Canadian Mennonite Magazine

Sunday school in St. Catherines, circa 1978. Photo: Centre for Mennonite Bretheren Studies.

Whatever became of Sunday school

October 4, 2024 | Feature | Maurice Martin

They had forgotten about the kids.

It was the 1980s; two major Mennonite denominations had merged, spending five years and a large sum of money to figure out how to bring the various mission boards into the...

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Getting passionate about the bible

October 4, 2024 | Feature | Derek Suderman

Sunday school has been approached differently by different people. At times, the church has taken a defensive posture: It’s scary out there and we’re going to shelter you and teach you what’s right so you can stand fast. In this approach, the goal...

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Finding a home in the MB conference

August 30, 2024 | Feature | Will Braun

Brent Kipfer’s Mennonite Church Canada pedigree is solid: he grew up at Poole Mennonite Church in Poole, Ontario, attended Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, graduated from Canadian Mennonite Bible College and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, and became pastor of a Mennonite Church Eastern Canada congregation....

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Switchers and exiters

August 29, 2024 | Feature | Joel Thiessen

Why do people switch or exit a church or denomination? And why do some churches leave a denomination altogether?

Chances are you could offer possible reasons from your own experiences or those around you. Anecdotes are helpful...

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A recipe to reverse the economy

August 2, 2024 | Feature | Zach Rempel

The Mennonite more-with-less ethic is something I have always connected with. Shopping for clothes at the thrift store, commuting by bicycle and eating simple, tasty food are practices that have defined my life in the Mennonite community. These values ultimately steered me toward...

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Singing Back the Buffalo documents buffalo rematriation efforts by Indigenous nations and tribes in Canada and the U.S.
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Richard DuBois, an artist from Pasqua First Nation, completed a mural for the healing garden in 2023. Credit: Katie Doke Sawatzky.

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Singer Bruce Cockburn and the late Cathy Merrick, Chief of Pimicikamak at the time of the photo, at the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg in 2014. Photo by Will Braun.