Everywhere I’ve lived and travelled, Christians and congregations pray. Yet many Christians tell me they struggle to pray. That prompts me to ask: Why do Christians pray? Do we have …
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When Dennis and Mistin Wilkinson moved to Vancouver’s West End to plant Meta Community five years ago, they knew finding their family of six a place to live would be …
Praise and Prayer Follow @CdnMBpray for daily prayer prompts and visit www.mennonitebrethren.ca for an inspirational story each month. “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16–17 The MB churches …
Chris Stevens’ daughter is a missionary. No, she hasn’t travelled to far-off Africa to build churches. But she willingly shares the good news of Jesus with friends and sees God’s …
Sophie Schmidt of King Road MB Church, Abbotsford, B.C, has been a quiet Christian presence on the Canadian Women’s National soccer team for 10 years. Her mother Cornelia has been …
There were certain traditions in my Mennonite Brethren upbringing; Lent wasn’t one of them. So why Lent, and why now? I’ve wrestled with this. Here’s my answer: my main motivation …
Is that song running through your head right now? It’s Bob and his Sesame Street friends cheerfully singing about the people in their neighbourhood – the grocers, garbage collectors and …
AWAKE is a weekend of mission and renewal in partnership with MB Mission, C2C Network, MB Church of Manitoba and the local church. Through worship, prayer, workshops and ministry opportunities, …
Sometimes I dread group prayer time. I don’t know what to say. My repeated “God, help so and so” feels stale. I needed help. Who better to ask about prayer …
Iglesia Evangélica Unida Hermanos Menonitas de Panamá (United Evangelical Church of Mennonite Brethren in Panama) Congregations: 13 Members: 750 Panama is situated at the crux of two continents – …
Vereinigung der Mennoniten Brüder Gemeinden Paraguays & Convención Evangélica de Iglesias Paraguayas Hermanos Menonitas (The German and Spanish Mennonite Brethren conferences of Paraguay) Congregations: 30 & 65 Members: 3,112 …
Walter Brueggemann The witnesses tell of your boundless generosity, and their telling is compelling to us: You give your word to call the worlds into being; You …
while you run (or walk) I’m training for my first half marathon. I love being out on Vancouver’s seawall and am grateful to be living in a part of Canada …
On August 17, Canadian conference executive director Willy Reimer invited churches, in solidarity with thousands of other Christians around the world, to pray for the people of Iraq. Over the …
Laisvujų krikščionių bažnyčia (LKB) (Free Christian Church [of Lithuania]) Congregations: 7 Members: 207 Lithuania’s history includes alternating periods of proud independence and foreign occupation. It was the first …