Mosaic Mennonites

Missional - Intercultural - Formational

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A lesson from Rwanda

by Emily Ralph Servant

I recently spent several days in Rwanda as part of a teaching team for the Shepherd’s Leadership Conference, a weeklong conference for Rwandese pastors and other church leaders. There is much to share, especially having been there so close to the 20th anniversary of the genocide (April 6th). I hope to post several reflections on my time in Rwanda. This first is not about the genocide, but about my interactions with a pastor who attended the conference.

Ministerial Update (June 2012)

by Emily Ralph Servant

An update from Noah Kolb, Pastor of Ministerial Leadership, on behalf of the Ministerial Committee:

  • Derek Cooper, assistant professor of Biblical studies and historical theology at Hatfield (Pa.) Biblical Seminary’ was approved for a two-year license toward ordination. He and his family are members at Deep Run East (Perkasie, Pa.). The seminary, through his congregation, requested a ministerial license for his work in preparing pastors.

Serving Christ with our heads and hands

by Emily Ralph Servant

“To Mennonite” means to translate faith in Jesus Christ into concrete actions.
I have been a believer in Jesus for over 40 years but for most of my life, Christian faith meant being able to recite the right doctrinal positions. I became keenly aware of this during my college years at a secular university and then later at a prominent Evangelical seminary. In both settings Christians often asked each other, “Do you believe_____?” and that blank would be filled by some debated issue such as “that woman can preach” or “in speaking in tongues” or “that Jesus will return before the Tribulation.”

Gathering on Holy Ground

by Emily Ralph Servant

by Stephen Kriss, Philadelphia Praise Center Gwen Groff, pastor at Bethany Mennonite Church in Bridgewater Corners, Vermont, drove the seven hours south for the joint Franconia and Eastern District Conference […]