Mennonite World Review

Articles : Mission and church planting

Jan. 9, 2006 issue

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  Support team bolsters mission couple

  PORTLAND, Ore. — Finishing up education, establishing a career, working on relationships, changing diapers.

  These are all normal activities for people in the late-20s, early-30s crowd. At Portland Mennonite Church, a young adult might add spearheading a mission initiative to the list.

Jan. 2, 2006 issue

• Building up the church

  RICHMOND, B.C. — At $10 apiece, the Lego building blocks were a bit expensive.

Dec. 12, 2005 issue

• Missiologist honored by colleagues at AMBS

  ELKHART, Ind. — Two leading authorities on global Christianity, Wilbert R. Shenk and Andrew F. Walls, were featured during the annual meeting of the Association of Anabaptist-Mennonite Missiologists Nov. 11-12.

Nov. 28, 2005 issue

• Christian funeral a chance to share Jesus

  BORABUR, Thailand — Traditional Thai funerals last several days and involve ceremonies by Buddhist monks.

• English camp brings knowledge of Jesus to children in Thailand

  BORABUR, Thailand — When 12-year-old Tum first came to English camp, he was what Rad Houmphan calls “a very naughty boy.” He disobeyed his teachers and didn’t want to pay attention.

Nov. 14, 2005 issue

• Beach Church reaches out to sailors

  STOCKING ISLAND, Bahamas — The sun has not yet broken the eastern horizon. Two women play flutes in songs of welcome as 130 worshipers sit expectantly on the warm sand, overlooking the vast expanse of the North Atlantic.

Nov. 7, 2005 issue

• True light from many places

  As mission work becomes a two-way street — both sending and receiving the good news of Jesus Christ — North American Mennonites reap the benefits of getting to know Christians from around the world.

Oct. 31, 2005 issue

• Film sparks rapid growth in the Andes

  CUSCO, Peru — A Christian movement in a remote Andean region has been sparked, in part, by two young Peruvian Mennonites who have lived and worked out of a van for two years, showing the Jesus film in Quechua.

Aug. 15, 2005 issue

• Japanese church leader and pastor dies at 80

  FUKUOKA, Japan — Takashi Yamada, a former Mennonite World Conference official and one of the Japanese Mennonite churches’ most creative leaders, died June 20. He was 80.

Aug. 1, 2005 issue

• Missouri bikers pedal with a passion for mission

  For 12-year-old biker Drew Hostetler, 90-degree heat and aching legs throughout Mission Bike 2005 left him looking for a respite: lunch. So why ride?

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