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• What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Anonymous, April 2011
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• Why Be Mennonite, Aaron J Short, April 1999 (United States)
  ...me use those for personal positive gains. I hope to someday also teach my children what it means to be Mennonite and live in such harmony to live with God and
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• Old Order Mennonite Church in Ontario
  ...changes in the ways they worshiped, made converts, and even educated their children, especially in urban areas. Indeed, it is no accident that the Old Order Me
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• The Bern Debate of 1538: Christ the Center of Scripture
  : Children belong to God.<br> : Therefore children have the Holy Spirit.
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• Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches Articles of Faith (1950)
  ...them (Acts 5:19,20); guide the worker to the sinner (Acts 10:3); guard the children, beholding the face of the Father for them (Matthew 18:10); they are eyewit ==== 7. Dedication of Parents and Children====
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• Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowships, Belize
  ...aches the primary class at Sunday school. Meanwhile she is watching Paul’s children as they play a game of volleyball. At five p.m. she starts to prepare dinne ...aches the primary class at Sunday school. Meanwhile she is watching Paul’s children as they play a game of volleyball. At five p.m. she starts to prepare dinne
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• Mennonites are Strongest in Siberia
  ...d in Solntsevka just north of Isilkul boasted 130 baptised members and 160 children in 2008. That makes it the largest Mennonite congregation in the region of .... Yet number-wise they cannot compete with the 2.000 Mennonites (including children) of Western Siberia.
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• What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Stephanie Hollenberg, April 2011
  ...things would happen if, instead of holding onto our roots in fear that our children will be lost to the world, we used our roots as a catalyst through which to
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• Old Order Mennonite Groups in Ontario
  ...[[Old Order Mennonites]], they utilize government programs and send their children to public schools. Smaller than their parent group, they nevertheless have
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• Confession of Faith (Fellowship of Concerned Mennonites, 1990)
  We believe that God by His providence is concerned with the lives of His children, in everything working for their eternal welfare by hearing and answering t ...for through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus. Christ Himself assured us that children are in the kingdom of God.
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• Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Argentina
  ...sionaries focused their efforts on church development, education, care for children, and women’s ministries.<ref>Ernesto Suarez Vilela, 50th Anniversario de ...through its twenty nine years of existence helped three hundred and fifty children.
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• A Mennonite Identity in the Twenty First Century, Jonas H Yoder, April 1999 (United States)
  children, nine all together. Of that nine, there are only three that today
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• Teusaquillo Mennonite Church-Peter Stucky
  ...her and sent her flying. She was pretty much instantly dead. She left two children. They were, well they were more or less grown. [00:03:32.00] ...Well, of course, that raised immediate concerns with her family, with her children. And, of course, none of us knew. So these men in the car drove her, these
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• Elbing Catechism (Mennonite, 1778)
  That he is the true Father over all called children, in Heaven and upon Earth; that he is the Father of all believers, and that To praise and extol God Almighty, and minister to the good of his children. - Isa. 6: 1-3, Matt. 18: 10, Ps. 34:8.
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• A Christian Declaration on Peace, War, and Military Service (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1953)
  ...for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven." Romans 12:20 "If thine enemy hunger, fe ...pleship to Christ, earnestly search the Scriptures, diligently educate our children, build churches that are consecrated brotherhoods, permeate our communities
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• Proverbs and the Birth of Ethical Monotheism (in Proverbs)
  ...odness but "incense" or breads or animal sacrifices (Jer 7:17–19), or even children (1 Kings 11:5, 33; 2 Kings 16:3; 23:10; Jer 19:1–6; Ezek 16:20), or conso
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• Biblical Understandings Concerning Women and Men (Mennonite Church, 1975)
  ...as persons first, remembering that we have value because of who we are as children of God rather than because of the functions we perform as women or men. Soc ...nd deed the wholeness of singleness. This begins through instilling within children, from infancy on, positive principles and a valid range of adult alternativ
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• Australia
  ...nday school children to and from home, they also used the bus to transport children to club camp at Lake Mcquarie. They also began a “Care and Share” fruit
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• Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan
  ...by buying buildings to hold church services in, offering Sunday school for children, offering English classes, evangelism meetings, providing kindergarten clas ...ch in Taiwan was started in 1954. The church met on the lawn of one of the children’s homes started by another christian group in Taichung. In 1955 the churc
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• Mennonite Confession of Faith (Mennonite Church, 1963)
  In His providence God is concerned with the lives of His children, and in everything works for their eternal good. He hears and answers their ...atoned for through the sacrifice of Christ. Jesus Himself assured us that children are in the kingdom of God.
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• Mennonite Brethren Church Confession of Faith (1975)
  ...l 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 Christ as their Saviour and We believe that God, through the Holy Spirit, has endowed His children with gifts for Christian ministry. Each member lovingly ministers to the ot
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• Where Are We Now? Anonymous, April 1999 (United States)
  away and that would fit the needs of their children as well. The Mennonite
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• Iglesia Evangelica Menonita Hondureña, Honduras
  ...the MAMA project was and still is to construct a wall of protection around children who were born into poverty.<ref>Honduras MAMA Project, “Global Family: ed ...Honduras, the MAMA Project works to provide not just proper nutrition for children in poverty, but also proper hygiene through the distribution of toothbrushe
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• Resolution on Abortion (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1975)
  ...for man, delegated the sacred responsibility for transmitting life to our children within the structure of marriage. That arrangement was instituted to provid ...inappropriate sexual attitudes and ineffective sexual impulse controls in children, so also inter-marital emotional distance may result in an ill-advised preg
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• Satan (in 2 Corinthians)
  ...In almost all the texts in which his name appears in the OT, Belial begets children like himself. These lawless persons think and act like their progenitor "Be
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• Iglesia Evangélica Menonita del Perú
  ...very classes and through PROMESA providing a loving and safe space for the children of alcoholics to attend school.<ref> Ron Shultz, “The promise of educatio ...children influenced by the Mennonite gospel through its school. As these children continue to grow and develop, the church will also continue to grow and dev
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• Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa, Indonesia
  ...Javanese Christians for evangelization and taught at a school for Javanese children, Jansz developing a network that would eventually see expansion into GITJ ( ...Society. He establishes himself at Jepara and opens a school for Javanese children (Shenk)
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• Herem, “Devoted to Destruction” (in Joshua)
  ...ve victory to Mesha, king of Moab, who is to devote Israelites—men, women, children, and livestock—to destruction for the god Chemosh. The Mesha Inscription
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• What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Kajungu Mturi, April 2011
  ...s. When we read from the Bible, it says that the kingdom of heaven is for children. This is to say, infants don’t have sins. A central understanding of ba
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• A Resolution on Health Care (General Conference Mennonite Church U.S. Assembly, 1992)
  ...e being served by the system. Over 34 million people, including 12 million children, lack health insurance which would provide them with access to care.
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• Fraternidad de Iglesias Evangélicas Menonitas de Nicaragua
  ...day morning from 9:00 to 12:00. She said there are typically between 60-70 children on any given week, though they have had as many as 140 before. Largaespada ...its future. She spends most of her time working in an outreach program for children in her neighborhood.
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• Disciples and Discipleship (in John)
  *Howard-Brook, Wes. ''Becoming Children of God: John’s Gospel and Radical Discipleship''. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1
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• A Mennonite by Providence, Amos M Kratzer, April 1999 (United States)
  ...y Anabaptist/Mennonite heritage and by God’s grace I will pass it on to my children. I do not know God’s ultimate plan for my life, for the Mennonite church,
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• Matthew
  ...hildren to follow Jesus, but parents can neither repent on behalf of their children nor force them to become true disciples. When rulers required all their sub ...hildren in Matthew 19:13-15 provides a basis for the prayerful blessing of children and parents in worship.
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• The Middelburg Confession of Hans de Ries (1578)
  ...e oaths and were, therefore, poor citizens. They do not even baptize their children! They, the Mennonites, said that no Christian could partake in government. ...fore I believe and have taught with Holy Scripture that young and innocent children born of unbelieving parents who die in their youth are saved by the shed bl
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• Ecclesiology (in 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus)
  ...manager (1 Tim 3:4-5), and the persons chosen as deacons must manage their children and households well (3:12). In 2 Timothy 3:6, Timothy is warned about unhea
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• Hermeneutics and Discipleship
  ...ures alone and in the ‘hermeneutical community’, to teach it to his or her children and to all who would listen, and to pray for true spiritual understanding. ...s Moses and produces Pharisees and scribes; the filial is Christ and makes children of God?’<ref>J. C. Wenger, ed.-transl., ‘Two Kinds of Obedience’, ''M
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• Love Ethic in John
  *Howard-Brook, Wes. ''Becoming Children of God: John’s Gospel and Radical Discipleship''. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1
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• Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference Confession of Faith (2001)
  ...for elders, and blessing single persons. Parents are called to teach their children to know and serve God. Christians are called to live as brothers and sister ...who have come to God through faith in Jesus Christ will desire to live as children of God. Since God has saved us through Jesus Christ, our complete loyalty a
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• Why I Am Mennonite, Anonymous, April 1999 (United States)
  tents like the Israelites. As children, we also attended our church camp,
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• Online Anabaptist-Mennonite Library
  ...ngelism of Children (Mennonite Church, 1955)|The Nurture and Evangelism of Children (Mennonite Church, 1955)]] (Mennonite Church, 1955)
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• Proverbs
  ...s are often addressed to a “son” or “sons” (1:8; 4:1). These are not small children but young men on the verge of adulthood, like the "young man" so vividly de ...-22; Matt. 5:43-48), taming the tongue (15:1, 4; Matt. 5:21-26), educating children (22:6; Matt. 7:12-27), and, above all, God's wisdom and care over all creat
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• Abortion (Mennonite Church, 1975)
  ...bout becoming adoptive or foster parents to care for battered and unwanted children. It could provide more teaching, counseling, and other services regarding a
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• The Way of Christian Love in Race Relations (Mennonite Church, 1955)
  ...agencies of the church (as schools and colleges, hospitals, and homes for children and the aged, and the various church boards) if they have not yet done so, 5. That in work with children, as in the case of summer Bible schools and summer camps, for example, an e
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• Confession, or Short and Simple Statement of Faith (Rudnerweide, Russia, 1853)
  ...me, not avaricious, one who rules well his own household, who has obedient children, with constant integrity. He must hold to the Word which is sure, and be ab ...o the church in those days about three thousand souls." So also now, those children who earlier were far away, when they have come so far that they are able to
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• Nihon Menonaito Kirisuto Kyokai Kaigi, Japan
  ...stor there when he died. After he died his sons (Yamada and his wife had 5 children--3 boys and 2 girls) collected his sermons and edited them into 4 books.
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• Eberhard Arnold
  ...ent arranged for Nazi teachers to be sent after Christmas to take over the children’s education. In response, Eberhard arranged for all the school-age children to leave Germany soon after New Year. Eventually, all were reunited in a ne
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• Hosea
  ...ollection of material focusing on the significance of Hosea's marriage and children, but in chapters 4–14 it is difficult to discern larger thematic units. T ...ot say that Gomer bore them for Hosea (cf. 1:3), and 2:4-5 claims that the children were conceived promiscuously. Hosea names the second child, a daughter, "No
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• Alianza Evangélica Menonita
  |First children of Russian Mennonite refugees are baptized by Nelson Litwiller at the MCC c
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• Hugo Donatti
  Hugo Donatti lives, together with his wife and children, in La Paz, a satellite town near Montevideo. He works in the state-owned
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• Governmental Oppression and our Christian Witness (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1977)
  ...ionaries who are guests in other societies that they walk circumspectly as children of light -- peaceably, respectfully, sensitively, but also courageously. We
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• Declaration of Christian Faith and Commitment with Respect to Peace, War, and Nonresistance (Mennonite Church, 1951)
  ..., we can live the life of holy obedience and discipleship to which all the children of God are called. ...your enemies . . . do good to them that hate you . . . that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven"; "Resist not him that is evil"; "Whatsoe
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• Recreation (Mennonite Church, 1961)
  ...Oftentimes father and mother see little of each other and, indeed of their children, who, when not in school, may be engaged in organized play activities or, w
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• Hutterite Martyrs of 1918
  ...avenworth. They started out from their homes at night, leaving their small children behind them. But a railroad agent mistakenly gave them tickets to the wrong
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• Why Am I a Mennonite? Rachel Geissinger, April 1999 (United States)
  Sunday school, but my favorite part was playing with the children at
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• Convención de las Iglesias Evangélicas Menonitas de Puerto Rico, Inc.
  ...describe the living situation as, “To know Castañer you must... watch the children, shabby and barefoot but proud and happy, chattering their way along the ro ...its commonwealth status, it is easy for missionaries to return with their children to see the island they once worked in. One Aibonito member shared that many
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• Kenneth Miller
  When we arrived in Kenya with our five children in the fall of 2000 for a four-month stint as temporary replacement mission ...ke: “These white people and their churches are devil worshippers who steal children and suck their blood.” “The missionaries get people to come to church b
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• Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania
  ...Migire were teachers. Each morning from seven to ten o’clock they taught children and workmen in reading, writing, arithmetic, and Bible. Each afternoon Mos ...while for women (wives) classes was on Bible, sewing, health, and care of children. ALL students were comefrome Shirati: Zedekia and Susana kisare, Yakobo and
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• Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church
  ...ded by providing more one-on-one mentoring to young people and making sure children have a relationship with the church.<ref name="Way" />
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• Mennonite Brethren Church Document of Secession (1860)
  ...g. But Thou, O Jesus, equip faithful living witnesses, who will direct Thy children and the work of Thy hands to Thee! Amen.
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• Meserete Kristos Church, Ethiopia
  ...sk.<ref name="ldie" /> It has been shown that divorcing multiple wives and children causes them suffering and increased susceptibility. Once a polygamous conve
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• The Anabaptist Ideal and a Funk Band, Luke D Miller, April 1999 (United States)
  children. A band has the unique opportunity to make an example of their
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• Report of the Dress Committee (Mennonite Church, 1913)
  ...nnection with men's fitness for public service (1 Timothy 3:11), and their children have much to do in making their ministry either profitable or unprofitable
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• Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)
  ...ent children, heed, follow, and practice what the same contains, to be His children and lawful heirs; thus excluding no one from the precious inheritance of et ...h faith we obtain forgiveness of sins, are sanctified, justified, and made children of God, yea, partake of His mind, nature, and image, as being born again of
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• Genocide and Sacred Violence (in Joshua)
  ...res intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group” (Resolution 260 [III] A, Dec. 9, 1948). Si
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• Evangelical Mennonite Conference Confession of Faith (1994)
  ...fe come about through repentance and faith in Christ. His atonement covers children until they reach the age of accountability (2 Samuel 12:22-23; Matthew 18:1
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• Statement on Immigration (Mennonite Church USA, 2003)
  ...bilities of immigrant sponsors, the rights of battered immigrant women and children, and the rights of workers in employment raids. Contact Rebeca Jimenez Yode
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• Preaching the Bible in the Congregation
  ....” This larger congregation is generally inter-generational, including the children and possibly the grandparents. It thus serves as a common setting and provi ...is the only right and proper Seed from which truly believing and obedient children of God are born.</blockquote>
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• Esther
  ...e, but no less important. Fortunately the destructive effect of shaming on children (and adults) has become more visible, but we struggle to know how to deal w ...to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children” (3:13).
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• Statement of Our Position on Military Service (Mennonite Church, 1917)
  ...servant of the Lord must not strive" (2 Timothy 2:24). Believing that the children of God should imbibe and practice these teachings, we hold that Christian p ...e life, in the full exercise of our religious convictions; that we, as His children, may be faithful to and contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to t
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• Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowships (Ireland)
  ...4 and lived there until 1776. In that year he moved with his wife and four children to what is now Somerset County. (Beachy, 1954).
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• Teaching the Bible in the Congregation, by Richard C. Detweiler
  ...st-conversion aspects of teaching the Bible in relation to the teaching of children. Our perception of the child with regard to our purpose in teaching '''<spa ...to dependence on Him as God’s way, truth, and life. Teaching the Bible to children as a nurture function, therefore, is oriented progressively to affirmation,
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• Affirming Our Faith in Word and Deed (Mennonite Church, 1979)
  God's forgiveness and His desire for reconciliation with His children are expressed in the parable of the loving father fully accepting the prodi ...in practical living. The process by which faith is kept new, passed on to children, shared with the world, and adapted to new situations must be guided by the
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• Declaration of Commitment in Respect to Christian Separation and Nonconformity to the World (Mennonite Church, 1955)
  ...stian nonconformity to the world is based upon the fact that God calls His children to a life of holiness, and to conformity to the character of Jesus Christ, <h4>Courtship and Marriage</h4> In contrast with people of the world the children of God are to be pure and holy in life. The Word of God calls particular at
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• Genesis
  Christians know and love the stories of Genesis. We tell them to our children and preach them from the pulpit. Novelists and poets allude to them in thei ...ham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob, Leah, and Rachel as well as their children. The intention of God to create a community/family both blessed in itself a
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• Martyrs Mirror
  ====Children's Stories==== | Schlabach, Amy. ''Times of Trial: Poem Stories of Anabaptist Martyrs for Children.'' Sugarcreek, OH: Carlisle Press, 2011. ||
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• A Church of Many Peoples Confronts Racism (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1989)
  ...s Near and Far: a Mission Course of Study to Interest, Inform, and Inspire Children.</em> Newton, KS : General Conference Mennonite Church, 1986-1989.
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• Kleine Gemeinde zu Spanish Lookout, Belize
  In 1975, after generations of teaching and speaking German to children in schools, English became the primary language. Because English is the fir 1975 After generations of teaching and speaking German to children in schools, English became the primary language. Because English is the fir
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• Statement of Doctrine, Conservative Mennonite Conference (1991)
  ...the Holy Spirit. Those who receive God's gift of salvation by faith become children of God, justified in their relationship to God, sanctified in their walk an
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• Anabaptism Sunday School Curriculum for Youth
  ..., including war among nations, hostility among races and classes, abuse of children and women, violence between men and women, abortion, and capital punishment ...Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and the goo
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• Jonah
  ...ders picture a whale swallowing Jonah, a picture reinforced by the popular children's story, ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'', by the Italian author Carlo Collo ...errifying violence? What about the lives of the men and women tortured and children whose lives ended in their mothers’ womb? In the interest of justice, the
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• Schleitheim Confession (source)
  Brotherly Union of a number of children of God concerning Seven Articles. ...e in all tribulation until the end, Amen, be with all who love God and all children of light, who are scattered everywhere, wherever they might have been place
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• Menno Simons' Encounter with the Bible
  ...hat the Spirit continues his work, for he teaches the gospel truths to his children, and “writes them upon the tablets of our hearts with the gracious finger ...it would work in such a way that there would be unity and accord among the children of God. Marpeck was equally clear on the matter of unity and his emphasis i
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• John
  ...ear his coidentity with God as well as the identity of readers of faith as children of God. ...ure of true discipleship and contends that the Pharisees are not Abraham’s children but that the devil is their father, the atmosphere becomes increasingly hea
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• Ruth
  ...ntrolled by the availability of water. To find adequate pasture, the older children of the village often took the herds some distance away from the village. A ...ight be called on to marry a widowed family member to provide security and children for the deceased. If another member, who was “first in line” as go'el,
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• Jesus Village Church, South Korea
  ...church members. Since the JVC was only 12 years old in 2008, most of the children in the church were still not old enough to be eligible for military service
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• Salvation and the Destruction of Enemies (in Joel/Obadiah/Micah)
  ...ee human flesh ripped apart, mothers cradling the lifeless bodies of their children, elderly persons in despair because their homes are gone, or desperate fami
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• Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de Guatemala
  ...ctive activity. There are classes for youth and adults and activities for children too young for formal musical instruction. Isabel Garnica, co-coordinator o
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• Mennonite Brethren Church Confession of Faith (1902)
  ...thout blame before Him in love: having predestined us unto the adoption of Children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will. Eph 49. The '''children''' of believers (Acts 2:39) shall continually be brought before the Lord in
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• Galatians
  : Freedom of God's Children
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• A Christian Declaration on the Authority of the Scriptures (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1962)
  ...work, but for the revelation of God already given in His dealings with the children of Israel interpreted by the prophets of God. He regarded the Old Testament ...the Old Testament it was primarily through God's great deliverance of the children of Israel out of Egypt that He revealed himself to us. Christ is the full r
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• Convención Evangélica Menonita Paraguaya
  ...garejo attended seminary after several years of preaching and with several children in school, sending a message that theological training is important in the
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• Ephesians
  ...wever, there are clearly “us” Jews and “you” Gentiles; wives and husbands, children and fathers, slaves and masters are exhorted to live within what appear to ...about transformation. The dualistic language thus serves not to remove the children of light from the world of darkness, but rather to hone their sensitivities
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• Philadelphia Praise Center
  ...Summer Service Workers help plan and execute the camp, which serves local children and resembles a Vacation Bible School but with more of an emphasis on peace ...s from institutional racism, and that racism needs to be dismantled so all children can have an equal education.
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• The Confession of Faith (P.J. Twisck, 1617)
  ...which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second Psal ...g to God. He is called the real and earnest of the inheritance of all true children of God. He who blasphemes this Spirit, must never expect forgiveness. Chris
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• Deuteronomy
  ...s, leaders and others are included, men and women are included, adults and children are included, even those not actually present are included. Perhaps most in ...the last half of the Shema, with its emphasis on teaching the faith to our children (388; Deut 6:6-9).
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• Jeremiah
  ...gage in surrogate religion by building high places, even sacrificing their children to idols (7:30). The people are adulterers; they lie and deceive and do not ...together dark. Many are the repeated calls to repent. “Return, O faithless children, I will heal your faithlessness” (3:22; cf. 4:1). There is hope if his pe
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• Joel
  ...when Israelites are sold into slavery. God’s revenge entails the innocent children of enemy peoples being ripped from their homes and enslaved in a distant la
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• Statement of Doctrine (Conservative Mennonite Conference, 1991)
  ...the Holy Spirit. Those who receive God's gift of salvation by faith become children of God, justified in their relationship to God, sanctified in their walk an
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• The Relation of the Old and New Covenants in Pilgram Marpeck’s Theology
  ...se of the will results in sin, and the atonement of Christ covers innocent children and idiots.<ref>According to John Lawson (''The Biblical Theology of Irenae ...f promise but not a syllable of the Old Testament indicates that they were children of God in the same way as those under the New Covenant are (''Conf.'', 185f
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