Going to church these days can be a bit like eating at a fast food joint. It might be quick and tasty. But it won't satisfy your soul. You can't franchise the kingdom of God, say... Read More
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Young Voices co-editor Aaron Epp is reading through in Bible in 2014. This is his plan. Read more about this project at A Year of Reading Biblically and join him in the challenge... Read More
March 26, 2014 | Young Voices | Canadian Mennonite
Ask Cara Baergen what an average workday looks like for her, and she replies that there is no such thing as “average” these days. Day-to-day operations have yet to start at the... Read More
March 26, 2014 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
What are your church attendance patterns like? Special occasions only? Once every couple of months? Every other week? Every Sunday? If your church attendance patterns have become... Read More
March 26, 2014 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
César García
“What would happen if, following the example of monastic orders, there would be a ‘vow of poverty’ in multicultural mission teams for everyone?” This question, posed by César... Read More
March 26, 2014 | God at work in the Church | By Ron Rempel
Representatives of the MC Saskatchewan council, Saskatchewan Mennonite Youth Organization and Rosthern Mennonite Church flank new area church youth minister Kirsten Hamm in a prayer of commissioning at the annual delegate sessions.
Mennonite Church Saskatchewan now has a new safe church policy, ratified during the area church’s annual delegate sessions held in Regina on March 14 and 15. But before the... Read More
March 26, 2014 | God at work in the Church | Story and Photo by Donna Schulz
As Pope Francis finishes his first year as pontiff, 85 percent of Americans have a favourable view of him, but the number of people attending Catholic churches in the U.S. has not increased.
It's been a year since Argentina's Jorge Bergolio became the 266th Roman Catholic pope. Although he is 77 years old, the new pope has brought fresh energy to one of the most staid... Read More
March 26, 2014 | God at work in the Church | By Will Braun
Recent weeks have been a financial roller coaster ride for Joan Carolyn and Daniel Epp, the program director and associate for Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA)... Read More
March 26, 2014 | God at work in the World | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Homelessness in the city of Abbotsford has made headlines in recent months. There was the dumping of chicken manure by city crew members on a homeless camp, a months-long protest... Read More
March 26, 2014 | God at work in the World | Story and Photo by Amy Dueckman
Last October, Willard Metzger, right, and seven other Christian faith leaders met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on an Evangelical Fellowship of Canada delegation to discuss matters of importance to the church. Topics ranged from Canada’s relationship with its host peoples to climate change and homelessness. (Photo used by permission of Office of the Prime Minister)
A growing awareness of Anabaptism is increasing interest in Mennonite Church Canada, and Willard Metzger is happy to respond. “I hear so many people tell me that they have found a... Read More
March 26, 2014 | God at work in Us | By Deborah Froese
In the middle of the most violent places in Guatemala, music is a healing presence. While recording their most recent CD, Even in the Smallest Places, in Guatemala and El Salvador... Read More
March 26, 2014 | Artbeat | By Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
“Honour walkers” Laurens Thiessen van Esch, Ann Heinrichs, Brad Langendoen and Nathan Thorpe, joined by their supporters. (Credit: Deborah Froese/Mennonite Church Canada)
On March 6, ‘honour walkers’ Laurens Thiessen van Esch, Ann Heinrichs, Brad Langendoen and Nathan Thorpe were joined by 16 supporters on the campus of Canadian Mennonite... Read More
March 20, 2014 | Web First |
Clerics have pressed Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured here in Nairobi, to use the state security services against the militants. (Credit: Fredrick Nzwili/Religion News Service)
For five years, bombs and bullets from Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram have ripped through churches and their members, raising concerns over the security of Christians in... Read More
March 19, 2014 | Web First | Fredrick Nzwili
A man in Central African Republic shows a bandaged arm following an attack in the violence.(Credit: Nestor Aziagbia)
Churches in Central African Republic are caring for thousands of Muslims who have been trapped in a cycle of revenge attacks, perpetrated by a pro-Christian militia. Since... Read More
March 19, 2014 | Web First | Fredrick Nzwili
Reading the Bible is fun. I’m mid-way through Deuteronomy as I write this, and I’ve really come to look forward to my daily Bible reading. In the Jan. 29 issue of Canadian... Read More
March 12, 2014 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
When Rod and Susan Reynar tell people they are inviting 10 university students to live with them and form an intentional community, they are typically met with one of two... Read More
March 12, 2014 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
On a wet, snowy Abbotsford afternoon, 300 people rallied at city hall to protest the municipal government’s treatment of homeless people. They held signs saying, “Everyone... Read More
March 12, 2014 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Leaders and planners want participants to bring their wildest hopes and dreams for the future of the church to Mennonite Church Canada’s Assembly 2014, from July 3 to 6 in... Read More
March 12, 2014 | God at work in the Church | Deborah Froese
Excitement and challenges in Mennonite Church British Columbia were a recurring theme when delegates met for their annual general meeting at Eden Mennonite Church in Chilliwack on... Read More
March 12, 2014 | God at work in the Church | Amy Dueckman
“Please do not take photographs.” With these words, Jake Buhler, chair of the Mennonite Historical Society of Saskatchewan, introduced the evening’s guests, an a cappella choir... Read More
March 12, 2014 | God at work in the Church | Donna Schulz
Snow camp. The title brings to mind a group of kids running in the snow, creating snow angels and starting snow-ball fights. While the annual event, hosted by the Mennonite Church... Read More
March 12, 2014 | God at work in the Church | Danika Peters
Tom Poovong’s passion for sharing the gospel was first fuelled by his mother, a woman he describes as deeply spiritual and abundantly generous. Tom was just 15 years old when his... Read More
March 12, 2014 | God at work in the World | Dan Dyck
The music studio and classroom in the backyard is decorated with Apple computer prints of creative individuals. John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Einstein, Picasso, Amelia Earhart, some... Read More
March 12, 2014 | God at work in Us | Dave Rogalsky
Ian Willms’s provocative photo of a young girl walking away through the windblown grasses towards a small Russian village on a lakeshore was part of his winning entry in the 2013... Read More
March 12, 2014 | Artbeat | Dave Rogalsky
Brothers Bishara Awad (left) and Mubarak Awad have conversation with filmmaker Yasmine Perni about “The Stones Cry Out,” a documentary which was screened at the conference. (Credit: Palmer Becker)
Three hundred seventy evangelicals and others from around the world are meeting in Bethlehem, March 10-14, 2014, to strengthen the Palestinian church and to seek resolution to the... Read More
March 12, 2014 | Web First | Palmer Becker