Bread, acceptance and covenant
Update: In October 2020, Mennonite Church Eastern Canada announced the termination of the ministerial credentials of John D. Rempel, on the basis of ministerial sexual misconduct. To learn more, see ‘Credentials terminated for theologian-academic-pastor.’ Table fellowship is seen by some as a primal expression of hospitality, with the offer of food an opening of hand and…
MCC in Canada yesterday, today and tomorrow
On a cold, windy December day in Winnipeg in 1963, 40 men made the decision to form Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada. Exactly 50 years later, a group of people braved another bitterly cold day in Winnipeg to reflect on those 50 years and contemplate MCC’s future. On Dec. 13 and 14, 2013, the Mennonite…
