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Articles : Mennonite Brethren

Nov. 21, 2011 issue

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  Canadian MBs find unity on atonement

  A Canadian Mennonite Breth­ren Bible study conference waded into a potentially divisive issue and found a denomination remarkably unified.

  MB leaders from across Canada met in Kitchener, Ont., Oct. 27-29 for a biennial event seeking Bible-based clarity and meaning for contemporary times. Under the title “The Mystery of the Cross,” the topic was Jesus’ atonement and how MBs understand it and tell it to others.

Oct. 10, 2011 issue

• MB Confession of Faith gets Spanish study guide

  FRESNO, Calif. — José Elizondo, assistant conference minister for the Pacific District Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, is smiling. A shipment of about 90 copies of the study guide Convociendo & Viviendo Tu Fe (Knowing and Living Your Faith) arrived in Fresno from Paraguay this summer.

Aug. 8, 2011 issue

• 54-year-old bicyclist breaks world record

  A 54-year-old Mennonite Brethren man from Winnipeg, Man., recently broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest bicycle trip across mainland Canada.

July 11, 2011 issue

• MB educators hope to draw churches, schools closer

  WINNIPEG, Man. — A constant hum of voices — simultaneous interpretation in Spanish and French, and explanatory words in Portuguese, German and Russian — animated sessions at the International Community of Mennonite Brethren’s Higher Education Consultation.

June 6, 2011 issue

• MB youth hear controversial Claiborne

  SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Shane Claiborne and Paula Simpson-Parry posed a dramatic yet effective contrast as keynote speakers at the U.S. Mennonite Brethren national youth convention.

March 14, 2011 issue

• After tsunami, MBs start a new Thailand-focused mission effort

  The waves came fast and hard, decimating coastal communities in 14 countries along the Indian Ocean and killing thousands in just minutes.
  

Feb. 28, 2011 issue

• MB mission agency simplifies its name

  After nearly 110 years, most under the somewhat unwieldy moniker Mennonite Brethren Mission and Service International, MBMSI is changing its name to MB Mission.

• MBs plant churches in Mormon country

  Paul Robie considers Utah the United States’ last great mission field. Only 1 percent of Utah’s population attends an evangelical church.

Jan. 17, 2011 issue

• Claim filed in connection with church floor collapse

  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches is listed among more than two dozen defendants in a provincial lawsuit.

Oct. 18, 2010 issue

• MB leaders respond to concerns about conference speaker

  Mennonite Brethren leaders are defending their choice of a national conference youth speaker after some members raised concerns.

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