Registration now open for virtual study conference

Online registration for Oct. 24 event is available on Mennonite Church Canada's website

August 7, 2020 | Web First
Katie Doke Sawatzky | Mennonite Church Canada
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Registration is now open for Mennonite Church Canada’s upcoming virtual study conference.

The conference, titled “Table talk: Does the church still have legs?”, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. The registration link is mennonitechurch.ca/tabletalk2020.

“Table talk: Does the church still have legs?” will examine what it means to be the church and the role of worship. The conference will be held through Zoom, a virtual-meeting platform.

The conference is intended for pastors, lay leaders and anyone interested in an academic-oriented approach to discerning the purpose and nature of the church.

“Our lack of in-person worship due to this pandemic has made questions about the nature, identity and essence of the church even more relevant,” says Doug Klassen, executive minister for MC Canada. “Going ahead with this conference in an online format ensures we still connect as a nationwide community in the fall to discern what church looks like moving forward.”

The conference will consist of four sessions, featuring seven plenary speakers from MC Canada-affiliated universities and colleges:

  • Sara Wenger Shenk, former president of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, will give two plenaries exploring the nature and identity of the church;
  • Irma Fast Dueck (Canadian Mennonite University), Jeremy Bergen (Conrad Grebel University College), Gerald Gerbrandt (CMU) and Jesse Nickel (Columbia Bible College) will examine the role of worship in the Bible and in the church in the Western context;
  • Sheila Klassen-Wiebe, a New Testament professor at CMU, will lead a Bible study on the parable of the great banquet in Luke 14;
  • and Bryan Born (CBC) will share what it means to be missional in this time.

Pre-released plenaries are planned to allow more time for questions and engagement between speakers and participants. A recommended readings list will be released to registered participants leading up to the conference.

The fee per registrant is $25.00. To register, visit mennonitechurch.ca/tabletalk2020.

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