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  • Charles de Foucauld
    ...iments he was assassinated on December 1, 1916, by neighboring tribesmen. He was one of the early "Little Brothers of Jesus."
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  • Gordon H. Matties
    ...rethren Bible College, which became Concord College in 1991. Most recently he served as Dean of Humanities and Sciences at CMU. ...dies. He has served on several juries at international film festivals. And he has led numerous study tours to Israel/Palestine.
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  • Lynn Jost
    ...esno, California, where he has also served as president and academic dean. He earned his B.A. from Tabor College, M.Div. from Mennonite Brethren Biblical He is the author, with Connie Faber, of ''Family Matters: Discovering the Menn
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  • Hassan Barnabas Dehgani-Tafte
    ...with the memory of the murder of his son Bahram in 1980. After that murder he published in Iran a prayer of forgiveness for the killers. I was attracted
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  • Perry B. Yoder
    ...uring his graduate studies he spent a year in Israel at Hebrew University. He received his PhD in 1970. ...t, Indiana. Now Emeritus Professor of Old Testament from that institution, he lives in Ely, Minnesota, with his wife, Elizabeth. They have two grown sons
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  • J. E. McDermond
    ...is quick to note, however, that he is a "pacifist by choice, not nature." He came to this conviction through reading the Sermon on the Mount. ...d at the University of Durham (England) and was awarded a M.Litt. in 1989. He received his D.Min. degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh
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  • Artwel Mabhena
    ...eagues to beat him up and they ended up driving up a knife through him and he died. The staff was ordered to bury him in a shallow grave near the mission
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  • Johann Dyck
    .... Once there he refused to put on his uniform. It was put on him by force. He refused to swear the oath of induction and loyalty to the emperor, even in ...yck’s behalf. They petitioned the emperor at least to let Dyck emigrate if he could not be exempted. All their efforts were to no avail. A later report m
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  • Bishop Benjamin Eby
    ...ts ka Bauer, er muss Schulmaster werre!"-"Bennie will never make a farmer, he must become a school-teacher." ...nnonite Meeting House, by Bishop Christian Burkholder, and on the same day he was admitted as a member of that body.
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  • Erland Waltner
    ...d agencies. He grew up on a farm near Freeman, South Dakota. Upon baptism, he became a member of the Salem Mennonite Church. Waltner graduated from Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, in 1935. He finished his pastoral training at the Biblical Seminary in New York in 1938
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  • Dan Ulrich
    ...ethany Theological Seminary (Richmond, IN) where he has taught since 1996. He graduated from Bethany (M.Div. 1985) and pastored the Easton (MD) Church of ...in Nigeria. He has published a book as well as several articles and essays about the gospel of Matthew.
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  • Daniel W. Ulrich
    ...ethany Theological Seminary (Richmond, IN) where he has taught since 1996. He graduated from Bethany (M.Div. 1985) and pastored the Easton (MD) Church of ...in Nigeria. He has published a book as well as several articles and essays about the gospel of Matthew.
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  • Raphael Mthombeni
    ...e who had called these pastors to come to his district. The moment he said he was a pastor and the rest were also pastors, they took him aside. ...the church so that they may forgive him and let him go. he told them that he worked for the church and not a political party.
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  • Rudolphe Kasandji
    ...cy), a weaver of mats, and a carver of walking canes. His father died when he was young, but his mother remarried and her new husband adopted Rudolphe. ...e Mennonites. He sang for the Lord in the men’s choir, “Voices of Angels.” He married Régine Kakeziko and they had six children.
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  • V. George Shillington
    ...in the late 1950s and met Mennonites for the first time in the late 1960s. He attended the Kitchener (Ont.) Mennonite Brethren Church and came to appreci ...hor or editor of three other books and numerous articles and book reviews. He taught courses on Paul, the parables of Jesus, modern biblical interpretati
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  • Willard M. Swartley
    .... He joined the faculty at AMBS in 1978 and continued teaching until 2004. He served as academic dean there for seven years (1979-1981; 1995-2001). ...ersity, Goshen Biblical Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary where he received a PhD in 1973.
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  • Gordon Zerbe
    ...ix U.S. states. He and his wife, Wendy Kroeker, moved to Winnipeg in 1988. He has been at Canadian Mennonite University since 1990 and currently serves a He has a diploma in biblical studies from Columbia Bible College (B.C.), a B.A
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  • James H. Waltner
    ...; and Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Chicago, graduating in 1958. In 1971, he completed a DMin program with a focus on Old Testament Studies and Preachin ...ornia, Illinois, and Indiana. With specific interests in biblical studies, he taught courses in the Psalms at Bethel College, Associated Mennonite Biblic
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  • Waldemar Janzen
    ...In 1943, during World War II, he escaped with his mother to Germany, where he was a refugee until his immigration to Canada in 1948. Encouraged by his mother, he was able to study. He earned the degrees of B.A. (University of Western Ontario), B.D. (Mennonite
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  • John R. Yeatts
    ...Twice, Yeatts has received the college's Excellence in Teaching Award, and he was awarded the Messiah College Scholarship Award. Born in Springfield, Ohio, Yeatts grew up in the Brethren in Christ Church. He graduated from Messiah College with degrees in mathematics and religion, la
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  • August H. Konkel
    ...rnational Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis'' (Zondervan). He has published ''Job'' in the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series (Tyndal ...ethel Bergthaler Mennonite Church in Winkler, Manitoba, from 1971 to 1982. He lives in Paris, Ontario, with his wife Esther. They have four adult childre
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  • Elmer A. Martens
    ...lical Seminary, Fresno, California (now Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary). He taught in seminaries and colleges in Japan, India, Korea, Russia, Kenya, Br ...ak, ''The Old Testament in the Life of God's People'' (Eisenbrauns, 2009). He served on the translation team of the New American Standard Bible and assis
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  • Chalmer E. Faw
    ...New Testament at Bethany Theological Seminary and became a full professor. He has served as a mentor to several generations of Bible students and church ...cles have been published in church periodicals and scholarly journals, and he has held memberships in the Chicago Society of Biblical Research and the So
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  • Jose Chuquin
    ...the [[Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia|Colombian Mennonite Church]]. He was also the director of World Vision Colombia. Jose was a very capable adm ...old), and he valiantly fought for this life. He was flown to the USA where he died in hospital a few days later.
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  • George R. Brunk III
    ...eneral assembly and a member of the general board of the Mennonite Church. He worked as missionary pastor and field administrator with Virginia Mennonite ...ale Mennonite Church, where he has served as chair of the board of elders. He was married to Erma Hess for forty-one years and has two children. After Er
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  • J. Daryl Charles
    ...rk at Catholic University of America and Westminster Theological Seminary. He studied hermeneutics, exploring how strands of rhetorical and literary arti ...''Bulletin for Biblical Research'', plus journals of New Testament study. He writes on issues of faith and culture, Christian ethics, ecumenism, and the
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  • Eugene F. Roop
    ...there since 1977, after teaching at Earlham School of Religion in 1970–77. He is an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren and has pastored chur He brings to his teaching and writing a deep commitment to the Bible as centra
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  • Does He Only Need Gender? This Is How to Learn If Your Person is Considerable Or Simply Wants Sex From You
    ...other and sex specially throughout the relationship. It only demonstrates he is much more intrigued on coital actions rather than a partnership.
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  • Gerald Gerbrandt
    ...xico when his parents were doing mission work among the Tarahumara people, he grew up in Altona, Manitoba, where his father taught at Elim Bible School a ...6). In addition to various congregational and denominational involvements, he continues to teach part time at CMU.
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  • Douglas B. Miller
    ...iblical languages, Christian education, and faith in contemporary culture. He also has written and taught courses for Tabor’s degree completion ministr ...and scholarly periodicals and contributed essays to published collections. He served as general editor of ''Direction'' journal for ten years, as editor
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  • Paul M. Lederach
    ...he Franconia Mennonite Conference at Norristown, Pa., in 1944. Since then, he has served in a variety of pastoral and churchwide responsibilities. ...tor of the Congregational Literature Division (1970-73). From 1973 to 1978 he was the executive director of the ''Foundation Series'', the second graded
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  • Paul M. Zehr
    ...storing an urban church, he attended Princeton Theological Seminary, where he earned a Th.M. in biblical studies in 1975. ...in five congregations, a position he held for twenty-five years. In 1987, he graduated from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary with a D.Min. A major p
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  • The Libido of Number Five
    ...nything has a pricetag)...Numerology for the 21st Century is what I am all about and everything you examine is to your enjoyment, enlightenment and WIjust f
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  • John E. Toews
    ...academic dean and president at various Mennonite colleges and seminaries. He served at Fresno Pacific College (1961-1968), Conrad Grebel University Coll ...minary, University of Southern California, and Pacific School of Religion, he entered doctoral studies in New Testament at Garrett Theological Seminary/N
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  • Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld
    ...970 graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.A. Hon. in History. He studied at Harvard Divinity School on a Rockefeller Fellowship and earned a ...f study at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana, where he met his wife-to-be, Rebecca Yoder.
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  • Millard C. Lind
    ..., one an Asiatic Indian from Mauritius, another a Xhosa from South Africa. He also had two great-grandchildren. ...eminary where over a period of thirty years he taught the book of Ezekiel. He served as a pastor, writer of adult Sunday school Bible studies, editor of
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  • Jacob W. Elias
    ...e, Elias became involved in the First Mennonite Church of Saskatoon, where he was baptized and encouraged to consider leadership ministry in the church. ...as pastor of the Mountainview Mennonite Church in Vancouver, B.C. In 1974 he began studies at the Toronto School of Theology and completed his Th. D. de
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  • Man Vs Lady: the Sexes' Struggle
    ...d over and again and again... Male does not need to contact when he claims he will.Woman usually appreciates the infant is theirs.
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  • Richard B. Gardner
    ...y in the local church. An ordained minister of the Church of the Brethren, he has prepared Bible study curriculum and led seminars and workshops both for ...nary in Oak Brook, Illinois. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he directs several cooperatively sponsored programs of field-based ministry ed
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  • Allen R. Guenther
    ...cher of the Scriptures and his active concern for the vigor of the church. He relished opportunities to interpret and communicate biblical insights for l ...aught at Mennonite Brethren Bible College and College of Arts at Winnipeg. He pastored a new congregation in Lethbridge, Alberta, during 1963-65, and an
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  • Ivan D. Friesen
    ...Committee programs in Israel and Palestine (West Bank) from 1968 to 1971. He taught at Swift Current Bible Institute, Swift Current, Saskatchewan (1976- ...ite congregations in North Carolina and South Dakota from 1993 until 2007. He was a member of the Freeman Network for Justice and Peace. Ivan and Rachel
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  • Terry L. Brensinger
    ...at colleges and seminaries in such places as Israel, Kenya and Zambia, and he has on three occasions been a scholar-in-residence at the Tantur Ecumenical ...ton Theological Seminary, and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Studies, Academy of Homiletics, and
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  • Emanuel Swartzendruber
    ...e the next day for Camp Greenleaf in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. On the 5th, he left Bad Axe with seventeen other young men, all reporting to Camp Greenle ...ay, the soldiers in the bunkhouse with him cursed and swore so loudly that he couldn’t hear himself pray out loud. The next day the commanding officer
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  • John M. Klaassen
    ...d the draft board would exempt him from service in an army camp. Instead, he was sent to Camp Travis, an army cantonment in Texas. ...he uniform, and sent to serve a prison sentence in Fort Leavenworth. Here he became ill and died of pneumonia, and his body was sent home to Oklahoma dr
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  • Ernest D. Martin
    ...his home congregation, Midway Mennonite Church, Columbiana, Ohio. In 1963 he became the lead pastor and continued in that capacity until retirement in 1 ...ch and Biblical Interpretation, and the Goshen College Board of Overseers. He has taught short-term courses and led seminars in various church settings a
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  • Robert W. Neff
    ...gical Seminary and as general secretary of the Church of the Brethren, and he is president emeritus at Juniata College. His published works include ''Usi
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  • Daniel Epp-Tiessen
    ...ed about the Old Testament prophets’ passion for social justice as he does about the priestly commitment to holiness, purity, and proper worship. Two of Dan
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  • David Pätkau
    ...ollowing years of World War I and Civil War. 1921, during a severe famine, he was elected as an elder of his church. Under his leadership, the church res ...Orenburg on March 27, 1930. He was sentenced to five years of labor camps. He served his term in northern Russia on the shore of Northern Dvina river nea
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  • Dan Nighswander
    ...dia. Nighswander has taught part time at Conrad Grebel University College. He has also worked in camping ministry and as a district youth minister.
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  • Dan Terry
    ...nd effort for a massive famine-relief effort to the Hazara people in 1999. He successfully negotiated between a Taliban commander and American forces in
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  • Dennis R. Edwards
    ...vinity School, and his MA and PhD from the Catholic University of America. He has three decades of urban pastoral ministry experience in the US, includin
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  • Timothy J. Geddert
    ...ience of Gertrud, to whom the commentary is dedicated. Fifteen years later he wrote his commentary on Luke (Kindred Press, 2016) while they were foster p ...osophy (Saskatoon, 1976) and an M.Div. in Biblical Studies (Fresno, 1978). He then spent five years planting and pastoring a church in Ft. McMurray, Albe
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  • John Schrag
    ...Schrag was a prosperous Mennonite farmer who lived Harvey County, Kansas. He was a member of the Hoffnungsfeld (Hopefield) Mennonite Church. In 1917 wh ...old of it. It fell to the ground. Someone in the milling crowd shouted, “He stepped on the American flag!” The crowd turned into an uncontrollable m
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Allison Christensen, April 2011
    ...ings that stood out to me the most was towards the end of the article when he said that, and I paraphrase, “on the other hand there are Mennonites and ...something that completely contradicts the content of the previous article. He says that this religion is still alive and is relevant today even after all
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  • Mennonite Conscientious Objectors of World War 1
    ...to study architecture. His experience of “mission” in his hometown – where he had worked as a builder and carpenter – made him want to keep building ho After moving to Chicago, Neufeld joined the Grace Mennonite Church. There, he initially served as a youth leader and Sunday school teacher. Two years lat
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  • Dirk Willems
    ...ds of heaven and gather together His elect from all the ends of the earth, he shall also through grace hear the words, "Well done, good and faithful serv ...the burgomaster, very sternly called to him to consider his oath, and thus he was again seized by the thief-catcher, and, at said place, after severe imp
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  • John W. Miller
    ...ife of scholarship, writing, university teaching, and pastoral leadership. He is professor emeritus at Conrad Grebel University College, an affiliate of ...f Basel (Th.D. Old Testament 1955). After completing his doctoral studies, he taught Bible at Goshen College Biblical Seminary and several colleges and s
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  • Miguel Brun
    ...rtured and finally murdered. But on a Sunday morning, just like this one, he had cracked the walls and rolled back the stone so that every prisoner migh ...ty hands! Miguel extended his hand to the man next to him. “Let us eat,” he whispered, “This is his body.” The Christians in the group all moved t
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  • The Discipleship Journey
    ...rtimaeus, who is healed of blindness and follows Jesus on the way (10:52). He symbolizes what the disciples should have been doing all along. ...d the material from 8:22 through 10:52. The entire journey to Jerusalem is about Christology, discipleship, and the healing of the disciples’ blindness.
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  • Consideration Terrorists CIA from USA are Easy to Place, They're Gay
    ...one of your global buddies is behind you and shouldn't bend over. Because he's getting ideas that are larger. Please contemplate this in 2006.
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  • Suderman, Roberto J. "Tengan Valor: Yo he Vencido al Mundo." 1998.
    ...org/details/tenganvaloryohev00sude Roberto J. Suderman. ''Tengan Valor: Yo he Vencido al Mundo'']'''</u>==== :¡Tened valor! ¡Yo he vencido al mundo!.
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  • Canonicity and Acceptance of Revelation (in Revelation)
    ...In the fourth century, Eusebius says that some accept it as canonical, but he and others refer to it as a questioned book (''Eccl. Hist.'' 4.26). His att ...oted in Barclay, 1960:1.1). Calvin did not voice an opinion on Revelation; he did quote from it, but his commentaries exclude it.
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  • African Faith Tabernacle Church
    ...of his efforts and openness to learning all that he could about the world, he was very responsive to the call of God on his life. ...cratic style of leadership fit into the indigenous culture of his people. He also welcomed the indigenous practices of drumming and dancing and the use
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  • Kornelius Isaak
    ...eo people when Isaac was, without warning, stabbed in his side by a spear. He died one day later, 11 September 1958. His widow, Mary Born Isaac, was preg ...n. In subsequent years Jonoine Picanerai emerged as a chief of his tribe. He became a Christian.
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  • The Discipleship Journey (in Mark)
    ...rtimaeus, who is healed of blindness and follows Jesus on the way (10:52). He symbolizes what the disciples should have been doing all along. ...d the material from 8:22 through 10:52. The entire journey to Jerusalem is about Christology, discipleship, and the healing of the disciples’ blindness.
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  • Vengeance (in Jeremiah)
    ...; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you’” (Isa 35:4 NIV). ...emies (11:20; 15:15; 20:12). Jeremiah never speaks of “my vengeance.” Here he is in accord with the scriptural teaching to leave the settling of accounts
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  • Why I Became Mennonite, Jorge E Vielman, April 1999 (United States)
    learned about Jesus love, and how his grace had granted me salvation. It humans. Mennonite philosophy was part of me even when I did not know about
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  • Phase 4 Patients
    ...the individual's bodily standing, how it is dealt with by him, and the way he manages the sickness. Some individuals might believe if prostate cancer rea
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  • Assemblée de la Grâce, Haiti
    ...Mission, and received biblical education through their extension program. He then began planting churches for Haitian peoples in Miami, Florida, before In 1990 he began reaching out to places in Haiti where the people had no access to chu
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  • Injustice (in Ecclesiastes)
    ...ked prosper and the righteous suffer (4:1–3; 5:8; 8:10–11, 14; 9:1–3). Yet he also insists that God’s judgment will sometime become manifest (3:17; 8:1 ...He does not counsel revolution and provides a caution to those who would. He particularly recognizes that no individual, however wise and rightly motiva
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  • Nuptial Imagery in the New Testament (in Song of Songs)
    ...ry in several gospel passages. For example, John the Baptist explains that he, himself, is only the friend of the bridegroom: ...attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. (Jo
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  • Teusaquillo Mennonite Church-Peter Stucky
    E: And Peter, you said you have some stories to share today about facing opposition or suffering or sacrifice in the way of Christ. The first one I'd like to tell is about a woman from our church and her name is Gloria Lizcano. And she, she was a
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Billy Funk, April 2011
    ...nd that it is something that I identify more and more with as I learn more about it, and now I consider myself a believer of the Mennonite Faith even though ...ey believed was the fullest following of Christ, believing that meant what he said.
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  • Mission worker buried among people he loved in Argentina
    Mission worker buried among people he loved in Argentina ...they were with Ruth Anne’s choice that Richard be buried among the people he loved so deeply.
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  • Reflección de Edder Mecón- joven menonita habla de su experiencia anabautista
    ...i hermano y hermana. También, hice parte del grupo de jóvenes y finalmente he colaborado activamente en el grupo de alabanza, tocando el piano y cantando
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  • The Theology of Christian Experience (Mennonite Church, 1957)
    ...ielding to Christ as Savior and Lord. Although he has freedom of the will, he will not turn to Christ in repentance and faith unless convicted by the Hol ...strong>. When a convicted sinner yields to Christ in repentance and faith, he is born again by the Holy Spirit, is made a child of God and a partaker of
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  • Glen D. Lapp
    ...een testing and treating people with eye diseases in Nuristan province for about two weeks at the invitation of communities there. IAM lost touch with the t ...ta. He also worked as a nurse in Lancaster, New York City and Supai, Ariz. He was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Eastern Mennonite University an
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  • Black Kettle, Cheyenne peace chief
    ...ack Kettle’s witness as a Cheyenne chief who pushed so hard for peace that he was even ostracized by large portions of his tribe left a fertile soil of p ...el John Chivington attacked his camp. When he heard the attack was coming he raised a large US flag as well as a white flag to a lodge pole and stood wa
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  • Merlin Grove
    ...ario, Canada, went to Somalia with his wife Dorothy and children in 1960. He taught and administered a school established by Eastern Mennonite Missions.
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  • Use of Scripture (in 2 Corinthians)
    ...he interprets Scripture in his arguments. Perhaps the last phrase is key: he interprets Scripture in his ''arguments''. 2 Corinthians 3 is no exception, ..., Rom. 11), and ''echoes'' texts at other points without direct reference. He brings his Scripture to bear on a situation in a congregation by linking on
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  • Resolution on Homosexuality (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1981)
    ...y."; cf. Matthew 19:4, "And He answered and said, "Have you not read, that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female."). Adam's ma
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  • Philemon
    ...Pauline letter can hardly be questioned. If written from Rome, the date is about 60 C.E. ...s not the church leader. The family imagery served to remind Philemon that he is part of a family system.
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  • Resolution on Race Relations (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1981)
    We frequently hear expressions of concern about discrimination in our churches and conferences. This matter was brought to ...improper because all have originated from the same stock (Acts 17:26 NEB; "He created every race of men of one stock, to inhabit the whole earth's surfac
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  • Suzanovo Martyrs
    ...its achievements. On the same day, the 50-year-old Peter Ens was arrested. He managed to send a short message from the prison that gave the relatives som ...he death of all arrested. Only at the end of 1980s were relatives informed about the exact date of their execution that took place shortly after their arres
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  • The Christian and Race Relations (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1959)
    ..., and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him" (Acts 10:34, 35). "And (He) hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of God does not make distinctions on the basis of physical features. He does not look on "the outward appearance" but looks "on the heart" (1 Samue
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  • Emmanuel Wayindama
    ...excited shouting in the distance and the sight of shadowy figures leaping about, systematically setting fire to the thatch-covered homes of Bible Institute ...g staff of the AIMM Bible Institute. An earlier graduate of the institute, he had demonstrated not only a keen mind but also a deep commitment to his Lor
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  • Hugo Donatti
    ...electrical company in the capital city of Uruguay. As his name indicates, he is a descendant of an Italian immigrant family whose ancestors were among t ...ght of his absolute commitment to Christ and His Kingdom (for whose coming he prayed regularly) also became a matter of concern for him.
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  • David B. Martin: Pioneer of Mennonite Orthodoxy
    ...n and Esther Bauman. Jacob, born March 22, 1811, was only 9 years old when he emigrated with his family to the British province of Upper Canada, from Lan ...o), as Jacob Martin grew older he became increasingly concerned about what he considered to be a drift away from their traditional Anabaptist roots. Inde
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  • Alexander Neufeld
    ...eally. Uh, but he asked me whether I would be ready not to tell to anybody about this, you know, this meeting. [00:03:33.12] ...econd, maybe a month later, I was then asked to come by. And then I sensed he wants to get me to work, kind of. I was active involved in youth work. We h
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  • Daniel Gerber
    ...lished warm relationships with farmers and young people. On May 31, 1962, he was abducted by presumed North Vietnamese soldiers along with two CMA missi
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  • Bearing One's Cross (in Mark)
    ...ifixion. He presumably begins to carry his cross (though Mark is not clear about this); the cross is then transferred to a certain Simon’s back (who presu ...God’s will at all costs (14:36). It involves identification with Jesus as he is tried, mocked, tortured, and crucified (15:21). Thus, even from Mark’s
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  • Proverbs and the Birth of Ethical Monotheism (in Proverbs)
    ...is supreme desire is that human beings "enjoy the good life," which is why he led Israel into such a good land (Martens: 19). Revering him "teaches a man ...anity so firmly and integrated it with the rich legacy of Solomon’s wisdom about life so seamlessly (in their version of the book) is the great gift to huma
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  • Broken promise offers new life, a new church
    ...h the devil. He promised his soul in exchange for being granted everything he wanted in this life. Cardona discovered that Jesus, not the devil, could give him the life he was looking for. Today, 16 years later, his family has found freedom from t
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  • Clarence Jordan
    ..., and radical stewardship together in a life of community and common work. He helped to establish Koinonia Farm, and right from the start hired a local m ...atred. Jordan died of a heart attack in October of 1969 at the age of 57. He died alone, his burial was simple. But his legacy continued, inspiring coun
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  • Anabaptist Interpretation of Revelation (in Revelation)
    ...e about, not by human force, but by divine intervention (Krahn, 1981:100). He affirmed the city of Münster to be the millennial commonwealth; and one of ...1981:342). Yet he saw the kingdom of God as spiritual (Keeney, 1968:180). He believed, on the basis of scripture rather than world events, that Christ w
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  • Race Relations (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1963)
    ...Christ's injunction to "teach the nations to observe all things whatsoever He has commanded." Not only did Christ instruct His church to "teach all natio
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  • Israel and Israel's Leaders (Mark and Anti-Semitism)
    ...that there are exceptions among the religious leaders (cf. esp. 12:28-34). He reports that Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the council, asks for the bod Many of Israel’s first-century leaders were serious about their faith, eager to please God, and diligent in obeying God’s law. Many
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  • Annotated Bibliography on Mennonite Interactions with Indigenous People in Paraguay
    ...s information about the organization's objectives, news releases, and data about indigenous groups. ...Chaco and then reviews early encounters and mission settlement programs. He also analyzes the changes in Lengua culture that occurred during this time
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  • Matthew's Distinctive Themes
    ...e kingdom (cf. 5:3, 10). The great majority of Jesus’ parables are stories about the kingdom (cf. 13:24; 18:23; 20:1; 22:1; 25:1). As depicted by Matthew, G ...es. He points his hearers to the will of God that underlies the Torah. And he forms a community committed to carry out Israel’s calling in faithful cov
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  • Sundar Singh
    ...baptized in Simla on his sixteenth birthday. Thirty-three days after this he took on the ascetic lifestyle of a sadhu, or wandering holy man. ...wandered the roads in his yellow robe and turban. On the road as a Sadhu, he was often mistreated and persecuted.
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  • Sin and Perfectionism (in 1,2,3 John)
    ...s firm commitment to the Johannine tradition. In particular, the tradition about Jesus’ teaching on love helps resolve this situation. ...ern reader may look at various translations of biblical passages that talk about “being perfect” or “perfection” in one’s behavior, we need to be
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  • Evangelical Mennonite Conference Confession of Faith (1994)
    ...inite and unchanging. He alone is the Creator, the Sustainer and Redeemer. He exists and reveals Himself in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. A ...ther of all believers and, in a special sense, the Father of Jesus Christ. He has revealed Himself in nature, in the Scriptures and especially in the per
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  • Moses Massawala
    ...come to me, but I see some of them coming around her. She and I will pray about it. ...had for this girl was deepen in hear. One thing I could really understand about her parent and relatives, they all had great love for me. I almost attended
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  • Elam S. Martin: Father of the Orthodox Mennonite Church
    ...m served as a Mennonite minister then bishop until his death in 1987, when he was 80 years old. ...ung (communal church guidelines) before being disciplined. Bishop Dave, as he was called, felt there was too much growing controversy, and excommunicated
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  • Belonging before believing
    Today, however, many Mennonites are speaking up about their faith: in Colombia, in the United States, and many places in between. ...es, the church holds a commissioning service. The congregation is informed about the service opportunity and in response, they pray for the newly formed lea
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  • Contextualizing the Gospel (in 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus)
    : Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, ''so that'' he may not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil. (1 Tim 3:7)
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  • Children of God / Born of God (in 1,2,3 John)
    ...rther, “If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also t ...g father of two difficult sons (Luke 15:11–32). Moreover, it is clear that he accepted the OT idea that the children of God are faithful to God’s ethic
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  • The Elite (in Lamentations)
    ...n ways of thinking and loyal to the Babylonian king. The king did not care about the poor workers or small farmers or farm laborers left behind in Judah bec ...focused on the plight of the elite and not the poor because they complain about conditions that the poor live with every day. The elite think that they sho
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  • Strasbourg Discipline (South German Anabaptist, 1568)
    ...ontains an interesting article by Mathias Pohl on the Discipline, in which he presented a paraphrase article by article from an old copy then in the poss ...private possession in Emmental Mennonite hands, possibly the Kipfer copy. He refers to the Obersülzen additions as of March 5, 1668, but does not menti
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Anonymous 2, April 2011
    ...cares for the universe. But yet He also cares for me, one individual who He has made a plan for. I must listen and pray for guidance in path of life.
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  • Resolution on Divorce and Remarriage (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1969)
    ...the membership of the church as divorced, and then should wish to remarry, he should seek the counsel of the brethren concerning such action. The intense
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  • Timothy W. Reardon
    ...heo-political and theological interpretations of Scripture. Most recently, he is the author of ''The Politics of Salvation: Lukan Soteriology, Atonement,
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  • Recreation (Mennonite Church, 1961)
    ...f new Christians and the influence of his choices upon them. Romans 14:20. He will respect the counsel of more mature Christians. </li><li>The Christian'
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  • Maccabees (in Daniel)
    ...thias killed a royal officer and a Jew about to offer a heathen sacrifice. He leveled the altar and then fled with his five sons to the hills, where they ...m Palestine, and in desperation he set out to raise funds in Persia, where he died. Meanwhile, to quell the revolt in Judea, Antiochus sent Lysias with t
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  • Satan (in 2 Corinthians)
    ...nts as ministers of Satan disguised as ministers of righteousness. At 12:7 he views his ''thorn in the flesh'' as a ''messenger of Satan'' to keep him fr .... Here Aaron the priest presents a goat to the Lord and another to Azazel. He puts the sins of the people on the goat dedicated to Azazel. That goat is l
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  • Integrated Mennonite Churches, Philippines
    ...the work that he had done with MNI. This trip brought increased awareness about Filipino Mennonites to the Western Mennonite world. By July of 1971, the Ge | EMBMC sends James Metzler to the Philippines. He starts 22 churches.
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  • Justice and Righteousness (in Hosea/Amos)
    ...ness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban” (29:14). He did this by rescuing the poor and the fatherless, comforting the dying, sup ...ighteousness is God’s saving words and deeds (Isa 5:16; 46:13; 51:5, 7–8). He acts in accordance with his name to preserve and display his glory (Ps 43:1
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  • King Fiction (in Song of Songs)
    ...nd princes. The young man calls his lover a “prince’s daughter” (7:1), and he describes a king held captive in the woman’s hair (7:5). ...describes the woman’s use of “king” as a term of affection for her lover. He further explains that in Egyptian love poetry, girls call their lovers “m
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  • Statement of Doctrine, Conservative Mennonite Conference (1991)
    ...regards theology not primarily as experience with God, but as what we say about God. (Note the root words, theos (God) and logos (word). In comparison, doc ...person of Jesus of Nazareth, who claimed and addressed Him as His Father. He is a Father in a personal relationship to all who confess and follow Jesus
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  • Julius Kubassek
    ...him to become a priest. His father did not want him to lay bricks either. He wanted Julius to get an education, become socially conscious and enlighten “If you make me go to high school,” he had told his father, “I will jump into the river and drown myself.” Con
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  • A Statement of the Position of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America on * Peace, War, Military Service, and Patriotism (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1941)
    ...is brother, he is a liar . . . And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also?" and other' similar passages, as well ...in the heart as well as toward others is a fruit of the Gospel. Therefore, he who professes peace must, at all times and in all relations with his fellow
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  • Convención Evangélica de Iglesias Paraguayas Hermanos Menonitas
    ...onite experience in [[Paraguay]] click [[Paraguay|here]], or to learn more about [[Mennonite Brethren]] around the world click [[Mennonite Brethren|here]]. ::This is the official conference website. On this site there are sections about the conference's history, its member churches, key leaders, projects, and c
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  • Mennonite Brethren Church Document of Secession (1860)
    ...109:17-18): He clothed himself with cursing, like as with his garment; as he loved cursing, so let it come unto him. The teachers do not stand in the ga ...converted maintain, but serves as a sign for the baptismal candidate, that he is really born again.
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  • A Mennonite Identity in the Twenty First Century, Jonas H Yoder, April 1999 (United States)
    conservative. They, in my opinion, are about as Mennonite as you can get. why, but when my grandfather was asked about it, he responded that he liked
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  • Christ/Christology (in Matthew)
    ...ole in God’s design. With that broader definition in mind, what can we say about Matthew’s Christology? What christological themes or categories stand out ...tles such as ''Messiah, Lord, Servant, Son of David'', and ''Son of God''. He also takes over an expression found in his sources, in which Jesus refers t
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  • Annotated Bibliography on Mennonites and Politics in Paraguay
    ...icle Bender reviews the history of Mennonite relationships with the state. He covers early Anabaptist history in Europe and goes on to discuss Mennonite ...he Mennonite [[Fernheim Colony|Fernheim Colony]] in the Paraguayan Chaco. He studied in Asunción, ran several successful businesses before accepting po
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  • Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowships (Ireland)
    ...s of the world such as Germany and Switzerland, but according to his faith he decided to bring the Mennonite fellowships close to his old ancestors. The ...municated people, his beliefs on foot washing and uniformity in dress. But he was just seen as the Radical figure of the Reformation and Reist as the one
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  • Wenger, John. "Compendio de historia y doctrina menonitas." 1960
    ...nitas han vivido. Al escribir acerca de los Menonitas en América del Norte he dado preferentemente la atención a la rama mayor de la denominación, ofic
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  • Why Am I a Mennonite? Rachel Geissinger, April 1999 (United States)
    began to think about what it means to be a Mennonite. Do all Mennonites link? The more I thought about it, the more confusing it seemed to be.
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  • Bodies (in 1 Corinthians)
    ...s'' (7:4), or ''I punish my body and enslave it'' (9:27). Paul also writes about different kinds of bodies in his discussion of the resurrection: ''heavenly ...rol the individual bodies. Many of the issues addressed in this letter are about matters of body control, especially sex, eating, and speaking. A sharp dist
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  • Worship in Revelation (in Revelation)
    ...gdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord and his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever. (11:15b) : He is alpha and omega.
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  • Nihon Menonaito Kirisuto Kyokai Kaigi, Japan
    ...d to the Kobayashi Church and was still a pastor there when he died. After he died his sons (Yamada and his wife had 5 children--3 boys and 2 girls) coll ...n overview of the Mennonite churches in Japan and some general information about Takashi Yamada and the Japan Mennonite Christian Church Conference.
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  • Sinode Jemaat Kristen Indonesia
    ...tion forming and went to the GKMI (Gereja Kristen Muriah Indonesia), where he was a member at this time, and asked to join with the GKMI. Sutanto's fello ...lism and church planting, which corresponded well with Sutanto's passions. He brought in friends from Scandinavia and they planted churches in north Cent
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Emma Ruth, April 2011
    ...and where, a few hours later, I would be baptized. As I sat there thinking about the events the day held, I asked myself, “what in the world am I doing? W ...have discovered since the day of my baptism is that I learn more and more about the church and what it means to be a part of the community that has formed
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  • Approaches to the Book of Ecclesiastes
    ...s his own wrongdoing in order to warn his readers to avoid God’s judgment. He then goes beyond his personal story to cite other examples of those who hav ...h to one who did not work for it (2:21). In addition, Qohelet is skeptical about the prospects for discerning what is good (6:12) and exhorts his readers no
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  • Resolution on the 500th Anniversary of Columbus (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1989)
    ...umbus' arrival in the western hemisphere and his "discovery" of the people he named Indians. Thus began a history of the conquest and displacement of the ...General Conference sessions (a) a public confession of our sin of silence about continued injustice, (b) an affirmation of the dignity and integrity of nat
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  • Hutterite Martyrs of 1918
    ...dressed in military uniform. Joseph had been faithful to the last, and now he was mocked in death. Michael Hofer died only days later; at the insistence of his father he was allowed to lie in his own clothes. Immediately following Michael’s de
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  • Christian Fundamentals (Mennonite Church, 1921)
    ...physical death and to the power of the devil, from which fallen condition he was unable to save himself. Genesis 1:26, 27; Genesis 2:7, 16, 17; Genesis ...nt for sin by the shedding of His blood, thus reconciling man to God; that He was raised from the dead, ascended to glory, and "ever liveth to make inter
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Melody Scoles, April 2011
    ...he Mennonite tradition. In fact, before this class, I never knew too much about the Mennonite faith at all. By attending Goshen College, I learned bits an ...on of church and state is a smart idea, though I love the guidelines given about living with politics. Mennonites practice humility, respect, peace-making,
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  • The Christian Soldiers of Serbia
    ...d with a job for a paper like Belgrade’s Politika, just after World War I, he had great opportunities. ...yone is silent, earnest. The face of the man with seven children is white. He blinks hard. Then the door is locked behind them and they disappear in dire
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  • The Integrity of 2 Corinthians
    ...e historical Paul did, in the midst of his north­-Mediterranean mission at about A.D. 54­-55. The way the parts of 2 Corinthians fit together, however, is ...in the text. This phenomenon has led to a wide range of scholarly opinion about the origin of the parts and their place in the present letter.
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  • Andreas Wurtz
    ...in Sankt Peter, in the valley of the River Drau. Like everyone they knew, he and his wife were Roman Catholics, and when their first child was born in 1 ...baby’s birth, Andreas’s wife died. For several years he lived alone until he married a young widow, Margarethe Strauss, who had two little girls, Elisab
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  • What Does It Mean to Be a Mennonite in 1999? Kelly J Sauder, April 1999 (United States)
    school anxiously awaiting the noon potluck that was about to come. While to accept Christ I needed to repent and ask for his salvation that he had
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Samuel Chege, April 2011
    Learning about the Anabaptist-Mennonite background and struggles to establish their identi ...in tolerance of all kinds of people. Jesus taught to “Love thy neighbor”. He never specified whether that person is black, white, homosexual, atheist, M
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  • Wismar Articles (Dutch Anabaptist, 1554)
    ...sh him, if conscience allows it in view of the state of the affair. But if he be a bold and headstrong adulterer, then the innocent party is free--with t ...to undertake of himself to preach or admonish from church to church unless he be sent or ordained thereto by the congregation or the elders.
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  • Why Am I a Mennonite? Kevin A Graber, April 1999 (United States)
    bible and being taught of God's love for all his children, I wondered about Christ. Throughout all Christ's teachings and examples He stayed true to
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  • Europe
    ...i had begun to reform the Church in Zurich, tension arose within his group about the extent of his reform efforts. Zwingli was hesitant to push for changes ...529, Jacob Hutter, an Anabaptist from South Tyrol, fled to Moravia. There he encountered Anabaptists who shared community goods. Hutter was impressed b
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  • Phnom Penh Mennonite Church
    ...y in July 2009 to connect with the global Mennonite Church. To learn more about other Anabaptist-related groups in [[Asia and Pacific|Asia and the Pacific] ...r Mennonite Conference]), recommended that EMM begin work in Cambodia, and he expressed interest in returning to Cambodia as a missionary.<!-- unsupporte
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  • Opponents Implicit in 2 Corinthians
    ...es that he recognized quite well what his opponents were up to in Corinth; he rejected their stance unequivocally. ...but he was a citizen of the Roman city of Tarsus and a Roman citizen, and he spoke Greek (Acts 21:37—22:29; 16:37­-39). Is Paul's reduction of the gl
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  • "Faith once separated, now joins pastoral couple"
    ...rking for the rights of the poor,” said Escobar, speaking of the days when he poured his best energies into academia and his law practice. ...a result of Daniel Escobar’s aversion to all things related to the church, he and Beatriz rarely discussed faith.
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Daniel Penner, April 2011
    ...further he supposed that he was Mennonite, “...but I don’t speak German,” he reminded me. Conversations such as this were typical in Paraguay. I felt li ...to grab ahold of the various questions that people had. I can tell stories about Pilgram Marpeck, Conrad Grebel and even Danisa Ndlovu.
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  • The Eschatology of Mark 13
    ...d ask Jesus (as portrayed in Mark 13) which of the three views is correct, he would respond, “It might be view 1 or 2 or 3; we will have to wait and se ...e references to ''these things'' and ''all these things'', without clarity about which things are meant (as in vv. 4, 30). There are references to ''those d
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  • Scapegoat (in Leviticus)
    ...as invented by William Tyndale for use in his English translation of 1530. He used it to refer to the unnamed goat in Leviticus 16:8 that is sent away in ...purification because contact with the scapegoat has ''contaminated'' him. He needs to launder his garments and bathe before reentering the camp.
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  • Faith of Jesus Christ (in Galatians)
    ...debate was triggered by Richard Hays&rsquo;s dissertation on Galatians 3. He took the position that the phrase refers to Christ&rsquo;s own faith or fai ...quo;The love of Christ compels us&rdquo; in 2 Corinthians 5:14 (NIV), does he mean <em>our</em> love for <em>Christ</em> (objective genitive), or <em>Chr
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  • Bender, Harold S. "Este es Mi Pueblo: La Naturaleza de la Iglesia y su Discipulado de Acuerdo al Nuevo Testamento." 1962.
    ...Nuevo Testamento. Al buscar describir la iglesia en su verdadera esencia, he tenido delante de mi la visión de una comunidad humana visible e identific
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  • Mennonite World Conference Shared Convictions (2006)
    ...he Son of God. Through his life and teachings, his cross and resurrection, he showed us how to be faithful disciples, redeemed the world, and offers eter
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  • Holy Spirit in the Letters to Timothy and Titus (in 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus)
    ...connection between the Holy Spirit and Christ is Titus 3:6. ''This Spirit he'' [God] ''poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior''. Christ ...asized in Titus 3:4-7, which says the Holy Spirit “washes” and thus brings about rebirth and renewal. Salvation comes through the regenerating work of the S
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  • Orthodox Mennonite Church, Huron County
    ...or Peter Hoover's 2010 online article entitled "Orthodox Mennonite Church" he states, " In 1974, over half the members, under the leadership of minister ...Martin writes in his book about the Old Order Mennonites of Ontario that, "he (Edward Martin) was later released from the ban by the (Huron) Orthodox Men
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  • The Nurture and Evangelism of Children (Mennonite Church, 1955)
    ...need of repentance, faith, and the new birth. As the Holy Spirit convicts, he may either yield to Christ or reject Him. Those receiving Christ are born a ...t. On the part of children it involves the regeneration of each child when he reaches the age of accountability. We teach and nurture in order to see him
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  • A Statement of the Christian Doctrines of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (1925)
    ...born of a virgin, partook of humanity, but without the taint of sin; that He suffered and died on the cross, arose from the dead, and ascended into heav ...on; that He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and judgment; that He is the Comforter of saints and guides them into all truth. John 15:26; John
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  • Brethren in Christ Church, South Africa
    ...ader of the Soshanguve Brethren in Christ Church for its entire existence. He has since died. <br>The second church created was the Hillbrow Brethren in ...in Christ Association (IBICA).<ref>Macebo, Benedict. "I Want to Know More About Your Church." E-mail interview. 10 Apr. 2011.</ref> <br>Lately, Zimbabweans
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  • The Christian View of Marriage (Mennonite Church, 1959)
    ...sponsibility for a constructive contribution to marital unity and purpose. He restored the original intent of marriage to be monogamous and permanent. Th ...ditions such as can be achieved only by a properly "joined" man and woman. He identified the union of two lives as having been instituted by God. This me
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  • Paul’s View of the Law (in Galatians)
    ...o help achieve that end. Thus he does not nuance every statement, nor does he deal with issues that might detract from his argument, even if we should co ...a range of possibilities presents itself. Paul himself was a Pharisee, and he remained a Pharisee as a believer (cf. Acts 23:6), even though his new conv
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  • The Household Codes (in 1 Peter)
    In his rigorous 1945 commentary on 1 Peter, Selwyn traces what he called the “Code of Subordination” in the NT. In the chart on page 181, ...es, and uses of these Household Codes (what Luther called ''Haustafeln''). He prefers to call them “Station Codes” (''Ständetafeln''). They consist
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  • Mennonite Tricentennial Resolution (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1983)
    In the president's proclamation of the tricentennial year he noted the coming of "13 families" in 1683 and went on to herald the success ...United States," to preserve political freedom in world against communism. He feared a call for disarmament would encourage further communist aggression.
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  • Statement of Doctrine (Conservative Mennonite Conference, 1991)
    ...regards theology not primarily as experience with God, but as what we say about God. (Note the root words, theos (God) and logos (word). In comparison, doc ...person of Jesus of Nazareth, who claimed and addressed Him as His Father. He is a Father in a personal relationship to all who confess and follow Jesus
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  • Why I Am a Mennonite, Harold Hartzler, April 1999 (United States)
    and evening. My father was particularly active in church work. He was a much about what the Mennonite Church stood for or what was distinctive
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  • Confession, or Short and Simple Statement of Faith (Rudnerweide, Russia, 1853)
    ...ngs are done by Him. Heaven is His Throne, and the earth is His footstool. He is great in wisdom and mighty in power, Lord of all Lords and King of all K ...eaven, was seated at the right hand of God the almighty Father. From there He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
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  • Old Order Mennonite Groups in Ontario
    ...50s, he and several others from his previous church formed their own body. He became their Acting Bishop, and their group was initially known as the "Ela
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  • Interpretation of Scriptures (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1978)
    ...Christ as Lord is to accept the Old Testament Scriptures as God's word as He did, and to acknowledge the New Testament as His word. As the inspired Word ...cept the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them (1 Corinthians 2:12-14). It is the Spirit of God who
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  • Vengeance (in Psalms)
    ...enemies free rein or let their rage go unanswered, but that he will bring about a total restoration (80:3, 7, 19). ...nant context to the ancient words “Vengeance is mine, and recompense.… For he will avenge the blood of his children” (Deut 32:35, 43; Rom 12:19; Heb 10
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  • Grace Community Church, South Africa
    ...for carrying the gospel to many workers struggling to live on sheep farms. He drove thousands of miles to spread the good news. During his life, David pl ...Green. Perf. Pastor Leon Pula. Mennonite Mission Network, 2006. DVD.</ref> He has only been allowed to hold congress since apartheid is finally over. The
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  • Ecclesiastes
    ...y times. He essentially affirms the orthodox biblical portrait of God, yet he does not hesitate in ascribing to God some of the pain and inscrutabilities ...d gifts, though inscrutable. Qohelet has confidence in God’s judgment, yet he refuses to deny the reality of injustice and inexplicable tragedy.
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  • Convención Evangélica Menonita Paraguaya
    ...linas. They began a process of traveling between churches to find opinions about a possible new national conference.<ref>Valladares.</ref> ...arecos has attended seminary, he became President of the conference before he had yet pastored a church. Marecos' initiatives include a push for financia
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  • Why I Am a Mennonite: The Struggle to Give Reason to My Practices, Jodi S Hochstedler, April 1999 (United States)
    Dirk Willems going back to his pursuer and rescuing him after he had fallen through the ice-covered pond. Because of his kindness, he was rewarded
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  • A Statement of Our Position on Peace, War and Military Service (Mennonite Church, 1937)
    ...his brother, he is a liar ... and this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God loveth his brother also;" and other similar passages, as wel ...hin the heart as well as toward others is a fruit of the Gospel. Therefore he who professes peace must at all times and in all relations with his fellowm
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  • Records of Ministry Ordinations of the Orthodox Mennonites
    ...ol house, then served in N-Howick Church when it was opened June 13, 1986. He died August 30, 2018, age 86 years. ...an, Mervin W. Martin). When Wroxeter Church House was opened June 25, 1995 he served there until Christian Brubacher was ordained Deacon Nov. 26, 2013, f
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  • Historic Tensions: Why I am a Mennonite, Amber M Friesen, April 1999 (United States)
    first Sunday of Lent, and I heard a couple talk about the death of their sermon and after he was finished he re-lit the candle that had been so many
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  • Colossians
    ...g Christ. The early Anabaptists gravitated to the Gospels because they are about Jesus, and his life and teachings were considered of prime importance. Howe ...d in the Lycus Valley of the Roman province of Asia (now western Turkey), about 100 miles east of Ephesus. It was on a major east-west route,with the citie
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  • Justice (in Jeremiah)
    ...eople generally. God is one who proceeds in justice (Gen 16:5; Jer 11:20). He loves justice (Ps 37:28). Justice, along with righteousness, is the foundat
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  • Anti-Semitism (in Matthew)
    ..., anti-Semitism continues to affect the way many Christians feel and think about the Jewish community. #Matthew views the story he tells as a ''fulfillment'' of God’s promises to Israel, not as a negation
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  • Schipani, Daniel. "Cuando se piensa en el aborto." 1990
    :He aquí el libro que usted buscaba sobre un tema difícil y candente, que fre
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  • The Meaning of Being Mennonite, Janine M Martin, April 1999 (United States)
    ...he story of how he hid under the schoolhouse to avoid that picture because he knew that his still very Amish mother would not approve. I look in to the ...l wore dresses and had long braided hair. There was something so beautiful about them and I became quite conscious of my naked legs and my shoulder-length h
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  • Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowships, Belize
    ...of Beachy Amish Mennonites in 1962. This group has six congregations with about 175 members. The group has related congregations in Canada, Costa Rica, El This story is written by Carel Roessingh Henning about daily life for a Beachy Amish Mennonite in Belize:
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  • 2 Corinthians
    ...not heard of global warming, much less that 7 billion people of earth move about in 1.2 billion horseless vehicles powered by fossil fuel. ...a large part of the document to regaining the respect of the congregation he created through his teaching. The challenge for us is to work together in c
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  • Mennonite Brethren Church Confession of Faith (1975)
    ...ove who orders all things to serve His eternal purpose. In mercy and grace He adopts as His children all who repent of their sin and trust in Jesus Chris ...tion and ascended into heaven where He now intercedes for all who believe. He will come again to judge the living and the dead and to establish His etern
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  • Concept of Cologne (Anabaptists, 1591)
    ...s to be blameless. After he has been tested, he is to be allowed to serve. He is to be installed in his office through the laying on of hands by the elde ...and believe that at the last judgment each will be received accordingly as he or she has lived.
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  • Elbing Catechism (Mennonite, 1778)
    He says: Because that which may be known of God, is manifest: For the invisibl That God is a Spirit; that he is one, everlasting, immutable, omnipresent, all-seeing, omniscient, all-wi
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  • Wisdom (in Ephesians)
    ...in Job and Ecclesiastes their sharp edge. Note the debate among the sages about justice, God, and creation, reflected in the arguments between Job and his ...d knowing without the help of revelation. The sages were endlessly curious about the way God and God’s creation work, and deeply impressed by the limits o
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  • Vapor (Hebel) (in Ecclesiastes)
    ...ng ''hebel'' to mean material vapor, they have disagreed on whether or not he uses it as a true or ''live'' metaphor. ...ce for his readers. Yet advocates of this position do not substantiate how he helps his audience move from known uses of vapor to the more unusual employ
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  • Proverbs
    ...is also the theology of Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, where he speaks of God's watchful care over all aspects of his creation and encourag ...His army was then itself decimated by an “angel of the LORD” (pestilence). He had to withdraw to Nineveh, the capital city of the Assyrian Empire (2 King
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  • A Call for a Peacemaking Task Force (Mennonite Church, 1993)
    ...making assignment with religious leaders from Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia. He says Christians from the region are calling for help in peacemaking efforts
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  • 1 Corinthians
    ...th the help of his amanuensis, Sosthenes (1:1), from Ephesus (16:8), in or about 54 CE. Paul had lived and proclaimed the gospel in Corinth for eighteen months in or about 50 CE (Acts 18:1-18). His work resulted in the establishment of several gro
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  • Wellesley Orthodox Mennonites
    ...te, page 18.</ref>Evidence shows that the families who left were concerned about modernization in their previous church, including the usage of power tools ...n of the Wellesley Orthodox, who is the grandson of Bishop Elam S. Martin. He states that his grandfather held the same view as the David Martin church r
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  • Political Power (in Ecclesiastes)
    ...rsive of traditional societal structures, at least not in the usual sense. He appears disturbed by the prospect of the poor and ruling classes switching ...-Christopher: 163–73). At any rate, Qohelet does have a vision for change. He believes people can live in wholesome ways that challenge the destructive p
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  • Mangal Pandey - to Produce A Rising Again
    ...is a website produced at: one will discover more fascinating announcement about Mangal Pandey.
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  • Resolution on Health Care in the United States (Mennonite Church, 1993)
    ...is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for A. '''reaffirm our biblical beliefs about health and illness, life and death, and our hope in the resurrection throug
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  • Eberhard Arnold
    ...violable. In the residence of the ambassador, only the laws of the country he represents are valid. We are ambassadors of the kingdom of God. This means ...iscipleship to Christ. He felt called to devote his life to telling others about Jesus.
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  • Why I Am a Mennonite, Rebecca Rich, April 1999 (United States)
    ...are saying is give peace a chance." I'm not sure I knew what I was talking about, I just knew I was right. at Wichita '95. "You Mennonites," he said, "you really have a great thing
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  • My Anabaptist "Vision," Tom A Stinson, April 1999 (United States)
    we found an African-American man for the job. He was a very charismatic such a lifestyle. Before I really knew much about Mennonite theology, the
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  • Declaration of Christian Faith and Commitment with Respect to Peace, War, and Nonresistance (Mennonite Church, 1951)
    ...y Savior and Lord, and to whom alone supreme loyalty and obedience is due. He is the basis for our faith and commitment to the nonresistant way of life, ...s brother, he is a liar. . . . And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also"; "But the greatest of these is love"
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  • CONEMPAR Faith Statement
    ...the creator of all things visible and invisible, material and immaterial. He created man in His image, male and female, with free will, moral character
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  • The Middelburg Confession of Hans de Ries (1578)
    ...rg.1 The charge brought against him by several Reformed ministers was that he had performed a marriage ceremony for two young people against the wishes o ...do this? I said: I shall give account of this before the righteous judge. He said: who is that? I said: God who created me."2
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Kajungu Mturi, April 2011
    ...o learn about my history as a Mennonite. Before this class, I knew little about Mennonites. But after taking Anabaptist Mennonite History, my awareness of ...Anabaptist Movement). Mennonites believe that infants don’t know anything about faith and sins. When we read from the Bible, it says that the kingdom of h
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  • The Way of Peace (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1971)
    ...t the heart of the Christian faith. God, in Christ, initiated peacemaking. He invites and enables a peace relationship with Him and a peace relationship ...tors many times and many ways through the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son" (Hebrews 1:1, 2). We do not claim a compl
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  • A Resolution on Health Care (General Conference Mennonite Church U.S. Assembly, 1992)
    ...is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for ...more just health-care system. We must also actively work to help bring it about. Therefore, we affirm the following vision of a health-care system and comm
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  • Anabaptist Hermeneutics: Presuppositions, Principles and Practice
    ...ointing to this in the oft-quoted sentence: “No man can know Christ unless he follows after him in life.” Similarly Hans Hut argued that attaining to t ...a means of handling the Old Testament. It provided a way of discriminating about what in the Old Testament could be appealed to in the age of grace. Althoug
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  • How Christian Communities Emerge (in 1 & 2 Thessalonians)
    ...ve cannot be verified historically (ME, 4:708­-709). We are left to wonder about the eventual fate of the original Christian community in ancient Thessaloni ...ot having spot, blemish, wrinkle, or any such thing, but pure and holy, as he, himself, is holy. (Rideman: 38)
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  • Kingdom Theology (in Colossians and Philemon)
    ...serious attention as the church in each generation seeks to be intentional about the relation of the church to the culture of its world.</p> ...e state attempting to swallow the church for political advantage. Rhetoric about separation of church and state does not change the priority of the state ov
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  • Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa, Indonesia
    ...GITJ (Hoekema 31). Jansz himself was not “a real Anabaptist theologian,” – he was not a pacifist, and did not speak strongly on the oath – but adult ba ...s, from 2000 members to over forty thousand and about six congregations to about 100 (Yoder). In the near future, this pattern will probably continue, despi
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  • Women in Ministry (in 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus)
    ...ead in Genesis 1:26-28 and Galatians 3:28 and as Jesus apparently did when he taught and responded to women? And how should the narrative evidence of wom
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  • 1 & 2 Thessalonians
    ...the Roman Empire in the Mediterranean world required prayerful discernment about how their allegiance to Jesus Christ shapes their daily lives as individual ...mmunity was preceded by Timothy’s visit in Thessalonica to learn firsthand about events subsequent to Paul’s initial visit (1 Thess 3:1-10).
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  • A Christian Declaration on Capital Punishment (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1965)
    ...one to be hanged . . . would look . . . strange and unbecoming . . . . If he remained impenitent, and his life be taken, one would unmercifully rob him ...sioned to make disciples of all peoples, teaching them to observe all that He has commanded, in order that the purpose of God may be fulfilled. (See Matt
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  • Old Mennonites
    ...our sins (1 John 1:9), and turn to His Son Jesus in faith, believing that He died on the Cross for our sins, and to grant us eternal life through His re ...in the sight of our Lord and Saviour, daily choosing to follow His Way, as He taught in the Scriptures (Luke 9:23). Through active obedience, we honour o
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  • Annotated Bibliography on Mennonite Colonies in Paraguay
    ...he third Mennonite World Conference in Amsterdam in 1936. In this address he describes the history of Mennonites in Paraguay and their current (1936) so ...mish friends, then moving to Paraguay to help build houses from 1970-1981. He has included many pictures and personal narratives from people living there
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  • Waterlander Confession of Faith (1577)
    ...ithin through discussion and consensus and to be an instrument in bringing about understanding with other groups, particularly the Flemish and the Frisians, ...es wrote, "In order to find unity, would it not be better if we forgot all about confessions or statements and held ourselves simply to the Word of God?"2 I
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  • Titus
    ...aders for the church. In addition, Paul gives ethical exhortation to bring about change in the lives of the Cretan church members. On one hand, all Cretan c ...p of the word that is trustworthy in accordance with the teaching, so that he may be able both to preach with sound doctrine and to refute those who cont
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  • Philippians
    ...ssiah Jesus, and it is infused with the warm and intimate relational bonds he shares with his similarly beleaguered “partners” in Philippi. ...ct retrospectively on the extreme hardship, both physical and mental, that he experienced during his imprisonment (2 Cor 1:3–11; 2:14–16; 4:7–5:9;
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  • Confession of Faith (Fellowship of Concerned Mennonites, 1990)
    ...Israel, and now through Jesus Christ has made an eternal covenant in which He offers to the human race the forgiveness of sins and the blessings of divin ...Priest seated at the right hand of the Father, intercedes For the saints. He is the Lord and Savior of all true believers, the coming Judge of the livin
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  • Mennonite Air Missions, Guatemala
    ...e man plants the head of an indian child into the hold every electric pole he erects" (Sharp 9). "They told us," writes Sharp, "one of the rumors circula ...ing death was able to recuperate and return to the United States. This set about numerous political actions. The American Embassy informed MAM missionaries
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  • Violence and War (in Judges)
    ...ises for many people, including Christians who take seriously Jesus’ words about loving one’s enemies (Matt 5:44). Nevertheless, it may help to put such l ...d’s inhabitants nor condemns the Israelites for failing to do so. Instead, he makes clear that the Israelites’ glaring crime involves intermingling and
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  • Offender Ministries (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1977)
    <h4>Historical References</h4> Several writers have made statements about the value of persons, including the offender. ...pecially mindful of the helpless and the hopeless, the sick and the needy. He does not separate our love directed to Him and our love for our fellowmen.
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  • "Head" (in Ephesians)
    ...y to the top part of a person’s body. It can also refer to the top of just about anything else, such as a mountain or a wall (“headstone”; cf. Ps. 118:2 ...')” of both creation (Col. 1:15) and resur- rection or re-creation (1:18). He is “before (''pro'') all things” (1:17), “preeminent in everything (p
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  • Menno Simons' Encounter with the Bible
    ...s had said on an issue; now it was a question of what the Scriptures said. He had found a new authority.<sup>1</sup> ...and the perverted Münsterites, and secondly in that some months thereafter he was able to renounce all and “willingly submit to distress and poverty un
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  • Fernheim Colony
    ...ish friends, then moving to Paraguay to help build houses from 1970-1981. He includes many pictures, as well as personal narratives from people living t ...ak attempted to contact the Zamuco tribe. Though Isaak died of his wounds he sustained from a member of the Zamuco tribe, the Ayoreo came out of the bus
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  • Household Behavior (in 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus)
    ...s were by nature suited to be slaves (''Politics'' 1.1255a.20; Bell: 193). He went so far as to define a slave as a living tool or living property (''Nic ...[§§190-210]) used Aristotle’s classic teaching on household codes to talk about household management. When Christianity arose, the Greco-Roman household wa
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  • Violence and War in Judges
    ...ises for many people, including Christians who take seriously Jesus’ words about loving one’s enemies (Matt 5:44). Nevertheless, it may help to put such l ...d’s inhabitants nor condemns the Israelites for failing to do so. Instead, he makes clear that the Israelites’ glaring crime involves intermingling and
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  • Ecclesiology (in 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus)
    ...r children and households well (3:12). In 2 Timothy 3:6, Timothy is warned about unhealthy teachers disturbing Christian households. Titus is to warn those ...tic values. The instructions that Paul gives have a larger agenda in mind: he wants to build bridges between the Christian culture and the larger society
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  • Is Jesus the Only Way? (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1997)
    ...ing death (Revelation 5:9; 7:14). God has, however, not informed us on how he will deal with those who have never heard of the saving death of Christ.</l
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  • Richard Rancap
    ...dea about. A conflict that, uh, was happened three decades ago. A conflict about leadership and the issue of land.[00:03:00;16] ...r is planning to transfer the name for the church. But after passing away, he didn't have that.
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  • Mennonite Confession of Faith (Mennonite Church, 1963)
    ...le of Israel, and has now made through Christ an eternal covenant in which He offers to the human race the forgiveness of sins and the blessings of divin ...Lord and Christ at the right hand of the Father intercedes for the saints. He is the Lord and Saviour of all Christian believers, and the coming judge of
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  • 1 & 2 Timothy
    ...ives a confessional statement on the person and work of Christ. Paul talks about the behavior of men and of women. This section, especially 2:9-15 on women ...n a culture of honor and shame Timothy is not to be ashamed of the gospel. He is to accept suffering, along with Paul, which ties their ministries to the
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  • MWC Shared Convictions (2006)
    ...he Son of God. Through his life and teachings, his cross and resurrection, he showed us how to be faithful disciples, redeemed the world, and offers eter
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  • Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, Articles of Confession (1896)
    ...ar as he is Son, is another than the Father, and the Holy Ghost, as far as he is a true Holy Ghost, is another than the Father and the Son, and that they ...d not that man should be lost and forever be separated from Him; therefore He did promise to send His Son to be the Redeemer and Savior of the world; who
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  • The Christian and Nuclear Power (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1959)
    ...nd sustainer of His creation. Evil men are not going to wrest it from Him. He is Lord of all, Lord even of history. ...ontext of the Statement</h4> The statement was drafted in an era of debate about [[Nuclear Weapons (United States)|nuclear weapons ]]testing by the Great po
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  • Why I Am Mennonite, Anonymous, April 1999 (United States)
    speaker in our class on Martin Luther King Jr. day. One comment that he made really caught my attention about faults within Mennonitism. He said,
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  • Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches, India
    ...rch currently has a committee of around 30 people who are making decisions about where leadership will go when it is time for a change, and also looking to In a phone interview with Mr. I.P. Asheervadam, he explained that the church is going in a great direction currently. However,
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  • Historical and Political Context (in 1 & 2 Thessalonians)
    ...essalonian correspondence should be read in the light of what can be known about the political history of Thessalonica. Political developments in the rest o ..., Thessalonike, the stepsister of Alexander. The earlier city, Therme, and about twenty-five other towns or villages in the area became incorporated into th
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  • Reconciliation (in Colossians and Philemon)
    ..."If, to punish and discipline us, our living Lord vents his wrath upon us, he will yet be reconciled with his own servants" (7:33, JB). In that period Je ...God initiates the action and is said to do the reconciling: you . . . <em>he has now reconciled </em>(Col. 1:21&shy;22); "in Christ God was reconciling
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  • Olive Branch Confession (1627)
    ...n, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: whi ...l that was made in heaven or upon earth, and in whom they all stand, since He upholds all things by the word of His power. Genesis 22:18; Deuteronomy 8:1
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  • Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches Articles of Faith (1950)
    ...1:14, 29; Mark 10:45; Hebrews 10:10-14; 1 Peter 1:18-29; Isaiah 53: 4-6). He took upon Himself the likeness of sinful flesh (Hebrews 2:14), thus being t ...and is now at the right hand of God interceding in our behalf; from whence He shall come again in visible form to judge the living and the dead and to es
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  • Ibandla Labazalwane kuKristu eZimbabwe
    ...Conference, and he has been active in the international Anabaptist world. He has also been a voice for social justice, and has vehemently opposed the co
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  • Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)
    ...that he that would come to God must believe that there is a God, and that He is a rewarder of them that seek Him; therefore, we confess with the mouth, ...prepared, heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is; and that He still governs and upholds the same and all His works through His wisdom, mi
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  • Mennonitische Freikirche Österreich
    ...to Salzburg, Vienna Penzing, Liezen, Gmunden, Linz-Urfahr… Today there are about 600 Christians who meet in Mennonite churches in Austria. [10] ...t of the Counter Reformation under the leadership of Emperor Ferdinand II. He brutally enforced Catholicism on the country and Anabaptists were imprisone
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  • The Hermeneutics of Obedience
    ...this problem by distinguishing three levels of meaning,<sup>1</sup> which he characterized as flesh, soul and spirit. The highest significance was given ...h Augustine, who wanted to derive normative theological value from it, but he was no longer able to use the Old Testament (in its literal sense) as a sou
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  • The Jesus Tribe: Grace Stories from Congo's Mennonites 1912-2012 (A Project of Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission)
    [[ Media:He sold corn at ten cents a bushel to raise boat fare.pdf|He sold corn at ten cents a bushel to raise boat fare]]
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  • Chiesa Evangelica Mennonita Italiana
    ...sent by Mennonites. She began corresponding with a few Virginia Mennonites about the Anabaptist belief (Yoder). In 1949, Lewis Martin and Jason Weaver trave ...five churches (Mennonite World Conference). Overall, Evangelicals make up about 1% of the Italian population (Blosser). Within the Evangelical population,
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  • Hermeneutics and Discipleship
    ...nature of the human will, and his quarrel with Zwingli at Marburg in 1529 about eucharistic doctrine certainly involved hermeneutical concerns, but the lar ...ans Denck immediately comes to mind: ‘No man may truly know Christ, except he follow him in life’ [''mit dem Leben'']<ref>Schriften. 2. Teil. Walter Fe
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  • Daniel
    ...tions (chaps. 2 to 7) bears witness "to all peoples nations and languages" about the nature and work of Israel's God and his offer of grace to the world. Th ...“welcomed all who came to him, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ” (28:30–31). Supremely, Daniel anticipates resurr
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  • Judaism in the Diaspora (in 1 & 2 Thessalonians)
    ...postle to the Gentiles, Paul was particularly suspect on this score, since he had ongoing contact with Gentile communities. Formerly also a zealous perse
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  • Yahweh War (in Deuteronomy)
    ...song: "Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea" (Exod 15:21). Israel is delivered as it watches: G ...defeats the Philistines (1 Sam 7). Similarly, prior to Saul becoming king, he functions as the charismatic leader in the defeat of the Ammonites (1 Sam 1
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  • Teaching the Bible in the Congregation, by Ross T. Bender
    ...impression on my mind. I do not recall hearing a great deal of discussion about the nature of Scripture and the meaning of inspiration. Our little country ...r who explained their significance to us. I also remember being aware that he loved us.
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  • The Use of the Law (Mennonite Church, 1981)
    "He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you ...witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a
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  • The Way of Christian Love in Race Relations (Mennonite Church, 1955)
    ...win to the kingdom of God even as Christ loved and sought those among whom He walked. 2. The [[Bible |Bible]] also teaches that "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not peri
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  • Bharatiya General Conference Mennonite Kalisiya, India
    ...ecure land in the villages of Champa and Janjgir. The Penners quickly set about establishing a mission station at the former location and the Kroekers at t ...g to J.P. Masih, the wound that the split created may never complete heal. He said that the conflict left the church crippled financially and ecclesiasti
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  • Witness in Acts
    ...filled Stephen ''could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke'' (6:10; cf. 4:8­ 10; 9:17, 22; 13:9­12). ...OT. This began with Jesus himself. To explain his death and resurrection, "he opened their minds to understand the scriptures" (Luke 24:45). So his disci
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  • The Christian Family (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1962)
    ...held in fear and trembling. This is part of God's wonderful creation, but He is glorified in this only in marriage.
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  • Jesus Village Church, South Korea
    ...church is an Associate Member of Mennonite World Conference. To learn more about Anabaptist-related groups in [[Asia and Pacific|Asia and the Pacific]] clic ...nsert links to those stories here. Click the following link to learn more about [[Anabaptistwiki:Stories|stories]].''
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  • Emperors and Emperor Worship (in Revelation)
    ...dence that Domitian was not the cold-blooded persecutor of Christians that he was formerly thought to be (1990:109-15). Perhaps the pressure to worship t
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  • Elements of the Universe (in Colossians and Philemon)
    <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Paul's prescience in Col. 2:8 is remarkable; he somehow understood something that our age, with all its feats of knowledge
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  • Ezekiel's Political Theology (in Ezekiel)
    1. The book of Ezekiel tells about ''the victory of the rule of God''. Ezekiel’s temple vision is the climax ...y the prince. The prince is not to intrude upon the rule of God. Likewise, he is not to intrude upon the rights of the people.
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  • Capital Punishment and the Ministry of the Church to the Offender (Mennonite Church, 1965)
    ...obligation to individual criminal offenders, to the government under which he lives, and to Christ. And we pray that God may grant us wisdom, vision, and
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  • Revelation
    ...of John that it is difficult to believe that same person wrote them all at about the same time. Nevertheless, the inspiration of the Book of Revelation is i ...anguage. The reason for using symbols is to effectively communicate truths about God and Jesus, Satan and his demons, heaven and hell. Such truths cannot be
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  • The Christian Witness to the State (Mennonite Church, 1961)
    ...s steps ... who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not" (1 Peter 2:21-23). ...ristian cannot always submit to the demands of the state. On the contrary, he must needs on occasion be in opposition to the state, as individual rulers
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  • A Theology of Suffering (in 1 Peter)
    ...possible meaning and even the benefits of suffering, and its ultimate end. He pleads correctly that 1 Peter must be read first of all in terms of its own However, about half the references deal with the suffering endured by the followers of Chr
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  • Mennonite Mission Network collaborates for earthquake relief efforts in Chile
    ...hardest-hit zones. Initial reports suggest that the coastal town of Lota, about 30 km south of Concepción and the location of one Mennonite Church, has ex ...home in the damaged but less hard-hit region of Santiago city. On Feb. 27, he wrote, “It is now 1:18 p.m. and the electrical power is slowly coming bac
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  • Will we throw the ribbon away?
    With our indigenous sisters and brothers, we began talking about our leaving well ahead of time, and listened to expressions of their feelin While we talked about our impending leaving, one Toba pastor said, “I don’t like it when peop
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  • Relationship Between 1 and 2 Thessalonians (in 1 & 2 Thessalonians)
    ...l found the claim that ''the day of the Lord has come'' so disturbing that he even considers the possibility that another letter has been circulating in ...vious letter (see above). The story about how Paul and his companions went about their ministry and how they were welcomed in Thessalonica seems appropriate
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  • Anger of the Lord (in Joshua)
    ...ruction (ḥerem; 6:18, 21). Achan is a scapegoat: he represents all Israel. He takes the fall for the community. God’s response is not merely a reaction ...erce anger and show you compassion, and in his compassion multiply you, as he swore to your ancestors” (Deut 13:17). Anger masks a relational disruptio
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  • What Is Being a Mennonite, When You Aren't? Angie N Amstutz, April 1999 (United States)
    ...oming to Goshen College, I never even heard of Mennonites and knew nothing about them. All I knew was Goshen was to be a four-year Christian college. Litt ...grew up with guns in our house and learned how to shoot. I have no qualms about that. I am proud and honored that my father served this country. Ever sin
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  • Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand
    ...ogether for a weekend retreat at Bundeena south of Sydney to share stories about their respective regions and growing partnerships. From this meeting came l ...l, “On the Road,” current writings from Anabaptist scholars or information about historic Anabaptism.
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  • A Christian Declaration on Peace, War, and Military Service (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1953)
    ...her which is in heaven." Romans 12:20 "If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on hi ...his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not" (1 Peter 2:21-23). Not only did Christ reveal in His life,
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  • Preaching the Bible in the Congregation
    ...gs, but one. The biblical scholar is a preacher or he is no true scholar – he has not understood his own subject.<ref>C. K. Barrett, ''Biblical Problems ...ert C. Worley in ''Preaching and Teaching in the Earliest Church'' (1967). He challenges some implications of Dodd’s analysis and pleads that in applic
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  • A Short Confession of Faith by Hans de Ries (1618)
    ...tact with Jan Munter, a Mennonite from whom he rented a meeting hall, that he began to question the validity of his self-baptism.6 This doubt led to the ...of several Englishmen [who had] fled from England for conscience sake."10 He also circulated a letter among the Waterlander congregations surrounding Am
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  • Australia
    ...onvictions; this position has been illustrated through their intentionally about developing community and following Jesus’ biblical example in their every ..., and a deep desire for peaceful living and worshipping. They were hopeful about Australia and ready to help the movement to succeed at whatever cost was de
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  • Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan
    ...nonite, stated in an interview that he believes the church must learn more about Anabaptism and foster strong leadership in order to grow both physically an ...Fellowship of Mennonite Churches. He was interviewed for this information. He has written a thesis on the growth of the Taiwanese church and several othe
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  • Galatians
    ...of churches being founded there (Acts 16:6). Consequently, scholars differ about whether a “North Galatia” or a “South Galatia” theory best fits the The uncertainty about the addressees is then reflected in the date of writing. On a “South Gala
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  • Yahweh War (in Exodus)
    ...ents to the end of the Israelite/Judean monarchy in the sixth century BCE. He contends that it was Israel’s calling to serve God in a nonviolent manner While Lind may have overstated certain aspects of the matter, he points out correctly and forcefully that the concept of Yahweh war is not,
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  • War in Chronicles
    ...capable administrators, is forced to flee to Egypt (1 Kings 11:40), where he finds refuge with Shishak, the Egyptian pharaoh who later attacks Rehoboam ...final phase, warfare ceases completely. Most of all, there is no question about dynastic succession. Solomon has unqualified support, without any necessity
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  • Philadelphia Praise Center
    ...its denominal affiliation was. Upon learning that PPC had no affiliation, he offered to connect the congregation with Franconia Mennonite Conference (no ...ia Mennonite Conference in the summer of 2007. Today, the congregation has about 200 members, with regular attendance of around 100 people.
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  • Paraguay
    ...f Indigenous, Latino, North American and European descent. To learn more about Anabaptist-related groups in the [[Caribbean, Central and South America|Car ...for Communication). The website is an excellent resource for information about the various branches of the Anabaptist church in Latin America. It include
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  • Mennonite Brethren Church Confession of Faith (1902)
    ...a branch of the larger body of the "Mennonites" first appearing in history about the year 1536, when the founder of the denomination, Menno Simons, left the ...but had never developed the same fully nor printed them in complete form. About the year 1900 the denomination, still strongly represented in Russia, drew
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  • Korean Anabaptist Center
    ...or and he has since been imprisoned for his convictions. See article below about recent prison sentence for the first Anabaptist CO in South Korea, Sangmin ...as one of the long-term Canadian missionaries and founding members of KAC. He and his family lived in South Korea and worked at KAC from 1998-2006.
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  • Nihon Menonaito Kirisuto Kyokai Kyogikai, Japan
    ...to, the head of the Hiroshima Girl’s College gave a talk at Goshen College about experiencing the nuclear bomb that was dropped by the United States. This 1948 - Dr. Takuo Matsumoto, gave his talk at Goshen College about experiencing the nuclear bomb which inspired the Becks and the Buckwalters.
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  • Argentina
    ...re Mennonites of Russian, Hispanic, and indigenous descent. To learn more about Anabaptist-related groups in the [[Caribbean, Central and South America|Car ...for Communication). The website is an excellent resource for information about the various branches of the Anabaptist church in Latin America. It include
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  • Resolution on Abortion (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1975)
    God is the giver of life and He affirmed that life is good. God made man in His own image. Allegiance to Go ...of life is equally reflected in the command: "He who strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death" (Exodus 21:12).
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  • Kenya Mennonite Church
    ...n Mennonites return to Kenya, formerly held back due to their apprehension about the new government. These groups go to Songhor and Kigoto, where Naaman Ago ...name="embmc">Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities. ''Learning About God’s Work in Kenya: A Mission Project for Home or Church''. Salunga, Pen
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  • Television Violence (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1977)
    ...having been exposed to some 11,000 hours of formal classroom instruction. He will have witnessed some 18,000 murders and countless highly detailed incid ...directors of the local television stations and engage them in a discussion about the violence of their television programming. Also, ask them for suggestion
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  • Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church
    ...">Rudolph, “Our Mission in Guatemala” (Secondary School Term Paper written about general Guatemalan history and Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite History invol ...own as the Civil Defense Patrol. One church member ended up in jail after he refused to participate in activities with the Guatemalan military. The iss
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  • Kenneth Miller
    “Gene are you ready to die?” “Yes”, he replies, quietly but with assurance “Joshua are you ready?” “Yes, Pa ...n the dirt side by side with bowed heads and commit our lives to God. Only He can save us now.
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  • Job
    ...suffer, but it does allow a theological discussion about how we shall talk about God in a world that is turned upside down and makes little sense. What dist ...orical antecedents, but in its present form it should be read as a parable about the life of devotion, no longer linked to a specific individual or time.
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  • Mission partnership network aids earthquake relief in Chile
    He also reported that small Mennonite churches, operating in situations of chr
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  • Abortion (Mennonite Church, 1975)
    4. In those rare situations when very difficult decisions must be made about the life of the mother or unborn child, Christians should prayerfully seek There is a great deal of speculation about the emotional effects of abortion, but unfortunately, there is little infor
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  • John
    ...death, and resurrection. Moreover, the gospel includes significant details about the Spirit. Consequently, the gospel played a central role in the developme ...CE; ''Haer.'' 3.1.1). The attribution to John makes good sense given that he—along with James the son of Zebedee, Bartholomew, Matthew the tax collect
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  • Ghana Mennonite Church
    ...gan to consider membership in the Mennonite Church, and on January 4, 1956 he was baptized as a member. Thompson had expressed interest in returning to G ...ound that George was leading a bible study in Accra, Ghana’s capitol, with about one hundred persons in attendance. They also found that there were other sm
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Luke Slagel, April 2011
    ...acemakers. I believe that when Christ said, “Love your enemy as yourself,” he meant it. Through this passage and many others, especially in the New Testa ...d cares more about our morals and our consequential actions than God cares about having the perfect beliefs. For this reason, I have come to respect people
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  • Jonah
    ...ed by the time of the Protestant Reformation. Luther reflected the opinion about Jonah as it had developed through the Middle Ages. For Luther, this was the ...nd will not abandon Jonah. But neither will God simply let Jonah remain as he is. God pushes Jonah to see more: both his people’s suffering and God’s
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  • The Kingdom of God (in Mark)
    ...scerned particularly by those who can “see” that Jesus is on his throne as he hangs on a cross with the words King of the Jews mounted above his head. As
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  • Anabaptist Hermeneutics: The Letter and the Spirit
    There is a certain urgency about the question of how the Anabaptists used the Bible. The question would not ...>''' biblical scholars are so busy thinking, writing, reading, and talking about hermeneutics that there is no time to write commentaries on the biblical bo
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  • Mark
    ...t does not mean that Mark discourages careful reflection. On the contrary, he almost teases the reader with riddles and puzzles, forcing the reader to wa Along the way, Jesus teaches about God’s kingdom, clarifying its nature, its demands, and its rewards. The l
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  • 1 Peter
    ...n in the five provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia—about 128,000 square miles now part of Turkey--suggests a later date. There is no
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  • Lamentations
    ...prophet Jeremiah because he was in Jerusalem when it fell (Jer 37–43), and he was known to have written laments (2 Chron 35:25). ..., the god as the agent of destruction, the use of stock images, statements about the disruption in the life of the community, the lament itself, and a state
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  • The Relation of the Old and New Covenants in Pilgram Marpeck’s Theology
    ...d destiny of all mankind” (p. 816).</ref> Harnack was surely mistaken when he asserted that the retention of the Old Testament in the church’s canon at ...there is not a shred of evidence that he is indebted to Joachim da Fiore. He would have rejected da Fiore’s doctrine of the three ages as well as his
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  • Koinonia (in Colossians and Philemon)
    ...<em>koinonia</em>: "Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he (Jesus) himself likewise shared the same things."</p> ...in to bonding. The intensity of the connection can be seen in the warnings about inappropriate fellowship. If a Christian participates in the sins of others
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  • Canon: Creative Biblicism as a Hermeneutical Principle
    ...ls for strong attention to the books of the Bible as wholes to say nothing about the compilation of the books into the canon.<ref>Jacques Ellul, ''The Meani ...ln, 1950), p. 45.</ref> Ostborn goes on to add, “...in the critical period about the time of the Exile and during it a number of prophets evidently obtained
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Annali Murray, April 2011
    ...that one of the most faithful ways to be responsive to Jesus and the call he has made is through the Mennonite tradition. I agree with the peace stance ...g beliefs. I tend to see the church as more aggressive and confrontational about issues, but one aspect of Anabaptism that has never changed is the unaltere
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  • "Gifts balloon through children's mission efforts"
    “There was an old man who said he would buy a fruit cup if we could name the capital of New Mexico,” said B The mission bank project for Quito Mennonite Church came about before the reality of the economic crisis in the United States. Still, Fox
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Anonymous, April 2011
    ...t what he said and who try their best to live by Jesus’ example. They care about the oppressed and the suffering, and while trying to alleviate them from su I’m sorry. It may seem that I have been babbling for two pages about pluralism and not the Mennonite faith at all. But I just wanted you to know
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  • Jude
    ...et Jude does not only denounce those who perverted the teachings of Jesus, he also calls for unity, prayer, and mercy (vv. 19-23). ...s 11:1). Jude explains that he was eager to write about the salvation that he and his readers have in common and felt compelled to emphasize the need to
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  • A Christian Declaration on the Authority of the Scriptures (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1962)
    ...g obedient to His will, searching the Scriptures and preaching the word as He has commanded her to do.</li></ol> <h3>The Amplified Statement</h3> <em>Thi ...g, His power over nature and evil spirits, in the claims to obedience that He laid on the hearts of men as well as in His power over death.
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  • Schleitheim Confession (source)
    ...manifest with what manifold cunning the devil has turned us aside, so that he might destroy and cast down the work of God, which in us mercifully and gra ...ne surmises that Sattler may have been developing his outline already when he was at Strasbourg;
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  • 2 Peter
    ...equating them to the Hebrew Scriptures (3:15-16), several questions arise about Peter, Paul, their relationship, and the development of the NT. Yet, as als ...meon Peter’s salutation (1:1) and wish for abundant grace and peace (1:2), he elaborates on his greeting, which serves as a transition to the main body o
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  • “The Jews” (in John)
    ...on any direct connection between Luther and the Holocaust (the ''Shoah''). He sees the development of anti-Semitism as quite complex, with nineteenth-cen ...once in Jesus’ farewell speech (13:33: Jesus reminds his disciples of what he said to the Jews). In the passion narrative the term occurs 23 times, but o
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  • The Bern Debate of 1538: Christ the Center of Scripture
    ...land. It was a group of men talking to the village pastor, Johannes Giner, about the possibility of a theological debate between them and the clergy of the ..., and that their rigid adherence to the principles of interpretation which he outlined there made it impossible for them really to enter into serious con
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  • Mennonites are Strongest in Siberia
    ...e was in Paraguay or Mexico. Little girls in pigtails and long dresses run about; one speaks and laughs in Low German (Plattdeutsch). One gets to hear their ...salvation. Contacts to the Swabian conference centre “Langensteinbacher Höhe“, which is famous for espousing this theology, exist. That teaching has h
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  • Leviticus
    ...y lost the sense of awe for God’s holiness, Leviticus can prod us to think about a holy God who is present and how to recover a sense of God’s holy presen ...the surface of certain texts, such as the proclamation of John the Baptist about Jesus, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (J
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  • Economic Justice (in Ezekiel)
    ...demanded a king, its kingship was not to be “like other nations.” Instead, he was to be a student of God’s law, not to have a modernized army or a cent
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  • Fraternidad de Iglesias Evangélicas Menonitas de Nicaragua
    ...ticipated: The Argueda family, Reyes Arguello, Brother Santiago Reyes (May he rest in peace), Bayardo Ruiz, Carmen Plata, Isabel Velasquez, Dominga Reyes ...nizations and churches, though he is mostly concerned with youth ministry. He noted that the Fraternidad (on both a national and congregational level) is
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  • Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de Guatemala
    ...ongregations and 1,320 baptized members.<ref name="menno" /> To learn more about the Mennonite experience in [[Guatemala]] click [[Guatemala|here]]. ...ilitary coup in 1982, Efrain Rios Montt became the president of Guatemala. He was an anti-communist evangelical Christian, converted under the guidance o
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  • 1 & 2 Kings
    ...undocumented aliens. Deuteronomy also envisions a king who can succeed if he keeps Torah and refuses to accumulate wealth, weapons (horses and chariots) ...Solomon’s policies directly contradict the Deuteronomic Law of the King as he uses his wisdom not to pursue the justice of Torah but to accumulate wealth
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  • Designations of Early Christians (in Acts)
    ...aks of the ''brethren'' of Ephesus writing to the ''disciples'' at Corinth about Apollos, who went there and helped the ''believers'' (''those who through g ..., where Paul ministered (19:9, 23), and Paul's admission before Felix that he worshiped God according to this sect (24:14).
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  • Reflections on Biblical Hermeneutics
    ...gy, ethics, and history to elaborate the theological message of the Bible, he has contributed significantly to the development of my own thought. ...hich the Bible was a part. The very nature of the biblical faith, centered about certain prophetic-historical events, excludes '''<span style="color: red">&
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  • Strategies for Interpreting Problematic Texts (in Joel/Obadiah/Micah)
    ...tians believe that God dictated the words of the Bible. Such an assumption about divine inspiration makes it difficult if not impossible to recognize the Bi ...y were—to write the sorts of things that ancient fallen people would write about their enemies” (54). Despite God’s permissiveness, God was not passive
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  • Why I Am a Mennonite, Shawn M Gerber, April 1999 (United States)
    began to gain an understanding of what Jesus must have felt as he endured church, I have found a body of believers that truly care about each other,
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  • Theology of Warfare (in Joshua)
    ...guage, and infects everything around it.” It raises “fundamental questions about the meaning, or meaninglessness, of our place on the planet” and “expos ...rs guidance about questions concerning “national loyalty and the outsider, about God and our enemies” (J. H. Yoder, ''Nonviolence'': 73). But that guidanc
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  • 1 & 2 Chronicles
    ...f the most influential Israelites is an ethnic Egyptian (1 Chron 2:34–35); he is part of an ancestry that extends twenty generations, the longest of any The book of Chronicles provides no direct information about the persons responsible for the composition. In this respect, it is like mo
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  • Judge, Judgment, Justice (in Psalms)
    ...). God judges in order to restore the lost rights of the oppressed (76:9). He establishes justice in the world by eliminating inequalities (113:4–9), t
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  • Criticism and Analogy in Historical-Critical Interpretation
    ...rovides a significant point of reference and continues to shape the debate about assumptions of historical-critical interpretation by both its critics and i ...textual readings against each other; they may reach tentative conclusions about the origin of the story based upon what seems to be the central intention;
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  • Powers (in Ephesians)
    ...h. 3:1-2; in Num. 22:22, 32, “the satan” is a divine messenger). In short, he is not always depicted as unmitigated personified evil. Only in the few cen ...s 5, and as “elements” in 2 Peter 3. No doubt some of this ambiguity comes about because ancients, Jews and Gentiles alike, saw much of reality as deeply af
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  • Matthew
    ...ael’s Messiah and Son of God; he does not need to ask for information; and he comes across as a more successful teacher, able to make his disciples under Efforts to identify the author might be better spent asking why he or she chose to remain anonymous. Anonymity would have helped keep audience
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  • Anabautistas, Menonitas y Hermanos en Cristo de España
    ...in Spain from Spanish expatriates living in Belgium who had then returned. He describes the subsequent formation of “radical Christian communities” i ...'s, John and Bonny's mision work beginning in the 1970's, and a great deal about the theological identity of the Christians living and worshiping in Barcelo
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  • Deuteronomy
    ...e (Matt 4:1-11). When a lawyer asks him which commandment is the greatest, he again turns to Deuteronomy: "You shall love the LORD your God with all your ...and friends, indeed for the larger community. That is what Deuteronomy is about. This fullness of life can never be grasped or taken by force, but continuo
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  • Holy, Holiness (in Deuteronomy)
    ...n. When Uzzah inappropriately puts out his hand and takes hold of the ark, he dies on the spot (2 Sam 6:6–8). As in other cultures, holiness in Israel
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  • Death in Romans
    ...mes (5:10; 6:3, 4, 5, 9). Christ is the antidote to '''Death''' and death. He gives his life in death (5:6-10) and triumphs over '''Death''' (6:9, 10). T
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  • Judges
    ...acters that rival many of today’s superheroes. Whatever else one might say about the book of Judges, it is certainly neither outdated nor unengaging. ...ritings with significant prophetic figures. In reality, little can be said about the authorship and origin of Judges apart from whatever clues might be glea
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  • Ezekiel
    ...s God, and one who serves as evidence that the divine word can be trusted. He announces the destruction of the Jerusalem temple as an act of God’s judg ...offer hope that God’s people may rise again, returning to a renewed land. He engages troubling questions of God’s power and justice, and why God’s p
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  • Suffering and God's Judgment (in 1 & 2 Thessalonians)
    <p>In this connection, we could comment about one line of interpretation of 2 Thessalonians 1:7, which promises <em>relie ...ory of the church. The <em>Martyrs Mirror </em>has one story after another about women and men and their steadfast faithfulness even unto death. Some of the
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  • Genesis
    ...uaries, and cities over centuries. We do not know as much as we would like about the process of gathering, shaping, and retelling. Some material seems to re ...tes God's promise, "I give this land to your descendants" (12:7). But what about this promised future? The Canaanites live in the land; Sarah remains barren
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  • Ruth
    ...by her ethnic identity as a Moabite. Israelite tradition carried a memory about the Moabites as conceived through incest (Gen 19:36-37) and banished foreve ...to assist the immigrant, even if sharing some of the culture’s reservation about influx of “foreign“ and often “non-Christian“ peoples.
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  • Esther
    The story of Esther reads as a playful story about a serious situation—a Jewish group living as a vulnerable minority in a d ...n king can’t figure out what to do, so he asks advisors. The advice, which he takes, causes problems for everyone including the king himself. Haman, a ro
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  • Conquest and Land in the New Testament (in Joshua)
    ...akes war on those who initiate war against him and “will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings” (17:14). We learn, however, that his ...uered” (e.g., 15:2). The call of Revelation is to follow the Lamb wherever he goes (14:4). Even those who die “have conquered him by the blood of the L
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  • Adi Walujo
    AS: Could you tell us about your story of the church and how it deals with persecution? [00:00:56;02] ...rch compound. And by doing this, the people in the community start talking about why. You know, why they don't allow, you know, Christian worship in the chu
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  • Anabaptism Sunday School Curriculum for Youth
    ...or her own identity without reference to the past or the family into which he or she was born. While youth should examine and understand the convictions ...sex etc. What sorts of activities do we do as a congregation? Remind them about pot-lucks, service projects, Bible School and other such activities if nece
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? David Harnish, April 2011
    ...me personally. As a believer in Christ, I desire to follow the principles he laid out; I see the Mennonite tradition earnestly striving to do this as we
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  • Herem, “Devoted to Destruction” (in Joshua)
    ...at God did not really command it to the idea that God commanded it because he is a God that gets his hands dirty. All of the above suggestions seem to re
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  • Guidelines on Abortion (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1980)
    ...and theological norms, as well as by different understandings of the facts about abortion.<sup>[[1 (GCMC, 1980)|1]]</sup> ...determining when in the biological process human life begins. The decision about the status of fetal life is therefore a moral or theological judgment.<sup>
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  • The Pre-eminence of the Bible in Mennonite History
    ...'Mennonite Encyclopedia'' and of the ''MQR''.</ref> interpreted his vision about the unity of the various Mennonite churches and some that are similar which ...same spiritual words, it may be, nevertheless, that they are not speaking about the same thing. Even when they cite the same biblical texts (and in an iden
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  • Declaration of Commitment in Respect to Christian Separation and Nonconformity to the World (Mennonite Church, 1955)
    ...ve the world, the love of the Father is not in him." Peter writes, "But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ...will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on hi
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  • Epistolary Analysis (in 1 & 2 Thessalonians)
    ...midst of the Thessalonians' afflictions (1:4) and an accompanying concern about <em>the righteous judgment of God </em>(1:5).</p> ...e letter form in effective ways to communicate pastorally both to churches he was instrumental in planting (such as at Thessalonica) and later to other c
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  • Disciples and Discipleship (in John)
    ...doing. Jesus’ farewell addresses his disciples. After Jesus’ resurrection, he appears twice to the disciples (20:19-29), giving them the “Great Commiss
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  • Salvation and the Destruction of Enemies (in Joel/Obadiah/Micah)
    ...ies. The Old Testament is not naive about the kind of world we live in and about what is necessary to ensure Israel’s security and well-being. ...n a community that did not have the political or military clout to do much about its desire for revenge. The venting of the community’s anger by the proph
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  • 1970s church planting builds flourishing congregations today
    “We wanted to make this statement of what we’re really about. We want to partner with congregations who are actively involved in ministr ..., a Mennonite seminary, when they were approached by the seminary director about participating in a church planting team.
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  • A Mennonite by Providence, Amos M Kratzer, April 1999 (United States)
    ...of a Mennonite church. To be honest, I do not spend a lot of time thinking about why I am a Mennonite. I am too busy being a Mennonite. ...ith; the Mennonite faith chose me. Where is my free will in all this? What about making my own decisions? Can I choose to reconfigure my life? The answer is
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  • Kleine Gemeinde zu Spanish Lookout, Belize
    ...cted some Old Colony Mennonite converts. The group has five congregations (about 800 members) in two colonies: Blue Creek (formerly a colony of the Old Colo ...and a group of Mennonites visited to examine the area. This group inquired about obtaining special privileges that were specific to the Mennonite faith and
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  • Iglesia Evangelica Menonita Hondureña, Honduras
    ...ssion home, chapel, and medical clinic in Tocoa. The medical clinic served about 2,400 patients that year.<ref>Ibid., 15.</ref> ...lently.<ref>Tim Shenk, “’Brother Ricardo:’ MCCer befriends the despised as he rehabilitates gang members,” Mennonite Weekly Review, May 29, 2006.</ref>
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  • Vision for Witness (Mennonite Church, 1983)
    ...eme viewpoints have caused misunderstanding, distrust, and at times doubts about the relevance of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ for this time. d. Peacemaking is an integral part of the good news about Jesus to a world which faces the prospect of devastation by human miscalcul
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  • Convención de Iglesias Evangélicas Menonitas de Nicaragua
    ...page are a YouTube video giving a brief history of the Convención, a video about the origins of the Anabaptist movement and who Mennonites are today, and th ...r sharing their faith and serving the community around them. As president, he helped the early CIEMN navigate the 1980s, probably the most challenging de
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  • Why Am I a Mennonite? Anne E Horst, April 1999 (United States)
    He soon returned with a sporty-looking and slightly tipsy man who offered exactly speaking about familiar ground and I wasn't connecting very well.
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  • Amos
    ...ome ten miles south of Jerusalem. Amos's geographic roots make it odd that he would prophesy to the Northern Kingdom, a separate political entity since t ...cates that it is not the prophet's experience that is significant but what he speaks on God's behalf. However, Amos's agricultural background does play a
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  • Statement on Abortion (Mennonite Church USA, 2003)
    * The faith community should be a place for discernment about difficult issues like abortion. Most people will choose the life of the mother if a choice must be made about the survival of either the mother or the fetus. In those rare situations wh
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  • The Hermeneutics of the Anabaptists
    ...that, whatever else we do, no one is today founding a movement. There was about the early Anabaptists a character of historical originality which cannot be ...however wrong to ask simply what the Anabaptists would have done, or did, about some challenge which they in fact did not have immediate reasons to face. T
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  • Jeremiah
    ...rophet, he is more accurately characterized as the courageous prophet, for he challenged the devious ways of kings, religious leaders, and commoners. A f ...the postmodern interest in relationships, and the evangelical voice strong about the “personal relationship with Jesus,” a word such as the following re
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  • American Mennonites and the Bible, by C. Norman Kraus
    ...ism and Plymouth Brethrenism. Against the “so-called Fundamentalists” both he and Daniel Kauffman stressed the “all things” of Scripture—the ordina ...obvious that only God could be the author of such an inerrant book. And if he deigned to use human writers, it would be necessary for him to control the
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  • American Mennonites and the Bible
    ...ism and Plymouth Brethrenism. Against the “so-called Fundamentalists” both he and Daniel Kauffman stressed the “all things” of Scripture—the ordina ...obvious that only God could be the author of such an inerrant book. And if he deigned to use human writers, it would be necessary for him to control the
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  • Teaching the Bible in the Congregation, by Richard C. Detweiler
    ...ng is the telling of the biblical story and its meaning, in the faith that he of whom the story is told draws near and discloses himself so that in the t ...ning in Christian Education (Westminster, 1962) projects a learning theory he calls “creation-engagement”:
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  • Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Argentina
    ...amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Itemid=16 (accessed 17 June 2009).</ref> To learn more about the Mennonite experience in [[Argentina]] click [[Argentina|here]]. *[[Mission worker buried among people he loved in Argentina]]
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  • Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship (Goshen, Ind.)
    In early 2000, Richard Litwiller told the congregation that he would not seek another term of service. Peter Buller then came as an interi ...d three and one-half acres to the west in fall 2004, and began discussions about how to respond to these challenges. One effort was a building land-use comm
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  • CONEMPAR Declaración de Fe
    ...lina y que sirvan como pastores y maestros (Hechos 20:28; Efesios 4:11-12; He-
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Hannah Canaviri, April 2011
    When I registered for this class last spring, I had next to no expectations about what I would learn or get of this class; I was just looking forward to anot ...that made me one as well. My father is a first-generation Christian , so he claimed no denominational affiliation, and our church also consisted of new
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  • Affirming Our Faith in Word and Deed (Mennonite Church, 1979)
    ...:15-20; Matthew 28:18-20). Salvation is a process by which this is brought about, at all levels, through the work of Jesus Christ. The [[Bible |Bible]] is ...w other lords to move into the vacancies. No one truly knows Christ except he follow Him daily <em><strong>in all</strong></em> of life.
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  • Acts
    ...n given to Paul and his movement toward Rome, Acts is not primarily a book about Paul. Rather, arguably, Acts primarily concerns God’s unfolding kingdom a ...en after 70 CE. Among the reasons for Luke’s dating include determinations about Luke’s reliance on Mark (ca. 70 CE) and Luke’s apparent references to t
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  • Biblical Interpretation In The Life of the Church (Mennonite Church, 1977)
    ...f Hosea, as he tried to reach the Baalists, and in the letters of Paul, as he reached out to the Greeks. ...s. <i><b>Obedience and love</b></i> open the door to interpretive insight. He who wills to do God's will shall know the doctrine (John 7:17). For the bel
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  • Romans
    ...s of the “proclamation of well-being” (''euangelion''; aka, “gospel”) that he preaches. This letter-essay-homily addressed to “all God’s beloved in R ...more about clarifying the character and action of the God who saves, than about specifying what humans will or can get.
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  • The Anabaptist Vision (1944)
    ...ars of the history of the Swiss Anabaptists and who knew them so well that he published two extensive treatises against them in 1531 and 1561. According ...in commendation but in condemnation urging the need of rigid suppression. He attempts a point by point refutation of the Anabaptist teaching, closing wi
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  • Modes of Appropriating the Bible
    ...tyle="color: red">&rarr;178<sup>#</sup></span>''' When we begin to reflect about the possibility of understanding a written text--or for that matter, the li ...to be satisfied with unreflecting acceptance should not be surprised if s/he meets in others unreflecting rejection. If it is not necessary to give acco
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  • Urban-Racial Concerns (Mennonite Church, 1969)
    ...asked to serve as Executive Secretary of the Council, and in November 1968 he joined other Mission Board staff in Elkhart, IN.
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  • Journey to Emmaus: A Study in Critical Methodology
    ...e past in narrative form with the goal of right understanding. In so doing he weighs the veracity of his sources in order that these sources may determin ...tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen clothes by themselves; and he went home wondering at what had happened” (RSV omits the verse)--is an im
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  • Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference Confession of Faith (2001)
    ...ke and the prophets declared with passionate conviction what the LORD said about justice, righteousness and walking humbly with God. God spoke and the Word ...f the Trinity, loved by the Father, and active in creation and redemption. He is the exact representation of God's nature and character. The Son is the c
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  • Why I Am Mennonite, Matt R Rittenhouse, April 1999 (United States)
    ...roduction of Nicodemism. He promoted the idea that it is acceptable to lie about your beliefs as long as your inner faith remained strong. This was to avoi
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  • Altkolonier Mennonitengemeinde, Mexico
    ...raditional religious practices of their Old Colony heritage. The group has about 16,525 members in 18 colonies. Twelve of the colonies are in Chihuahua, and ...with the president. While he was hesitant to grant them a new Privilegium, he was ultimately convinced. The Old Colonists had a new homeland, where they
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  • The Holy Spirit In the Life of the Church (Mennonite Church, 1977)
    ...nd life of Christ is the norm for understanding who the Spirit is and what He does (1 Corinthians 12:3). If there is validity in this analogical approach, then certain theses can he offered for testing by reference both to Scripture and to contemporary Chri
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  • Statement of Our Position on Military Service (Mennonite Church, 1917)
    With a fervent prayer to Almighty God that He may bless and so direct the rulers of our land that we may lead a quiet and ...or otherwise lends to the comfort or efficiency of any in violation of law he becomes a transgressor and is subject to punishment. With this same princip
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  • Alianza Evangélica Menonita
    ...The Church was later founded by Martin Durksen with the help of MCC, where he pastured there from 1950 to 1963 (Huebert). In 1963, the church became ind ...ven, Netherlands. On February 1, 1947 after waiting in Berlin Germany for about 1100 Russian Mennonites fleeing Russian occupied in Germany, the Volendom s
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  • The Conference of Mennonite Churches in Hong Kong Limited
    |Row 7 info = <center>About 120</center>xxxx (200x) ...with [[Mennonite World Conference]]. In 2011, it had 3 congregations and about 120 members.
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  • Iglesia Evangélica Menonita del Perú
    ...ianity in the Mennonite church in 1996 during a Mennonite church service. He now donated some of his land in Paltaychayoc, a village 19 hours from Cuzco While many members of the Cuzco Mennonite churches may not know very much about early Anabaptist history, church leaders continue to learn and teach the An
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  • Hosea
    ...1). If Hosea was active during the reigns of the Judean kings listed, then he would have been active well past the death of Jeroboam II (c. 786–746) in ...after the time of the historical Hosea, although there is little consensus about how much of the book represents the work of later editors. The conviction m
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Steve G Troyer, April 1999 (United States)
    the world sees nothing different about us, what is our witness? If we claim on. We need to think about what Mennonite beliefs are radical today.
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  • Haiti
    Click the following link to learn more about other Anabaptist-related groups in the [[Caribbean, Central and South Ameri ...and upon their return these individuals would talk to their home churches about the need in Haiti, and the church would send representatives to start a chu
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  • The Call from Colombia to MC Canada (2000)
    Dan Nighswander reports that this resolution is the result of a letter he received from the Colombian church. It was written by the Resolutions Commi The bias in the media's presentation of scarce news about Colombia shows the violent actions pornographically, as if they were produc
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  • Mennonite in 1999: Why Me? Mandy A Yoder, April 1999 (United States)
    nonresistant life is what Jesus lived and what he calls us to live. This about as assimilated into the mainstream culture as was possible to be, and
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  • Getting Beyond the Bubble, Andre C King, April 1999 (United States)
    for most Mennonites is not a reality but something to be read about in books about martyrs by Thieleman van Braght. Political participation
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  • L'Association des Eglises Evangéliques Mennonites de France
    ...France, where the French Anabaptists migrated to Montbéliard, Lorraine int he Duchy or Zweibrücken, or the county of Salem. All of these places had more
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  • The Confession of Faith (P.J. Twisck, 1617)
    ...d by whom it was drawn up is not stated, but it was probably first printed about 1600. ...and elder in the Old Frisian Mennonite Church at Hoorn beginning in 1592. He was conservative in theology against more liberal leaders like Hans de Ries
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  • Micah
    ...d is helpful for interpreting Micah, the book provides minimal information about this content. It mentions no Assyrian or Babylonian emperors, never refers ...background, family life, or prophetic ministry beyond the simple fact that he was from the village of Moresheth (1:1). Prophetic books typically focus on
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  • Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania
    ...only duties of registered members from AIM to Mennonite and to teach them about Mennonite faith. There were eight congregation of total of 41 members had ...ief biographical descriptions for any individual that you have information about (e.g, where they lived,how they served the church, their significant contri
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  • Brethren in Christ Church Society-Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali, India
    ...lism. In fact, when BIC missionary Charles Engle originally contacted them he discovered that some of the Santals were already baptized Christians. Becau ...it as church chairman until 1967 when Chairman Harvey Sider indicated that he would not be available to continue being church chairman. Form this point o
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  • Guidelines for Writers
    ...utting for the average reader. In most cases, 3000 to 5000 words should be about right. Writers should employ subheads liberally to help guide the presentat Authors are encouraged to contact the editor about the possibility of writing and the availability of specific writing assignm
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  • Lucy Roca Caballero
    ...mamá me dijo, "Lucy, quiero bautizarme." Así que he bautizado a mis hijas. He tenido el privilegio a casarles. Y también creo que no solamente en la com
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  • Mennonite Articles of Faith by Cornelis Ris (1766)
    ...Ris (1717-18 April 1790) lived at Hoorn, Dutch province of North Holland. He was a Zonist Mennonite preacher, and descended from the influential Ris fam ...onfession, 1632. Besides consideration for the two congregations at Hoorn, he was moved by the desire to check the rapid decline of the congregations of
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  • Communauté des Eglises de Frères Mennonites au Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
    ...the DRC.” MBMS International Witness Magazine (Summer 2006). Print. </ref> He is interested in starting a separate mission for the Mennonite Brethren Chu ...da alongside his wife began a mission in the region of Dengese and Bololo. He was a product of the Bible School Movement that pushed people towards missi
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  • Bharatiya Jukta Christa Prachar Mandali, India
    ...ter publication in the Gospel Banner, a United Missionary Church magazine, about the prevailing famine conditions in India (Storms, 1948). After receiving a ...While Alf Rees continued his pastoral work at Emmanuel Chapel in Calcutta, he was also asked to direct the correspondence work. The Light of Life headqua
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  • Report of the Dress Committee (Mennonite Church, 1913)
    1. Clothing should he modest, simple. serviceable. economical. <br>
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  • Justice and the Christian Witness (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1983)
    <h4>II. The Character of Justice in the Bible</h4> Biblical justice is about the relationships God intends for all creation. God is just and God acts to ..."The way of peace is the way of justice. The prophets and Jesus spoke much about the need for justice. They called for the kind of social change that would
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  • Boletin 12 de septiembre, 2010
    ...mi nombre, les enseñará todas las cosas y les recordará todo lo que yo les he dicho. ...a que ellos se llenen de la misma perfecta alegría que yo tengo. 14 Yo les he comunicado tu palabra, pero el mundo los odia porque ellos no son del mundo
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  • War and War Images (in Psalms)
    ...throughout the OT, and the language of war is one of the ways of speaking about God’s sovereignty. The OT accepts war as a fact of human life; although i ...to be led by the prophetic word and by God’s own miraculous intervention. He sees the increased participation of Israel in military conflict through the
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  • Statement on the Believers' Church (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1956)
    ...y worked in our General Conference history to effect His purposes and that He still has a significant mission and destiny for us as we follow His leading
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  • Boletin 9 de mayo, 2010
    ...rimer semana , mientras comienza a vivir del negocio.<br>Por tal motivo me he tomado la confianza de escribir a uds , para que así juntos podamos conseg ...rmano en sus luchas y en su camino cristiano? Es decir, en el bautismo ¿me he unido a mi herman@ en una forma solidaria?
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  • Vision Statement (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1990)
    ...980s. The Mennonite Brethren Profile (1982) suggests that we are uncertain about our identity and are not practicing what we believe. The Board of Reference The BORAC study also reported optimism about the future. We believe the Mennonite Brethren Church is being spiritually r
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  • Afterword: Continuity and Change in Anabaptist-Mennonite Biblical Interpretation
    ...id in Anabaptist hermeneutics (although Marpeck seems to have thought much about this). ...ther things, that we today spend a disproportionate share of time debating about the Bible itself rather than appealing to it to address the kinds of issues
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  • Ephesians
    ...es share in the presence of God (2:18), enabling the unity God is bringing about (4:3), and giving energy to the life of worship and service (5:18);<br> ...ter sent to one or more churches in the area around Ephesus, some of which he would have known, others perhaps less so? After all, no specific issue seem
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  • Declaration of Christian Faith and Commitment (1950) (Winona Lake, Indiana Peace statement by Mennonite Central Committee-related conferences)
    ...only extensive inter-Mennonite theological document ever produced." While he said the statement was "not a notably profound document, this better than a ...blueprint for peace nor do they assume that human endeavor alone can bring about a warless world within history, for only when men come under the Lordship o
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  • Pseudepigraphy (in Ephesians)
    ...boration that includes Paul, even if only through the letters and teaching he left behind as a ''foundation'' (2:20). For convenience’ sake, and becaus
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  • The Authority of the Canon
    ...refore vouchsafed to be of revelatory authority, not because of what it is about, who wrote it, or when it was written, but because of the unique event of i ...is more usable, more orderly, because the essential doctrinal information about God, man, and salvation was abstracted out of the narratives, epistles, and
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  • A Church of Many Peoples Confronts Racism (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1989)
    ...f the Canadian West. Riel was tried and hanged in Regina on Nov. 16, 1885. He is regarded by many as a French-Canadian and Native people's patriot.</li><
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  • Beyond the Historical-Critical Method
    ...a more serious regard for the final (canonical) form of the biblical text. He urged scholars to move ''through'' criticism to “the second naivete,” a ...we can thus discover the basic lines of unity for New Testament theology. He proposes this to be a hermeneutical key, a canon within the canon. In concl
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  • Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective (1995)
    ...s declared to be Son of God with power by his resurrection from the dead.2 He is the head of the church, the exalted Lord, the Lamb who was slain, coming ...for sin and now intercedes for us. As king who chose the way of the cross, he has revealed the servant character of divine power.5
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  • Amnesty (Mennonite Church, 1975)
    ...by the state. Further, amnesty deals with a political and legal situation about which the church not only lacks the necessary expertise but also has no rig ...iction so that an individual can stand "before the law precisely as though he had committed no offense." Amnesty is legal grace, the law's own way of gra
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  • Exodus
    ...to the book of Exodus. Such a reader would run into repeated difficulties. He or she would be confused, for example, by terms and items assumed to be kno ...e ark of the covenant or the ephod as parts of the long tradition in which he/she stands. For this reader, the final author(s) can introduce various feat
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  • Leadership and Authority in the Life of the Church (Mennonite Church, 1981)
    ...and Strategy.* Congregational and conference leaders have raised questions about our present practices and understandings of leadership and authority in the ...ision, American religious leaders have influenced Mennonites' expectations about leadership and authority in the church. Differing convictions on the role o
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  • Boletin 16 de mayo, 2010
    ...ijo, y del Espíritu Santo; enseñándoles que guarden todas las cosas que os he mandado." 2.6 Les prometió su presencia. "Y he aquí yo estoy con ustedes todos los días hasta el fin del mundo."<br>2.6.
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  • Psalms
    ...ve from orientation through disorientation to reorientation (Brueggemann). He points out that Psalms 1–2 describe the world as it ought to be—the rig ...he genre well. Verses 1-2 confess that the psalmist loves the Lord because he has heard and responded. Verse 3 describes the peril as a near-death experi
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  • Boletin 29 de agosto, 2010
    ...firmes. ¡Cuántas veces he escuchado palabras como: "Yo ya no cambio lo que he encontrado..." Reciben milagros, se bautizan, y ya no se vuelven a ver... O
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  • Biblical Understandings Concerning Women and Men (Mennonite Church, 1975)
    ...chings are not sufficiently conditioned by the cultural situation in which he gave them to remove their literal bindingness upon all believers in all cul ...ny responses indicate that there are deep emotional attitudes and feelings about this issue.
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  • Boletin 11 de octubre, 2009
    Quiero más bien compartir algunas de las respuestas que he escuchado de ustedes, en sus palabras: ...Me puso una persona. Llegué a la Iglesia y ahora es diferente. Poco a poco he ido creciendo. Si yo me soltara de El, no se donde estaría. El peligro sig
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  • Boletin 25 de abril, 2010
    ...ijo, y del Espíritu Santo; enseñándoles que guarden todas las cosas que os he mandado." 2.6 Les prometió su presencia. "Y he aquí yo estoy con ustedes todos los días hasta el fin del mundo." 2.6.1 D
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  • Isaiah
    ...is combination as utterly contrary to the Lord's intention for his people. He concludes that the consequences of such rebellion are invasion and destruct
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  • Boletin 25 de julio, 2010
    Yo me he preguntado que les ha dicho a ustedes, a mi, las predicaciones de las últi 16 "Yo, Jesús, he enviado mi ángel para declarar todo esto a las iglesias. Yo soy el retoño
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  • Joel
    ...l is the son of Pethuel (1:1), the book provides no information or stories about the prophet or his ministry. Prophetic books generally focus on the message ...cent decades have seen a growing recognition that editors were intentional about the order because they wanted readers to hear the individual books in light
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  • Convención de las Iglesias Evangélicas Menonitas de Puerto Rico, Inc.
    1943: Agriculture Program created, which focused on teaching about sustainable crops and getting the poultry and dairy business going to curb ...utrition, teaching about the relationship of food to health, and educating about raising, preserving, and purchasing food.
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  • Kleine Gemeinde zu Blue Creek, Belize
    ...t have their own history and identity" (180).<ref name="Roessingh"> </ref> He juxtaposes the ethnic Mennonites with Belizean Mennonites, and describes ho
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  • Boletin 22 de noviembre, 2009
    ...pequeña Iglesia Menonita en cuyos cargos de dirección concientemente nunca he querido ni quisiera estar, solamente esforzarme por aprender. Me ha enseña
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  • Song of Songs
    ...magery of the kiss in its Song of Songs context when he writes of Christ, “He would bring us into the chamber of his covenant, kiss us with the lips of H
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  • Joshua
    The book of Joshua participates in the ongoing conversation about what it means to be a people in relationship with God, to be connected to l ...s been shaped by the literary conventions of its time. It contains reports about divine speech and interpretation of events as shaped by the hand of God. Al
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  • Ecumenical Dialogue
    Press releases with additional information about the MWC-SDA dialogues are available from [https://mwc-cmm.org/en/resources/ ** [https://mwc-cmm.org/resources/mennonite-quarterly-review-95 PDF of MQR 95 about Trilateral Dialogue Results]
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  • Jaime Prieto Valladares
    ...ese momento pensé que era lo mejor para no decir su nombre, pero yo le, le he puesto el nombre de Edgardo Benavides. Es de, de él es muy, muy impresiona
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  • Obadiah
    ...simply be the title editors attached to a collection of prophetic sayings about Edom. While the book of Obadiah provides no specific information about its origins, the content indicates that it was composed in the century or t
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  • Boletin 27 de diciembre, 2009
    ...ullo, mi corazón duro y prepotente, para volverme al Señor y reconocer que he sido pecador, malo, violento, aprovechado, y orgulloso...? pero ya no más.
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  • Boletin 24 de enero, 2010
    Desde que llegué he estado muy ocupado, por no decir un poco estresado, tratando de medio poner
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  • Boletin 4 de octubre, 2009
    ...ón, pues me confieso humildemente moroso con estos correos, y no porque no he querido enviarlos sino por muchas ocupaciones y cuando al final del día me
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  • Boletin 2 de mayo, 2010
    ...<br>Aunque no hay razones infalibles por qué pasan cosas malas a la gente, he aquí algunas observaciones de lo que puede ayudar a evitar que cosas malas
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  • Boletin 5 de septiembre 2010
    ...y esfuerzos por mantenerse en comunicación. Que pena que hay muchos que no he contestado. Dios bendiga su semana y les dé mucha felicidad.
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