Search results

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.

31 KB (5,135 words) - 19:48, 24 March 2016
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

21 KB (3,295 words) - 19:51, 24 March 2016
Where Are We Now? Anonymous, April 1999 (United States)
away and that would fit the needs of their children as well. The Mennonite

7 KB (1,268 words) - 19:29, 7 May 2015
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

32 KB (4,833 words) - 15:11, 3 October 2016
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

15 KB (2,410 words) - 21:02, 9 September 2013
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

19 KB (2,869 words) - 15:33, 3 October 2016
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)

14 KB (2,175 words) - 13:58, 17 March 2016
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

8 KB (1,362 words) - 19:16, 7 May 2015
Disciples and Discipleship (in John)
*Howard-Brook, Wes. ''Becoming Children of God: John’s Gospel and Radical Discipleship''. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1

6 KB (843 words) - 21:47, 28 June 2025
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

6 KB (959 words) - 01:01, 29 June 2025
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.

7 KB (1,115 words) - 18:34, 6 April 2015
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.

17 KB (2,555 words) - 22:46, 18 April 2019
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,

7 KB (1,322 words) - 19:21, 7 May 2015
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.

32 KB (4,932 words) - 22:56, 30 June 2025
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

6 KB (1,014 words) - 21:43, 1 July 2025
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

29 KB (4,762 words) - 18:22, 24 March 2016
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

36 KB (5,588 words) - 20:00, 24 March 2016
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

37 KB (6,222 words) - 18:55, 28 June 2025
Why I Am Mennonite, Anonymous, April 1999 (United States)
tents like the Israelites. As children, we also attended our church camp,

8 KB (1,400 words) - 19:33, 7 May 2015
Online Anabaptist-Mennonite Library
...ngelism of Children (Mennonite Church, 1955)|The Nurture and Evangelism of Children (Mennonite Church, 1955)]] (Mennonite Church, 1955)

30 KB (3,543 words) - 18:59, 7 February 2022