Articles : Feb. 20, 2012
Editorial
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Anabaptism for the Baptists
Anabaptism didn’t directly give birth to the Baptists, but some today want to claim it as their own. And why not? Mennonites will be glad to share.
News
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MB church planters plan for 60 new churches in 10 years
Mission USA, the domestic mission agency of the U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, hopes to plant six congregations this year — the biggest one-year expansion since the days of MB immigration from Russia in the late 1800s. It’s hoping to do that 10 years in a row.
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Baptists catch Anabaptist vision
Renowned evangelical pastor and author Rick Warren recently said Anabaptism has shaped him, his books and his 20,000-member church in Southern California.
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Health service strength can come in numbers
Amid economic and legislative uncertainties, some Anabaptist health service organizations are finding strength in numbers.
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Churches aim to move from maintenance to mission
MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. — In a small town with multiple Mennonite churches, leaders from three congregations have gathered for monthly meetings, questioning how to connect with new residents as their churches diminish in spite of a stable or growing community.
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MBs plan to review confession of faith for Canadian church
In the Mennonite Brethren church, a global confession of faith adopted in 2004 unites each of the International Community of Mennonite Brethren’s 19 member conferences.
Perspective
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Stop beating the war drum
We have learned that some of our Christian Peacemaker Teams’ reporting on the conflict here in Iraqi Kurdistan could be used to justify military action against Iran.
Sunday School by Grimsrud
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Wisdom and Word
We will focus on the Gospel of John this quarter, with a special emphasis on how this Gospel illumines our understanding of God’s work in creation.
Church to Church by Gingerich Stoner
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Who wants to hang in there?
By some counts there are more than 30,000 Protestant denominations worldwide. More than 300 of these are Anabaptist-Mennonite fellowships and “denominations.”
Faith Matters
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One column with two eras
We generally think the most important decisions in life have to do with beginnings — what we commit ourselves to be and to do.
On My Desk
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A family’s responses to war
On my desk is Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family: A Test of Will and Faith in World War I by Louisa Thomas, published by The Penguin Press, New York, 2011, 320 pages, $25.95.
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