MWR : Articles : June 19, 2006

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Articles : June 19, 2006

Confessing faith for greater unity

Mennonite Church USA is only four years old, but its most important document is 11. In 1995, a new confession of faith united two Mennonite groups under one statement of belief. A merger of the two — the Mennonite Church and General Conference Mennonite Church — was only a matter of time.

Organ’s endless variety inspires

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — You might not guess it to look at her, but Chelsea Vaught likes “the fast, loud, showy stuff the best.”
Cowboy poet

CALGARY, Alta. — Growing up on a cattle ranch in the Porcupine Hills of southern Alberta, Doris Daley didn’t know she was storing up a supply of inspiration that would guide her later in life.
Ex-prisoner inspired by Mennonite Bible studies

HARRISONBURG, Va. — A former prison inmate who was brought to faith with the help of Mennonite Bible studies he received in jail recently expressed thanks for their inspiration.
Desire to stop bullying is a passion that comes from experience

WINNIPEG, Man. — Studies show that one in five North American children is chronically bullied, a bit of news that makes Marsi Sommerhalder sad.
MB-produced radio show invites listeners’ questions for God

WINNIPEG, Man. — A radio call-in show produced by a Mennonite Brethren ministry wants listeners to send in their questions for God.
Mennonite college endowments lag behind

When Jim Elliott, vice president for advancement at Tabor College, came to Tabor in 2002, he was told the college had a small endowment because, historically, Mennonite Brethren did not believe in “storing up treasure on Earth.”

Bible study focuses on women, time stewardship

NEWTON, Kan. — When Melissa Miller began to write a Bible study guide on women and the stewardship of time, little did she know she would be the first “student” of its lessons.
Alberta church’s membership terminated

CALGARY, Alta. — The most divisive and damaging issue in Mennonite Church Alberta over most of the last decade reached a formal close April 8 with the ending of the membership of Calgary Inter-Mennonite Church in the area conference.
Condemnations by Lutherans discussed

STRASBOURG, France — Better understanding and closer relations between Mennonite and Lutheran churches was the focus of the second meeting of the Lutheran-Mennonite International Study Commission, held June 5-9 at the Institute for Ecumenical Research.