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CHANGE, WRONG REASONS, RIGHT REASONS, AND TWO CONSIDERATIONS
The theme of this weekend is Inviting Healthy Change.
MCC CANADA APPOINTS COBER BAUMAN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
After much prayer and discernment, the board of MCC Canada is pleased to welcome Rick Cober Bauman to the role of MCC Canada executive director, effective Oct. 10, 2017.
EMC BOARD OF MISSIONS APPROVES SPECIAL PROJECTS AT ITS JUNE MEETING
Radio Mensajero, located in Tres Palmas, Paraguay, has broadcast the Good News of salvation for more than 18 years.
VOLUNTEERS AND WILLIAM BOOTH
The EMC, within local churches and wider, would not exist without volunteers, Christians who serve without being financially paid. Our conference’s local, national, and international activities depend on volunteers. The EMC has five boards and more committees with many volunteers.
A CHICKEN WITH ITS HEAD CUT OFF
Why do we keep reminding everyone about how busy we are? We inform whoever will listen that we are busy. Why? Of course this is mostly done in a tone of complaint, as though this busyness was inflicted on us by some bad fate.
MELCHOIR HOFFMAN AND THE PRISON TOWER
To sit in a group where Melchoir Hoffman (1495-1543) teaches from the Book of Revelation would be fascinating.
LIVING THE MESSAGE OF PEACE IN A CONFLICT ZONE
When armed men arrived at a Light of the Gospel church in the Donetsk region of Ukraine they searched the basement for weapons. There were no weapons; instead one of the men found a file with the names of people the church is assisting.
THE RECONCILING WONDER OF OUR FAITH
Recently EMC, CMC, and EMMC representatives were asked at an SBC chapel panel discussion: why be part of a denomination? They responded.
ELSBETH AND BALTHASAR HUBMAIER
What was it like for a Christian who defends the state’s use of force to have the force used against him? Or for a wife, after her husband’s imprisonment and torture, to watch as he is burned at the stake?
LEFT AND LEAVING
There are times when I particularly enjoy my husband Josh. Long talks on the lawn, leisurely kisses after days apart, delighting in something together. In those moments I catch myself thinking, “I’m so glad to enjoy this! I will be sad when it’s over!”
WORLD FELLOWSHIP SUNDAY CELEBRATED NOT IN ‘THE ABSENCE OF CHALLENGES,’ BUT WITH ASSURANCE OF VICTORY
Music from other cultures, Scripture readings on a common theme, shared food and special offerings characterize World Fellowship Sunday, a celebration of Anabaptist family in Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches around the world on Jan. 22, 2017.
MCC CANADA AGM DELEGATES GATHER UNDER THE ‘BIG TENT’
The staff and delegates who make up MCC Canada’s constituent boards gathered at Bethel Mennonite Church in Winnipeg from Sept. 23 to 24, 2016, for the MCC Canada annual general meeting.