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As I thought about the features in this edition of the journal and how I would introduce them, I kept coming back to the common theme of “community”—what it means to belong to a community of faith, as the fifth Brethren in Christ core value asserts. In the lead article,...read more
Why? Why circle back to an issue we printed a year ago (August 2024) on the subject of “The Brethren in Christ Church and the LGBTQ+ Community”?1 Because the Historical Society wants to keep a controversial issue front and center? Because the Historical Society is looking to help influence the...read more
DAN HEAVENOR. Friendship with Jesus: An Imaginative Prayer Journey. Wipf and Stock, 2024. $US 21. It’s always a fascinating exercise to reflect on the first moments of an intimate friendship, the first interactions you may have had or the first time you met. My friendship with Heather began in the...read more
RICHARD LOUGHEED, Menno’s Descendants in Quebec: The Mission Activity of Four Anabaptist Groups 1956–2021, Pandora, Kitchener, Ontario, 2021. 255 pp. US $28. RICHARD LOUGHEED, Menno au Québec: Une histoire de la mission francophone de quatre groupes anaba1ptistes 1956–2021, Société d’histoire du protestantisme franco-québécois, Montreal, Quebec, 2022. 253 pp. Menno’s Descendants in Quebec provides Anglophone...read more
JIM DAVIS and MICHAEL GRAHAM with Ryan P. Burge. The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Reflective, 2023. Pp. 242. $29.99 (US) Since the COVID-19 outbreak, people connected to American Christian congregations are keenly aware...read more
STUART MURRAY. The New Anabaptists: Practices for Emerging Communities. Harrisonburg, VA: Herald Press, 2024. Pp. 252. $18.99 (US). From the author of The Naked Anabaptist, this sequel work is a valuable addition to Murray’s contributions to post-Christendom studies and to the task of uncovering what Anabaptism means in our time....read more