Extending the Peace
of Jesus Christ

Intercultural Church Conversation with Norm and Fanosie

"Intercultural Church is not a choice but it is a MUST that God is calling us to," says Fanosie Legessee, MCEC Intercultural Mission Minister.  He encourages us to examine our own assumptions as we encounter each other. "We have already encountered each other - we've already begun," he says.

Join Norm Dyck and Fanosie Legesse as they talk about challenges, encouragement and vision of growing into an intercultural church.

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CommonWord, Herald Press and MC USA partner for Common Read winter title

Common Read encourages Mennonites to engage in a "common read," every few months, promoting specific books written to nurture Christian faith in our current cultural moment.

“Congregations are often looking for recommended titles for small group study,” says Arlyn Friesen Epp, director of CommonWord. “A Common Read book gives our nationwide church an opportunity to engage a topic collectively.”

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Prayer and response to violence on Capitol Hill

As leaders of Mennonite Church Canada and its regions, we pray for our siblings in Mennonite Church USA and, together with them, lament the escalation of violence that led to Wednesday’s events on Capitol Hill. We condemn white supremacy and Christian nationalism that are revealing themselves in American and Canadian society.  

Christ is our peace (Ephesians 2:14). Christ has broken down the dividing wall of hostility. We are called as church communities to be people of God’s Shalom in all that we do.

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