Back Issues: 2004: News

Features, Columns, Letters, News, People, Crosscurrents

Vol. 43, No. 17 December 17, 2004

• Executive Board reviews governance model, survey
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• Prayer Guide 2005
• Council of Church Leaders affirms B.C. Conference minister
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• Refresh 2004 in B.C.
• Landmark mission consultation convenes in Asia
  Pattaya Park, Thailand
• Shave raises over $26,000 for aid to Sudan
  Winnipeg, Man.
• God is a risk taker, 485 MEDA convention-goers told
  Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Editors cooperate in tri-conference publication
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 16 November 26, 2004

• First Ignite Vancouver church planter named; other Key City Initiatives expand
• Alberta hosts third BFL study conference on women in ministry leadership
  Linden, Alta.
• Discussion continues in Manitoba
  Winnipeg, Man.
• CMU’s Friesen lectures focus on Mennonite church in Africa
  Winnipeg, Man.
• NYC’04 prayer update
• MCC receives first University of Winnipeg Global Citizenship Award
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Trial date set for Nguyen Hong Quang; persecution continues for Mennonite Christians
  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Global glimpses
  MBMS International
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 15 November 5, 2004

• BFL study series meets in Saskatchewan
  Saskatoon, Sask. • September 25, 2004
• Schools in full swing
• Temple proposal impacts Richmond MB churches
  Richmond, B.C.
• Women in the pulpit
  A Meetinghouse report by Paul Schrag
• Mennonite historians address the state of their art
  Winnipeg, Man.
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 14 October 15, 2004

• Quebec MBs hold annual convention
  Ste-Thérèse and deux-Montagnes, Que. • September 11, 2004
• U.S. MBs accept relational funding model, adopt new governance structure
  Draper, Utah
• Main Centre church celebrates 100 years
  Main Centre, Sask.
• Parish nurses give practical and spiritual care
  Port Rowan, Ont.
• B r e a t h e by Lani Wiens
• NYC’04 prayer update
• Service tour will respond to hurricane devastation
• Winnipeg church pilots refugee project
  Winnipeg, Man.
• “Where has the summer gone?”
• New name, same vision for Bethany Bible Institute
  Hepburn, Sask.
• Elmwood MB Church celebrates 50 years
  Winnipeg, Man.
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 13 September 24, 2004

• MCC opens central Canadian warehouse
  Plum Coulee, Man.
• Long-time service worker dies
  Akron, Pa.
• Remembering the cloud of witnesses: second ecumenical conference on 16th-century martyrdom
  Collegeville, Minn.
• Churches appeal for changes to Canada’s refugee system
  Winnipeg, Man.
• New roof placed on log chapel
  New Hazelton, B.C.
• Canadian MB Conference news
• Frank H. Epp papers being archived
  Waterloo, Ont.
• NYC’04 prayer update
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 12 September 3, 2004

• Paraguay chosen for 2009 Mennonite World Conference
  Strasbourg, France
• Seven groups join in “new” Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission
  Goshen Ind.
• Summerbridge
• Repression of Vietnam Mennonite Church continues
  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Anabaptist–Reformed Conference confesses and forgives
  Zurich, Switzerland
• MCC Low German Program advisory committee meets for the first time
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Linden celebrates 75th Anniversary
  Linden, Alta.
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 11 August 13, 2004

• Portugal joins global MB body; global Confession approved
  Asuncion, Paraguay • June 21–23, 2004
• B.C. worship group links with churches in Montreal
  Abbotsford–Montreal
• MCC Annual Meeting approves planning framework, discusses security
  Akron, Pa.
• Care group helps Sudanese refugees
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Aid going to Sudanese refugees in Chad
• NYC’04 prayer update
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 10 July 23, 2004

• Bicentennial of Molochna founding commemorated
  Molochna, Ukraine
• My experience with DMI by John Klassen
• 18 at spring Ministry Quest retreat
  Manning Park, B.C.
• MBs in the House
• MCC’s first shipment of AIDS Care Kits shipped to Africa
  Ephrata, PA
• Global Glimpses
  MBMS International
• NYC’04 prayer update
• Trip highlights MCC AIDS work in Nigeria, Congo
• “Selling” Canada’s private refugee sponsorship program
  Ottawa, Ont.
• Evangelicals to press for action on global poverty
  Ottawa, Ont.
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 09 July 2, 2004

• Jim Holm inaugurated as Seminary president
  Fresno, Cal.
• MB Biblical Seminary graduates 39 students
  Fresno, Cal.; Langley, B.C.
• CMU graduates record class
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Menno Simons College graduates 53; CMU development goals surpassed
  Winnipeg, Man.
• The Anabaptist Colloquium
  Chicago, Ill. by Adam Darlage
• New Low German programs launched
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Gem Church celebrates 75 years
  Gem, Alta.
• Mennonite–Catholic dialogue report going to churches
  Strasbourg, France
• Conscientious objectors story finally told
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Ukraine has Union of Mennonite Churches once again
  Chortitza, Ukraine
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 08 June 11, 2004

• B.C. convention zeroes in on being “missional”
  Kelowna, B.C. • April 30–May 1
• Pastors and spouses meet by Kathleen Klassen
• Ontario hosts first symposium on Women in Ministry Leadership
  Kitchener, Ont.
• Pastors gain insight into Conference
  Edmonton, Alta., April 1–3
• MBMS International appoints new director
  Fresno, CA
• NYC’04 prayer update
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 07 May 21, 2004

• 100 Days of Prayer

Vol. 43, No. 06 April 30, 2004

• Praising continues
  Saskatchewan MB Conference Convention • Saskatoon, Sask. • March 12–13, 2004
• Alberta Conference growing in unity
  Alberta MB Conference Convention • Calgary, Alta. • March 19–20, 2004
• Refresh 2004
• India Conference reps visit North America
  Winnipeg, Man.
• MB Biblical Seminary offers courses in Colombia
  Bogotá, Colombia
• 100 Days of Prayer
• Youth “consumed by God” at Bethany weekend
  Hepburn, Sask.
• Youth excited to serve inner city
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Prayer for Congo requested
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 05 April 9, 2004

• Manitoba convention focuses on poverty issues
  Winnipeg, Man. • February 27–28, 2004
• BFL calls for study of women in leadership
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Kansas church destroyed by fire
  Hillsboro, Kan.
• Mennonite colonies open drug treatment centre in Mexico
  Manitoba Colony, Chihuahua
• NYC’04 icon contest!
• Gathering 2004
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 04 March 19, 2004

• Ontario reduces size of Leadership Council
  Ontario MB convention • St. Catharines, Ont.
• International program experiences two deaths
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Ontario MBs practice prayer
  St. Catharines, Ont.
• Horizons open up for Canadian women
  Leading Women 2004 • Toronto, Ont.
• Paraguayan president’s indecision linked to his faith
• Merged church celebrates 40 years
  Toronto, Ont.
• Gathering 2004
• NYC’04 prayer update
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 03 February 27, 2004

• New structure proposed for Canadian MB Conference
  Council of boards meets • Winnipeg, Man.
• Land for new ministry centre dedicated
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Ministry Quest youth attend Urbana
  Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
• North Americans seek their place in new global mission context
  Chicago, Illinois
• recharge: an equipping day for ministry leaders and staff
• MCC Haiti workers safe, but feeling political unrest
  Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 02 February 6, 2004

• Aid worker killed in Uzbekistan
  Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Two veteran missionaries to Congo and Quebec pass away
  Fresno, Calif.
• New church starts
  Carman, Man.
• MBMS International searches for new director
  Fresno, Calif.
• “Koinonia quilt” does battle against HIV/AIDS
  Strasbourg, France
• MCC responds to Iran earthquake
  Akron, Pennsylvania
• MDS crossings continue despite security procedures
• Gathering 2004
• People & events

Vol. 43, No. 01 January 16, 2004

• Bethany College holds annual convention, presents toe-tapping drama
  Hepburn, Sask.
• CBC breaks ground for $3M student centre
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• Regina church blessed through prayer weekend
  Regina, Sask.
• Saskatchewan church celebrates 20 years
  Yorkton, Sask.
• New peacemaking organization founded
  Edmonton, Alta.
• Gathering 2004
• Mennonite church grounds Paraguay’s first family
  Asuncion, Paraguay
• Vietnam Mennonite pastor again calls for religious freedom
  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• People & events

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