Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Mennonite Brethren

March 22 issue

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  MB anniversary celebrations begin

  JADCHERLA, India — The country that received the first Mennonite Brethren overseas missionaries more than a century ago started the denomination’s 150th anniversary celebrations in January.

  About 2,000 people attended a conference marking the sesquicentennial of the MB movement.
  

March 15 issue

• Canadian MBs plan atonement statement

  WINNIPEG, Man. — Responding to constituents’ concerns, a Canadian Mennonite Brethren leadership board plans to write a statement on Christ’s atonement for sin.

March 8 issue

• Skater doesn’t match past Olympic success

  Cindy Klassen did not add to her six Olympic medals for speedskating at the Vancouver Games Feb. 12-28.

Feb. 8 issue

• Once more, for the gold

  Cindy Klassen pauses for a moment before she hits the ice.

Feb. 1 issue

• MB nurse among dead in Haiti

  It was to be her fourth time serving in Haiti as a nurse.

Jan. 4 issue

• Spiritual gift of the MB church

  If Mennonites are a body with many parts — each with its own gift, as 1 Corinthians 12 says — the Mennonite Brethren are the ones with the gift of letting the Spirit move them to release what they feel inside.

• MBs celebrate 150th birthday

  A revival movement that started with 18 families in Russia 150 years ago has become a worldwide stream of Christian faith blending Anabaptist and evangelical influences.

Dec. 21, 2009 issue

• Canadian MBs study Christology, atonement theories

  SASKATOON, Sask. — We gain understanding when Scripture and Spirit come together in community, with Jesus at the center.

Oct. 19, 2009 issue

• Once swindled, now blessed

  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A band of Mennonite Brethren farmers from the Midwest got off a train 100 years ago in the San Joaquin Valley expecting orange groves, fig trees and grapes.

Oct. 5, 2009 issue

• A new Katie book

  Katie Funk Wiebe is widely known in Mennonite circles and beyond, not only for her writing, teaching and speaking but also for her wisdom. You Never Gave Me a Name: One Mennonite Woman’s Story (Cascadia and Herald, 2009, 280 pages), is an autobiographical account by an octogenarian of her life and thought. Her earlier autobiographical books include The Storekeeper’s Daughter; Alone: A Widow’s Search for Joy; and Bless Me Too, My Father.
  

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