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Sharing the faith

“Why don’t Mennonites believe in evangelism?” asked my breakfast partner. This was the question of the appointment. With small chat out of the way, the

Willard Metzger

October 6, 2014

Why losing weight and Bible reading are two of life’s hardest activities

At the group home where I work, there is a young man who is very kind and considerate but, like the rest of us, sometimes expects

Deborah-Ruth Ferber

October 3, 2014

Skipping church

Last Sunday we, as a family, were exhausted. We, as a family, were skipping church. We go to church most Sundays. Matt and I ship

Jill Clingan

October 1, 2014

Mennonite Church USA to explore new structure

Seeking to hold the denomination together amid controversies over homosexuality, Mennonite Church USA will explore possibilities for a new structure.

At its Sept. 26-27 meeting in Kansas City, Mo., the MC USA Executive Board appointed a committee to look at new ways for area conferences to relate to each other.

The goal is to bring a proposal to delegates at next summer’s convention in Kansas City.

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

September 30, 2014

Plain people in the midst of cultural transformation

The below photo depicts an understudied — yet vitally important — aspect of Brethren in Christ religious life in the 1960s and 1970s: the Church Growth

Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas

September 30, 2014

The limits of Stan the Man Hauerwas

When I was in seminary, I got drunk on Stanley Hauerwas. His polemic works against modernity, Christendom, liberalism, individualism, etc., struck a chord with me,

Brian R. Gumm

September 29, 2014

Churches repudiate ‘Doctrine of Discovery’

SAN FRANCISCO — Church leaders from across the U.S. and Canada strategized about engaging the Mennonite church in the ecumenical effort to dismantle the “Doctrine

First Mennonite Church of San Francisco

September 29, 2014

Church planters make friends, follow the Spirit

WICHITA, Kan. — Because Byron and Hilda Pellecer “followed the bubbles” of the Holy Spirit, Imelda Samaniego worships on her front lawn.

On Tuesday evenings she joins a small group of adults and children in an outdoor Bible study the Pellecers lead.

Her neighbors, Juanita and Pascual, invited her. The couple . . .

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite World Review

September 29, 2014

A surprising future?

The shape of God’s church of the future may surprise us. Can we agree that decision-making from only a few, top-down, is not satisfactory? Nor

Rachel Stella

September 29, 2014

Nothing new under the sun — or in the church press?

Cleaning out old files, I came upon one marked “Controversy in the Mennonite Press” with stuff in it dating back 40 years and more. One

Katie Funk Wiebe

September 29, 2014