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- ...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
- ...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
- ...en). Within that system, many Mennonite family members, employers and even church leaders have used their power in oppressive and violent ways. We have syste ...es by our teaching on the relation of men and women in marriage and in the church. Therefore, we resolve as congregations and individuals:4 KB (599 words) - 18:32, 6 April 2015
- Most General Conference people are among the overfed, the comfortably housed, and the generous spen ...pment programs overseas. More must now be done. In the spirit of the inter-Mennonite consultation on hunger and population held in [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chi3 KB (542 words) - 19:03, 11 September 2013
- Christian Stewardship of Energy Resources (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1977) As a Mennonite church, our concern for responsible stewardship of energy resources has a strong t7 KB (1,126 words) - 19:42, 6 April 2015
- <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
- 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
- ...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
- ...a key to the development of strong local congregations within the General Conference, <b>Because</b> pastors, District ministerial committees, and Conference ministers have expressed a deep concern for the needs of the pastor as a pe10 KB (1,616 words) - 20:04, 9 September 2013
- ...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
- 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
- ...gather for the 46th triennial sessions of the General Conference Mennonite Church. ...Native Ministries Board of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada, and the Mennonite Indian Leaders Council to prepare action for 1992 and beyond, which will sy2 KB (343 words) - 20:17, 9 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
- The church is called to respond to this crisis out of its biblical concern for both he ...ealing ministry of Jesus (Matthew 4:23-25) has been carried forward by the church in efforts to restore health and wholeness to individuals and communities.7 KB (1,115 words) - 18:34, 6 April 2015
- 1. that the General Conference Mennonite Church, together with the Conference of Mennonites in Canada and area conferences, give birth to 50 new churches 2. that the General Conference Mennonite Church provide staffing in church planting to enable the fulfillment of this vision, to be implemented when f3 KB (449 words) - 18:36, 6 April 2015
- --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
- ...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
- That the General Conference Mennonite Church in cooperation with New Call to Peacemaking and other religious organizatio That congregations of the General Conference Mennonite Church promote study concerning nuclear weapons through material produced in coope1 KB (223 words) - 02:59, 21 June 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
- ...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
- ...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
- ...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
- ...even in the face of violence and warfare," (from Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, Article 22, first paragraph); Therefore be it resolved: That now is the time for us as a Mennonite people to support efforts being made to finance alternative approaches to p2 KB (364 words) - 18:44, 6 April 2015
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- 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
- ...cies. We ask women to minister as gifted, called and affirmed. We call the church to be increasingly alert to the gifts of women and to become more active in ...other than the lead pastorate.</li> <li> Members of the Mennonite Brethren church are to pray for growing unity in biblical understanding and in the practice2 KB (302 words) - 11:32, 2 September 2013
- ...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
- ...en). Within that system, many Mennonite family members, employers and even church leaders have used their power in oppressive and violent ways. We have syste ...es by our teaching on the relation of men and women in marriage and in the church. Therefore, we resolve as congregations and individuals:4 KB (599 words) - 18:32, 6 April 2015
- <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
- ...11, in Silver Spring, Maryland, headquarters to the Seventh-day Adventists Church.777 bytes (81 words) - 04:53, 23 June 2012
- --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
- ...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
- ...man, South Dakota. Upon baptism, he became a member of the Salem Mennonite Church. ...raining at the Biblical Seminary in New York in 1938, and then at his home church was ordained for leadership ministry.2 KB (366 words) - 02:45, 25 September 2015
- ...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
- On Inspiration of the Bible (Mennonite Church, 1959) ...th and life of evangelical Christianity and particularly in our Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition, and4 KB (702 words) - 20:11, 12 September 2013
- ...ewton, Kansas) campus held the records of the General Conference Mennonite Church. ...USA]]. The Mennonite Church USA Archives is administered by the Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee.8 KB (1,092 words) - 18:38, 4 October 2011
- ...gather for the 46th triennial sessions of the General Conference Mennonite Church. ...Native Ministries Board of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada, and the Mennonite Indian Leaders Council to prepare action for 1992 and beyond, which will sy2 KB (343 words) - 20:17, 9 September 2013
- <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
- ...as a Requirement for Ordination to Pastoral Leadership (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1987) ...However, such members were not to be transferred by letter from one local church to another. Local churches were, in fact, given freedom to deny full member4 KB (579 words) - 18:55, 6 April 2015
- ...more closely identify with seminary trained pastors. The board for the new Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Chicago approved this statement in July 1945. Adopted by the General Conference at Its Twenty-ninth Session Hold in Souderton, Pennsylvania, August 17-22,3 KB (466 words) - 22:49, 4 July 2012
- ...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
- Resolution on Central America (Mennonite Church, 1983) ...Central America, that their faith will be strong in adversity and that the church will have courage and strength in witnessing to the reconciling gospel of C4 KB (699 words) - 11:29, 6 September 2013
- Resolution on the Ministry of the Women in the Church (MB, 1981) ...would like to present the following concerns and proposals to our General Conference.4 KB (697 words) - 11:45, 4 September 2013
- ...orrespond with our testimony.—2 Timothy 2:24. This was the position of the Church in Reformation times, as seen in Article 14 of our Confession of Faith adop ...ing which could in any way result in the loss of life at their hands. As a Church we should disown all members who bear arms as soldiers, as that term is com5 KB (797 words) - 20:58, 4 July 2012
- ...University College (1970-1973. 1996-2002), Tabor College (1973-1977), and Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary (1977-1995). At the end of December 2002, Toews ...n 1960. Following studies in theology at Mennonite Brethren Bible College, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, University of Southern California, and Pacific2 KB (289 words) - 21:44, 7 March 2022
- 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
- ...n in Christ Churches Worldwide, 2009: Asia & Pacific." ''[[Mennonite World Conference]]''. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/files/Members%202009/Asia%20&%20Pacific%20 ...th the conference of the same name located on the island of Hokkaido) is a conference of fifteen churches located mainly on the island of Kyushu but with churche10 KB (1,456 words) - 12:15, 12 December 2016
- The Theology of Christian Experience (Mennonite Church, 1957) ...atement Adopted by [[Mennonite Church General Conference|Mennonite General Conference]], August 27, 19578 KB (1,210 words) - 20:13, 12 September 2013
- ...a for two years, and was for six years the general secretary for Mennonite Church Canada. He and his wife were mission workers for three years in South Afric ...has academic degrees from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ont.), Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Ind.), Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, On2 KB (334 words) - 06:00, 15 January 2022
- ...here he was baptized and encouraged to consider leadership ministry in the church. ...For the next six years, he served as pastor of the Mountainview Mennonite Church in Vancouver, B.C. In 1974 he began studies at the Toronto School of Theolo2 KB (378 words) - 04:15, 26 September 2015
- ...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
- Response to Conscription and Militarism (Mennonite Church, 1969) <h4>[[Statement (Mennonite Church, 1969)|Statement]][[Context (Mennonite Church, 1969)|Context]]</h4> <h4>Response to Conscription and Militarism</h4> We a7 KB (1,133 words) - 19:05, 11 September 2013
- Race Relations (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1963) ...nite Brethren Church declare its position on race relations at the General Conference, assembled at Winnipeg, Manitoba, on August 3-7, 1963, to this effect:5 KB (781 words) - 18:59, 11 September 2013
- ...vironment and Faith Issues (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1989) Mennonite Church and General Conference congregations and conferences be encouraged to promote discussion and actio4 KB (636 words) - 20:18, 9 September 2013
- The [[Confession of Faith (Mennonite Brethren, 1975)|Mennonite Brethren Confession of Faith]] [1975] states: ...he forgiveness of enemies as taught and exemplified by the Lord Jesus. The church, as the body of Christ, is a fellowship of redeemed, separated people, cont3 KB (470 words) - 11:46, 4 September 2013
- ...C, Mexico (Mennonite Mission Network) — Representatives of the six Mexican Mennonite conferences had met before for administrative work and business. The gather ...order that relate to both a Mexican conference and a Mennonite Church USA conference.6 KB (829 words) - 17:04, 1 April 2015
- Mennonite Tricentennial Resolution (GCMC, 1983) <h3>Mennonite Tricentennial Resolution</h3> I6 KB (937 words) - 11:28, 6 September 2013
- Mission Statement for Congregational Youth Ministry (Mennonite Church, 1997) ...re with Jesus Christ, mentoring them towards wholeness within a supportive church community and empowering them to bring healing and hope to the world.4 KB (648 words) - 11:28, 2 September 2013
- ...Mennonite Ethereal Library) containing the '''full texts''' of significant Mennonite confessions of faith and position statements on a variety of issues. These ...find statements that may not agree with one another because they come from Mennonite groups with differing emphases, or because these emphases have changed over30 KB (3,543 words) - 18:59, 7 February 2022
- ==On Observing 1992 (Mennonite Church, 1991)== ...the displacement and oppression of the native populations. As a Mennonite Church in the U.S. and Canada we acknowledge that our history includes emigration3 KB (498 words) - 04:23, 15 June 2013
- Urban-Racial Concerns (Mennonite Church, 1969) ...ent]] [[Context (Mennonite Church, 1969)|Context]]</h4> Mennonite General Conference received with appreciation the following statement presented by the executi9 KB (1,357 words) - 19:06, 11 September 2013
- ==Resolution on Male Violence Against Women, A (Mennonite Church, 1993)== ...r the participants. Following that event a call has come for the Mennonite Church to adopt a statement on male violence against women.7 KB (1,047 words) - 18:35, 6 April 2015
- 1. Acknowledge together that conflict is a normal part of our life in the church. (Romans 14:1-8, 10-12, 17-19; Romans 15:1-7) ...lves, we will use those with gifts and training in mediation in the larger church. (Philippians 4:1-3)4 KB (550 words) - 18:45, 6 April 2015
- ...evangelism and local grassroots Anabaptist movements in the 20th century, Mennonite-related groups exist today in [[North America (United States and Canada)|No ...or read the [[#History|history section]] below to learn more about general Mennonite history.7 KB (933 words) - 20:26, 5 June 2020
- ...vate church run schools, administered usually with the Old Order Mennonite Church. In 2020, the Conference had 1,645 baptized members in 17 congregations.9 KB (1,277 words) - 01:55, 7 March 2023
- ...]], or to learn more about [[Mennonite Brethren]] around the world click [[Mennonite Brethren|here]]. ==Important Individuals in the Life of the Church==6 KB (880 words) - 16:49, 10 December 2019
- ''Return to [[Why I Am Mennonite Essays; Goshen College; Goshen, IN; April 1999]]'' ...ance on family and community history plays no role in their decision to be Mennonite. As Steve Nolt’s article in the Festival Quarterly explained, North Amer5 KB (954 words) - 19:22, 7 May 2015
- 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
- ==Shared Convictions ([[Mennonite World Conference]], 2006)== 3. As a church, we are a community of those whom God's Spirit calls to turn from sin, ackn3 KB (526 words) - 14:25, 30 May 2014
- ...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
- ...; and, that they voluntarily step aside for a period of time and allow the church to determine readiness for service (1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6). ...conference at Vancouver, i.e., "The services such members can render in a church will largely be determined by what the membership is ready to receive from2 KB (344 words) - 11:45, 4 September 2013