DownloadArticles : Oct. 20, 2008
Editorial
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We could use some plaining
“The plaining of the Mennonite world” is how Donald Kraybill describes the trend of Old Order Anabaptist groups growing while mainstream ones struggle.
Feature
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‘Adoption’ of ethnic churches boosts MB membership
While Mennonite Church USA tries to reverse a membership decline, the second-largest U.S. Mennonite group has a much different story to tell.
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Musical gifts that serve all
CHICAGO — The club in a hip city neighborhood low-lit like its name — Subterranean — was a long way away from the farms, small towns and Mennonite churches of the band members’ childhoods.
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Pennsylvania cyclists ride for a higher purpose
BLOOMING GLEN, Pa. — At 7 on a Saturday morning, a dozen early-rising cyclists gather in a church parking lot to ride through the hills of Bucks and Montgomery counties.
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Speakers at upcoming Rosedale Bible College event discuss what makes vital biblical Anabaptism
ROSEDALE, Ohio — John D. Roth and Jonathan Sauder will tackle topics that range from who needs conversion to why Anabaptism has answers for the emergent church Nov. 13-15 at Rosedale Bible College.
News
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As Amish population rises, a quest for new land
Amish groups have grown rapidly in the past 15 years and moved into new states, according to research by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College.
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Bishops: Go to Paraguay in 2009
KITCHENER, Ont. — Go to Paraguay in July 2009, or support someone else in going, a Zambian bishop told Anabaptist groups during a September visit.
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The horse-and-buggy way
An international research team has begun an oral history project on the anti-modern lifestyles of the “horse-and-buggy” Mennonites of Canada and Latin America.
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MCC hosts forum on Ahmadinejad meeting
FRESNO, Calif. — About 80 people attended an Oct. 1 forum hosted by West Coast Mennonite Central Committee on the topic of MCC’s Sept. 25 meeting with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York.
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N.J. pastor loses credentials over sexuality issue
Franconia Conference of Mennonite Church USA took away the credentials of Pastor Michael Schaadt of Alpha (N.J.) Mennonite Church, effective Oct. 15, because Schaadt, who is gay, told the conference he could no longer commit to celibacy.
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