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Part VI: Stories of hope
Categories: OpinionThis six-part series draws on Kara Carter’s PhD studies, for which she conducted five focus groups with Mennonite Church Eastern Canada pastors. Advent celebrates the coming of light, the light…
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A cry of the heart
Categories: NewsOverwhelmed, distraught, touched and compelled by the stories and images from Gaza, Canadian Mennonite reporter Madalene Arias has interviewed many people—Palestinians and Jews—she found through various connections and means. Below…
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Schultz extends contract with MC Eastern Canada
Mennonite Church Eastern Canada executive council and Ann L. Schultz have mutually agreed on a contract extension for Schultz. She will remain in her role as intentional interim executive team…
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Ambassadors of God’s kingdom
Categories: Opinion“But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20). These words of the apostle Paul are…
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MC Manitoba partners with B.C. church
Categories: NewsOne of the latest churches to partner with Mennonite Church Manitoba is outside the province—2,047 kilometers outside of Winnipeg, to be exact. Estuary Church, an emerging congregation in Delta, B.C.,…
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To thine own self be true?
Categories: Feature ArticlesBaptism rates among teenagers and young adults who grew up going to church have plummeted. Why? In response to this drop-off in baptisms, I could talk about what faith formation…
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Answering the Call: Three Young Pastors Reflect on Ministry
Categories: Past EventsAbove is a recording of our November 29, 2023, online event. Titled “Answering the Call: Three Young Pastors Reflect on Ministry,” the webinar is hosted by Aaron Epp, associate editor…
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Mixed martial artists focus of new exhibit
The gloves are on at MHC Gallery in Winnipeg. The gallery’s next exhibit, “What Are Men For?” will feature drawings and paintings by artist Tom Lovatt that depict mixed martial…
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Winnipeg filmmaker receives $15,000 award
Curtis L. Wiebe is the recipient of the 2023 MFM Manitoba Film Hothouse Award for Creative Development. Wiebe is a filmmaker, illustrator, animator, musician and sculptor in Winnipeg, where he…
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What kind of peace church are we?
Categories: EditorialAs Israel obliterates Gaza, and hostages await sunlight, it’s easy to look away. Indeed, sometimes we must. Not everyone can take every war to heart. But this war demands something…
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Readers write: December 1, 2023
Categories: OpinionDon’t ignore pain and rage I was encouraged to see Canadian Mennonite give space to understanding the conflict in Palestine that is currently so front and centre (“Palestinian voices,” October…
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Bethlehem Bible College
Categories: OpinionBishara Awad stands outside Bethlehem Bible College in Bethlehem in 1985. Awad, a Palestinian Christian, founded the school in 1979. He had previously served with Mennonite Central Committee in a…
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False unity vs. true unity
In B.C. we’ve heard stories of churches in at least two denomina- tions choosing to use secondary or tertiary doctrines and opinions as litmus tests for belonging. These groups are…
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Battle for the character of Israel
Categories: NewsUri Weltmann says support for Israel’s government and support for the people of Israel are two different things. “This is not one and the same,” he says, speaking by video…
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Cultural or biblical?
Categories: OpinionIt is exactly 100 years ago that my congregation, First Mennonite Church in Kitchener, divided over the issue of women’s head coverings. Two-thirds of the congregation left because they did…
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Witness workers visit from Philippines
Categories: NewsGrowing up as a member of the Sumacher Indigenous peoples group in the Philippines, Tala Bautista listened to American music. She longed to see snow and perhaps roast chestnuts on…
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The rally call
Categories: OpinionCuriosity is a powerful spiritual discipline. Curiosity has blessed me with many opportunities to spend time with kind, intelligent and reasonable people, in many different social, political and theological camps.…
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Peace from the podium
Categories: NewsWorking for a more peaceful world can take place anywhere. For Susanne Guenther Loewen it takes place at the front of the classroom at Saskatchewan’s largest public university. Guenther Loewen…
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Open communion and intercultural church
Categories: OpinionOne of the contradictions I have observed in intercultural churches in North America is that, while they intentionally strive to welcome all people, almost all of them stubbornly adhere to…
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Housing seminar reimagines living space
Categories: NewsA recent seminar in Abbotsford, B.C., considered how churches can help fellow British Columbians find reasonably priced housing. The November 18 event was hosted by Emmanuel Mennonite Church. The Affordable…
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