mission

Pastors Credentialing Orientation (PCO) “affirmed and strengthened my connection and commitment to the MB family,”  says pastor Greg Bright of Gateway Community, Canora, Sask. Bright was one of 31 leaders who dug into their Mennonite…

Money hatches ministry Harold Froese: Moderator Harold Froese became moderator of the MB churches of Canada at Gathering 2014. Harold is an egg farmer, a director on the Manitoba Egg…

“It’s a new day in global mission,” says Victor Wiens, mission capacity building coordinator for MB Mission. “There’s a whole new pool of workers from the Global South engaging in…

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.

Several months ago, a short-term team came to Thailand for two weeks and helped run a one-week English camp. A young girl named Kao attended that camp. Afterward, she began…

The call to be transformed fills our ears wherever we go. There are advertisements encouraging us to transform our bodies, community groups seeking to transform neighbourhoods, protests striving to transform the…

Easter 1980, I had the joy of declaring my faith in and allegiance to the One who saved me, redeemed me and commissioned me – Jesus Christ. The transformation was…

In the late 1980s, I was serving in my first pastoral position in a wonderful church filled with people who loved Jesus and were committed to being a biblical community…

It’s back-to-school time. New clothes, new pencils, new gadgets. Reconnecting with your BFFs and saying TTFN to summer. So, is anyone thinking about being a BTSM (back-to-school missionary)? One guy…

In March, a unique group of leaders met together in North Thailand. In the mix were 20 North American church planters and mission leaders, along with 20 church planters from the growing K*mu Mission Conference.

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…

WALDHEIM, Saskatchewan In the midst of celebrating “60 years of harvest,” the interchurch Waldheim (Sask.) Missions Conference stopped to ask whether to “sow” at all next year. The board held a…