Worship and Mission for the Global Church
This book and enclosed DVD offer theological reflection, case studies, practical tools, and audiovisual resources to help the global church appreciate and generate culturally appropriate arts in worship and witness.
Listen, God is calling
Stories of faithfulness By Andrew Clouse When a Jewish family sits down to a Seder or Passover meal, they are entering into a feast of stories. The purpose of the meal is to remember the day God saved the Jewish people from the Egyptians, a moment when God’s faithfulness was tangible. When each child reads […]
New Anabaptist Voices
There have been Mennonites of non-European descent in the United States for several generations already. Yet many people in this country still identify Anabaptism with the Germanic sub-cultures of “Mennonitism.” More recent waves of Anabaptists are, however, searching for new ways of being the faithful church in the midst of rapid and disruptive change. They […]
Postcards from Europe
You’ve got a friend in Europe By Melanie Hess Connie Byler often begins a sentence with the phrase, “I’ve got a friend….” Connie, in her many years of ministry in Spain, has made friends everywhere. She knows people all across Burgos and throughout the surrounding villages, including military generals to whom she taught English, and […]
Atonement, Justice, and Peace
In this substantial study Darrin W. Snyder Belousek offers a comprehensive and critical examination of penal substitution, the most widely accepted evangelical Protestant theory of atonement, and presents a biblically grounded, theologically orthodox alternative.
Our stories
In service, Lord, to thee By Andrew Clouse All Christians—no matter what stage of life—are called to live their lives in service to others. Service itself can be as simple as an afternoon work project, as demonstrated at the 2011 Mennonite Church USA Convention in Pittsburgh, when nearly 3,000 youth and adults served 47 organizations […]
Forming Christian Habits in Post-Christendom
This book is a significant practical resource for anyone passionate about the renewal of mission, community, and worship in the church today.
Are you on the welcoming committee?
Radical inclusion? But Mama said, ‘Don’t talk to strangers.’ By Andrew Clouse One of the pieces of advice I took to heart as a youngster was, “Don’t talk to strangers.” In my adolescent mind, this refrain was lumped together in a soup of fear that put strangers into the same category as all of the […]
Prophetic pursuit
Kingdom seeds Sowing today to reap tomorrow By Andrew Clouse “Then Jesus said, ‘God’s kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a farmer who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it all without his help: first, a […]
Transforming Mission
David Bosch’s Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission, now available in over a dozen languages, is widely recognized as an historic and magisterial contribution to the study of mission. Examining the entire sweep of Christian tradition, he shows how five paradigms have historically encapsulated the Christian understanding of mission and then outlines the characteristics […]
Pray
Prayer and mission By Andrew Clouse Ethel Harder, 86, is a mission worker. She’s not in Mongolia, Benin, Burkina Faso, or Argentina. She’s in her home in Reedley, Calif., praying for Mission Network workers all over the world while eating breakfast. Every morning, she says, she chooses a worker or a family from Mission Mosaic, […]
Paths to leadership
Local leaders Some paths to leadership just go around the corner By Ryan Miller Mission is about more than the future kingdom. It is about our worldly kingdoms in the future. In years past, many Christological kingdoms relied on systems of lot to establish leaders. Today, conversations and theories about personal calling, shoulder-tapping and leadership […]