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- Call to Kingdom Commitments, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1986) ...or the leaders and staff of the conference, to pray for the members of the conference individually and corporately and to encourage our congregations to pray tha4 KB (622 words) - 18:16, 6 April 2015
- Vision: Healing and Hope (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, 1995) ...statement for Mennonite Church USA and [[Mennonite Church Canada|Mennonite Church Canada]].3 KB (427 words) - 11:26, 2 September 2013
- We commend the hosting and program committees for the efforts made at this conference to meet some of the needs of the disabled. We pledge ourselves to continue ...e [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] at Bethlehem, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] in 1983.2 KB (252 words) - 11:30, 6 September 2013
- ...peration between the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Church, we affirm the following: ...de and implement the process outlined above, with regular reporting to the General Boards and the biennial/triennial assemblies.</li><li>We propose that by 196 KB (876 words) - 20:15, 9 September 2013
- Capital Punishment and the Ministry of the Church to the Offender (Mennonite Church, 1965) ...1965)|Statement]]</h3> A statement presented to [Mennonite Church] General Conference by the Peace Problems Committee and adopted August, 1965.5 KB (707 words) - 19:38, 6 April 2015
- ...operation in North America (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1983) <h4>Statement on Inter-Mennonite Cooperation in North America</h4> Mennonites have lived in [[North America|8 KB (1,173 words) - 11:32, 6 September 2013
- Resolution on Military Tax Withholding (Mennonite Church, 1989) [[Text (Mennonite Church, 1989)|Text]]6 KB (918 words) - 20:16, 9 September 2013
- --From the Findings Committee Report, Minneapolis Midtriennium Conference (1979) As Mennonite Christians we seek to be biblically obedient, submitting to such injunction7 KB (1,032 words) - 18:32, 6 April 2015
- Guidelines for Building Faithful Relationships in the Church (CMC, 1998) The General Board of the [[Conference of Mennonites in Canada|Conference of Mennonites in Canada]] (CMC) presents the following as its position stat8 KB (1,213 words) - 11:37, 2 September 2013
- <h3>Many Peoples Becoming God's People: Building up the General Conference as a rainbow of churches</h3> <h4>I. The biblical vision</h4> In the [[Bibl We believe God is challenging the General Conference Mennonite Church to respond to this call with clearer commitment.4 KB (650 words) - 11:35, 6 September 2013
- ...ing</h3> At the Mid-Triennium Sessions of the General Conference Mennonite Church, held February 9-11, 1979, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the following resolut ...a three-year period the General Board shall bring the question back to the Conference."7 KB (1,078 words) - 11:59, 11 September 2013
- ...and hindering their full contribution to personal relationships and to the church, and denying men a true understanding of themselves. ...ack of compassion for their struggle to find a place in society and in the church.5 KB (835 words) - 11:36, 6 September 2013
- ...ions as stated in "Vision: Healing and Hope," <em>Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective</em>, and "Resolution on Human Sexuality" as our understandings ...[[Conference of Mennonites in Canada|Conference of Mennonites in Canada]] General Board provided the following background to the resolution in the Stratford6 KB (978 words) - 11:33, 2 September 2013
- ...nite Statement on Violence (Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, 1997) -- Summary Statement ...e Church, with God's help, we commit ourselves, our congregations, and our church agencies to be communities of nonviolence, demonstrating and proclaiming th6 KB (957 words) - 18:08, 6 April 2015
- <h4>Call </h4> We believe God is calling the Mennonite Church in North America to expand our local and global witness of the kingdom of G ...erences, congregations, and local communities. We ask the Mennonite Church General Board to oversee strategic planning, coordinating the particular contributi6 KB (899 words) - 11:34, 6 September 2013
- ...firmation, Confession and Covenant Regarding Human Sexuality, A (Mennonite Church, 1987) ...and hindering their full contribution to personal relationships and to the church, and denying men a true understanding of themselves.5 KB (860 words) - 18:15, 6 April 2015
- ...claration on Communism and Anti-Communism, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1962) ...y of Mennonites, we as representatives of the General Conference Mennonite Church affirm our Christian conviction in the following statement.6 KB (1,044 words) - 18:20, 6 April 2015
- The Mennonite Central Committee, an agency of the Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches of Canada and the [[United States of Americ ...l, depending on the policies of the Canadian and U.S. governments;</li><li>Mennonite Central Committee is presently working in developing areas in promoting the6 KB (875 words) - 20:59, 9 September 2013
- ...l Conferences in Understanding Ordination, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1974) ...on [[Ordination|ordination]] proposed for the General Conference Mennonite Church. It takes into consideration responses to the progress report published Oct7 KB (1,131 words) - 18:37, 6 April 2015
- Mennonite Tricentennial Resolution (GCMC, 1983) <h3>Mennonite Tricentennial Resolution</h3> I6 KB (937 words) - 11:28, 6 September 2013
- Guidelines for Membership in the New Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church Canada, 1999) ...ds and formations, we believe the Holy Spirit has called the new Mennonite Church to unite in faith and in mission (Acts 1-2).15 KB (2,396 words) - 13:51, 5 June 2014
- ...leading of the Holy Spirit through prayer and mutual consultation with the church in that place. Further, as they see terror and oppression about them, may t ...s driven by a series of high profile cases of harassment of North American Mennonite volunteers -- Patricia Erb in [[Argentina|Argentina]] and Thomas Capuano in9 KB (1,455 words) - 21:04, 9 September 2013
- ...f all nations are united in love under the one Head, Jesus Christ. To this church He has entrusted the ministry of reconciliation, man with God, and man with ...ly Spirit came upon all who repented. By the power of the Spirit the early church broke the barriers of class, race, and nation.6 KB (1,044 words) - 20:12, 12 September 2013
- ...e [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] in the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[Canada|Canada]] a ...m of God. When religion or God is used to justify a state's action and the church has become its captive, we have become idolatrous.7 KB (1,137 words) - 19:02, 11 September 2013
- <h4>The Christian Faith</h4> In such a time of urgency the Christian church cannot be silent. It must through its members voice clearly its Christian c ...ation on Peace, War, and Military Service, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1953)|A Christian Declaration on Peace, War, and Military Service]]) adopt8 KB (1,227 words) - 20:02, 12 September 2013
- Christian Declaration on Capital Punishment, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1965) ...l> </li> <li>[[Our Confession and our Prayer (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1965)|Our Confession and our Prayer]]16 KB (2,502 words) - 18:19, 6 April 2015
- Statement on the Believers' Church (GCMC, 1956) ...hurch)|Board of Education and Publication]] to be presented to the General Conference Sessions in. Winnipeg, Manitoba, in August, 1956, for adoption.13 KB (2,059 words) - 20:14, 12 September 2013
- ...eoples Confronts Racism, A (General Conference Mennonite Church; Mennonite Church, 1989) ...diversity and thus a cause for celebration. We are becoming more like the church for which our Lord prayed (John 17:11-12, 20-23; Ephesians 2:11-22).12 KB (1,830 words) - 18:23, 6 April 2015
- ...d to fight in wars. Among those who came for such reasons were some of our Mennonite and Brethren in Christ forebearers. Many came as fugitives from compulsory </li> <li>As Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Christians, we oppose all wars and believe that the12 KB (1,831 words) - 18:17, 6 April 2015
- ...ation on Peace, War, and Military Service, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1953) The position of the General Conference Mennonite Church on love and nonresistance as adopted at Portland, Oregon, August 22, 1953.17 KB (2,854 words) - 18:21, 6 April 2015
- ...t Upon the Mennonite Church (GCMC, 1977)|II. The Effect Upon the Mennonite Church]] ...this has upon children in our country and especially within the Mennonite church. Statistics and studies on violence on television differ slightly, but all10 KB (1,623 words) - 13:07, 10 September 2013
- ...our time. Historically we, the members of the General Conference Mennonite Church, have affirmed the sanctity of human life. We continue to make that affirma ...Abortion Decisions</h4> <i>We believe that the New Testament pictures the church as a community</i> (koinonia) which seeks to discern the will of God and ta15 KB (2,502 words) - 12:00, 11 September 2013
- ...y of life for Christian disciples. Throughout the history of the Mennonite church this teaching has been continually reaffirmed. ...ation on Peace, War, and Military Service, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1953)| "A Christian Declaration on Peace, War, and Military Service."]] Co23 KB (3,936 words) - 20:58, 9 September 2013
- ...ration on the Authority of the Scriptures, A (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1962) ...ion taken by the General Conference Mennonite Church at its 1962 triennial conference at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, expressing its faith and serving as a guide and39 KB (6,559 words) - 18:22, 6 April 2015
- ...and the Christian Witness (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1983) ...by General Conference Mennonite Church Triennial Session Mennonite Church General Assembly Bethlehem, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] August 1-7, 198384 KB (13,677 words) - 11:27, 6 September 2013