Live seminar: What is your sermon doing?
What is your sermon doing? A preaching refresher Wednesday, December 1110 a.m. – 12 p.m. Eastern MC USA offices in Elkhart, Indiana and online via Zoom Register to attend in-person in Elkhart Zoom registration to attend online Preachers are often asked, “What is your next sermon about?” This is a good question, but sermons also do something. Sermons […]
Meet Mission Network board member Kelsey Hochstetler
Meet Kelsey Hochstetler, a member of the board of directors with Mennonite Mission Network. Each Mission Network board member brings their unique voice and perspective to the leadership team, and each one is passionate about Mission Network’s guiding vision: to lead, mobilize and equip the church to participate in holistic witness to Jesus Christ in a […]
PSA: Service Adventure unit leaders aren’t house parents! 👪
Live out your faith. Mentor young adults. Nurture grassroots community. Cooking, cleaning and house activities are shared among everyone in the unit. For unit leaders, their goal is to mentor the participants living with them in the unit house; helping them learn how to live in community, together. There is no ‘typical’ Service Adventure leader. […]
Episode 4: Mutual (A vision for the church in mission)
The church in Antioch practiced a spirit of mutuality. In Antioch, Barnabas set an example for the church, by sharing leadership. Instead of working alone, Barnabas brought Saul from Tarsus to Antioch to help instruct the growing number of believers in the way of the Lord.
Episode 3: Maturing (A vision for the church in mission)
While the church in Antioch was multiplying, it was also maturing into what Ephesians 4 calls the fullness of Christ.
Episode 2: Multiplying (A vision for the church in mission)
The church in Antioch was a community that was multiplying. There are two phases of quantitative growth in Acts 11:19-30, and in each case the Lord is the agent of growth.
Episode 1: Multiethnic (A vision for the church in mission)
The church in Antioch was a multiethnic community, many nations from the Greek ethnos that were gathered as one body in Christ.
Bonus Episode: Spirtual gifts (A vision for the church in mission)
How the spiritual giftings of Ephesians 4:11 work together in the context of Acts 11.
With steadfast devotion
The early church’s origins, detailed in Acts 11:19-30, tell the story of a community that embodied traits here called the “4 Ms.” The 4 Ms, multiethnic, multiplying, maturing and mutuality, describe a church body that is fully engaged in God’s mission. These traits make the church the church. This booklet explores this passage and investigates […]
Meet Ben and Laurel—named co-directors of the Paris Mennonite Center
Ben and Laurel Woodward-Breckbill are eager to continue the ministry of the Paris (France) Mennonite Center. For more than half a century, the center has served as an Anabaptist witness to French communities and scholars from around the world. The Paris (France) Mennonite Center (PMC) has named Ben and Laurel Woodward-Breckbill as their new co-directors […]
We are here with purpose
Mennonite Mission Network is intentional in what it does and how it does it: building partnerships next door and around the globe to participate in God’s work in the world. Our purpose is to lead, mobilize and equip the church to participate in holistic witness to Jesus Christ — across the street, all through the […]
Movement of Anabaptist Women Doing Theology from Latin America commemorates 20 years of ministry with publication
Versión en español ELKHART, IN (Mennonite Mission Network) — The 32nd issue of Missio Dei, a publication of Mennonite Mission Network, describes 20 years of Movimiento de Mujeres Anabautistas Haciendo Teología desde América Latina (Movement of Anabaptist Women Doing Theology from Latin America — MTAL). Spanish and English versions of the booklet, Women, 20 years […]