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Gospel Herald and The Mennonite available for online searches
Readers can now search online, for free, in the denominational magazines of Mennonite Church Canada’s and Mennonite Church USA’s two predecessor organizations, the Mennonite Church (MC) and the General Conference Mennonite Church (GCMC). Within each volume of the MC Gospel Herald (1908–1998) and the GCMC The Mennonite (1885–1998), researchers can conduct a full-text search to quickly…
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European Anabaptist leaders release statement on refugees
Leaders of Mennonite conferences in Europe and international guests met in Buhl, France, for their annual gathering of planning and fellowship October 23-25, 2015. The assembled leaders drafted a statement to express their concern about the refugee crisis in Europe. The statement said in part, “The refugees of our time remind us of biblical stories…
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Professor reflects on Mennonite hymns and their influence
Dr. Kenneth J. Nafziger, long-time and noted professor of music at Eastern Mennonite University—plus a key figure in putting together a hymnal and two song supplements—spoke at a recent breakfast meeting of the Eastern Mennonite University Anabaptist Center for Religion and Society. His topic: How our hymns influence and reflect our changing theology. Former radio speaker Margaret Foth introduced Nafziger…
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Personnel sought for Mennonite song collection
Looking for a way to use your musical and worship talents in the new year? Want to be part of shaping what Mennonites sing? MennoMedia, in close partnership with Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church USA, began accepting applications for various committee and staff positions for a new Mennonite song collection on January 1, 2016.…
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Top 10 online stories in 2015
Stories about Mennonite identity, sexuality, politics, and music attracted visitors to the Canadian Mennonite website last year. Here are the top stories, based on the number of page views. 10. “Being Mennonite 101” featured a young adult who uses light-hearted YouTube videos to educate people about Mennonite beliefs and culture. About Mennonites of many nationalities and…
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St. Jacobs Mennonite celebrates 100 years in the village
In 1915, in the midst of the First World War, the Swiss Mennonite congregation that had been meeting at the Conestoga Meetinghouse moved to the village of St. Jacobs. Founded in 1834, the congregation had been meeting in a simple structure at 2035 Three Bridges Road, where St. Jacobs Mennonite Church still maintains a cemetery.…
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Loving life, befriending death
“The ability to keep people alive longer has created new ethical questions around deciding to die. This has, in ways, driven the conversation around euthanasia and assisted suicide.” Paul Chamberlain spoke these words in his opening address at the Canadian Mennonite Health Assembly, which met in Waterloo in October 2015. The annual conference, entitled “Loving…
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Anabaptist schools, Scripture and spiritual awakening
In late September 2015, many of us were enthralled by a rare celestial display: a super moon in total eclipse, also known as a blood moon because of its reddish glow—clearly a reference to the apocalyptic vision from Revelation 6. I talked about the blood moon on the phone with my 93-year-old mother, who said,…
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MDS project directors deeply rooted in service
When Peter Thiessen was a teenager, one of his neighbors, a farmer, was injured so badly he couldn’t do the harvest. “It was Halloween night,” recalled Peter, “and my father got all the guys in the community together, and we worked for that farmer all through the night.” As he was growing up in Manitoba,…
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Welcoming refugees in Germany
“Above all, we want the refugees to receive what they need in the name of Jesus, for his glory and fame. They need him more than they need clean bedsheets, but we want to give them both!” say Eastern Mennonite Missions (EMM) workers in Halle, Germany. As Germany continues to wrestle with Europe’s worst refugee…
