Tag: Mennonite identity

  • Lessons from those who left

    Lessons from those who left

    Phil Kleinsasser urged the faithful to “sow” their money in the offering plate in order to “reap” abundance in all areas of their lives. Kleinsasser, of course, is a Hutterite surname, but his admonition came not in an austere colony chapel, but at Springs Church, one of Canada’s most successful and success-oriented mega churches, where…

  • A new Mennonite archetype

    I have never met César García, but I am impressed with his story as told by Meetinghouse freelancer Kathy Heinrichs Wiest on page 4. García is the general secretary-elect of Mennonite World Conference. He seems to have a special narrative, one which might make him the new Mennonite archetype for the 21st century. He just…