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In 2003, The Zimbabwe Brethren in Christ Church hosted the once-every-six years global assembly of Mennonite World Conference. I (Harriet) had been wanting to attend an assembly sometime, having heard great things about previous ones, and so when the Zimbabwe site was announced, I decided I had to figure out...read more
The world of the first Jesus followers was a world of “us and them.” The Scriptures present this first of all as the language of the people of God, Israelites and eventually Jews, who knew the rest as the “nations,” or “Gentiles.” Of course, Greeks and Romans also saw the...read more
BETH HOSTETLER MARK, ANNARUTH SIDER OSBORNE, and DEVIN C. MANZULLO-THOMAS. Worthy of the Calling: Biographies of Paul and Lela Swalm Hostetler, Harvey and Erma Heise Sider, Luke Jr. and Doris Bowman Keefer. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Brethren in Christ Historical Society, 2014. Pp. 351. $15.00 (U.S.) Reviewed by John Hawbaker * When...read more
TIM DAY. God Enters Stage Left. Oakville, ON: The Meeting House, 2013. Pp. 154. Reviewed by John R. Yeatts Tim Day is the senior pastor of The Meeting House, a congregation that, as the book cover says, is “a safe place away from the shadow of traditional religion to have...read more
ERVIN R. STUTZMAN. Discerning God’s Will Together: Biblical Interpretation in the Free Church Tradition. Telford, Pa.: Cascadia Publishing House, 2013. Pp. 176. $16.95 (U.S.) Reviewed by Zach Spidel Ervin R. Stutzman’s attempt to draw upon the discernment function of free church ecclesiology in order to “aid the contemporary church in...read more