2006 MWC book selection tackles stewardship

Mennonite World Conference’s 2006 selection for its Global Anabaptist–Mennonite Shelf of Literature is Stewardship for All? by Bedru Hussein of Ethiopia and Lynn Miller of the U.S.

Subtitled “Two believers – one from a poor country, one from a rich – speak from their settings,” the book offers a collaborative approach to a subject which has become exhausting in some parts of the world, while energizing fellowships elsewhere in the global family of faith.

Hussein initially wrote Part 1 for the Meserete Kristos Church (MKC) as it faced the need to fund its own ministries after the departure of North American missionaries. In Part 2, Miller reflects on the flame at the heart of stewardship – God’s boundless generosity. Part 3 is a handful of stories from fellowships and individuals in various parts of the world (Belize, Indonesia, Paraguay, Ethiopia, the U.S.) about practicing stewardship today.

“Our settings and our circumstances can have a great effect on what we think Jesus and the Bible say,” commented Larry Miller, general secretary of MWC. “This unusual pairing of writers brings together voices from two vastly different parts of the world. They open an old subject to more light, no matter where and how we live.”

Stewardship for All? is published by Good Books and includes discussion questions for small groups, Sunday school classes, or retreats.

The Global Anabaptist–Mennonite Shelf of Literature envisions a new book selection each year, encouraging MWC member churches around the world to translate it into their own languages. This is the fifth selection.

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