Mission Without Conquest
This book embodies a new way to approach the church’s missionary task – a way that makes the mission of Jesus Christ the paradigm for Christian mission until his return.
Construyendo una Cultura de Discipulado
Mucha tinta y muchas páginas se han dedicado a todos los problemas misionales que actualmente enfrenta la iglesia de occidente. En la medida en que la cultura imperante cada día que pasa se vuelve más post-cristiana, nos damos cuenta que aquello que ha funcionado bien en el pasado no funciona más hoy, que somos mucho […]
La Red Sent
La Red Sent es un recurso educativo elaborado para reclutar, capacitar y preparar a los plantadores de iglesias para desarrollar su tarea. La Red Sent está organizada en tres etapas independientes: explorar, capacitar y enviar. 1. Explorar 1.1 El llamado Objetivo: examinar su llamado personal a plantar una iglesia o ser partícipe de una […]
Anabaptist Mission and Theology of Religions
Consideration of the church’s missional constitution and context lead to the claim that interaction with religious others is a necessary element of Anabaptist witness. But what does this interaction look like? What should it look like? What resources do Christian theology and missiology offer as guides to understanding and engaging other religions? The essays in […]
Fully Engaged
As the missional church movement matures, Anabaptists bring a time-honored theological tradition, a contemporary spiritual vitality, and practical stories of witness to the conversation.
Go and make disciples
‘Come, follow me’ Discipleship isn’t an easy path, but Jesus calls us to it By Sara Alvarez The idea seems so simple: Meet regularly with someone and encourage each other’s daily faith journey. Jesus did it when he called his disciples from their day jobs, and asked them to follow him. The group stayed together […]
Anabaptist Identities in a Changing World
Mission has been central to the Anabaptist movement from its beginning in the sixteenth century to its global presence today. This engagement in God’s mission to and for the world continues to be facilitated by and stretched through dialogical missiological thinking and reflection. To these ends, we hope the relaunch of the journal Anabaptist Witness, […]
Christian Service
Social servants Service made worthwhile by human connections By Sara Alvarez Serving fellow humans is a social activity. Whether it’s conversing in the cafeteria of a food pantry while prepping the food in the kitchen, or outside harvesting vegetables from a garden, at the very least, a volunteer has to communicate with a supervisor who […]
Counter recruitment strategies
Before you begin Look around and see if other groups are already involved in your area. The National Network Opposing Militarization of Youth maintains a database of active counter-recruitment groups across the country. Opting out The first step in addressing the Department of Defense’s presence in schools is to investigate the sharing of student […]
Why counter-recruit? Military recruiters have footholds in schools and advertizing
Military presence in schools The U.S. Army alone manages 1,650 recruiting stations staffed by 7,600 recruiters across the country. These and other branch’s offices are bases of operation—if one does not count public school districts. Without a draft, the United States is dependent upon a steady flow of new enlistees, and what better hotbed exists […]
Walking together in mission
Mennonite Mission Network’s philosophy of mission.
Congo
Joy and hope amidst injustice in the Congo By Lynda Hollinger-Janzen I experience life in the Congo as spicy pili-pili, the hot pepper used to season greens, that most Congolese eat with their fufu day after day—if they are fortunate enough to eat. The intense delight of taste buds is accompanied by a long-lasting burn, […]