (CCMBC) finance committee made several presentations at Gathering 2014 in Vancouver, including a summary of the findings of a recent financial audit that prompted…

Canadian Conference of MB Churches biennial convention, June 11–14, 2014 The centre, Vancouver, B.C. At Gathering 2014, CCMBC’s executive board introduced a motion to approve, in principle,a draft of its…

Engage the presentations and discussion from Gathering 2014 at gathering.mennonitebrethren.ca

In fall 2002, I attended Church Planting Canada’s congress in Montreal. Patrice Nagant, our current C2C Quebec regional director, toured us around Montreal and informed us of Quebec’s spiritual and…