Back Issues: 2006: News

Features, Columns, Letters, News, People, Crosscurrents

Vol. 45, No. 16 December 15, 2006

• MCC executive committee calls for unity after director’s resignation
• MCC Canada appoints new board chair
• Fast named honorary Everest trekker
• Paraguay’s First Lady captures hearts of MEDA audience
• Global membership almost 1.5 million

Vol. 45, No. 15 November 24, 2006

• MCC executive director resigns
• History conference looks at conscientious objection
• CBC begins leadership search
• Columbia Bible College celebrates 70 years

Vol. 45, No. 14 November 3, 2006

• Special B.C. convention approves bold budget, separate societies
• Survey to shape care of leaders
• Amish present powerful witness
• Ministry Quest receives further grant

Vol. 45, No. 13 October 13, 2006

• Quebec hosts festive convention
• Record enrollment at Canadian Mennonite University
• Symbolic loaf sells for $244,000
• German paper will celebrate and close
• U.S. religious leaders meet with Iranian president

Vol. 45, No. 12 September 22, 2006

• John’s Gospel unlocked in Kelowna
• Olympic skater sees hope in battle against HIV/AIDS
• The church shows up at AIDS conference
• Don’t forget: one year after Katrina

Vol. 45, No. 11 September 1, 2006

• ICOMB’s global history takes shape
  Bogota, Colombia
• Aussiedler united by homesickness
  Detmold, Germany
• Coaldale Mennonites celebrate 80 years
  Coaldale, Alta.
• Dutch Mennonites plan international centre
  Witmarsum, Netherlands
• Short stories from churches
• Going to Gathering 2006 (again) . . .

Vol. 45, No. 10 August 11, 2006

• Generosity of the church pushes MCC
  Shipshewana, Ind.
• New program a bridge to long-term service
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• Siberian church filled with youth
  Waldheim, Siberia
• Crisis in the Middle East
• Gathering 2006 prayer corner
• People & events
• Will we weep?
  Gathering 2006 challenges and unites MBs in Calgary
• In the circle
  BFL resolution passes with 77%
• Gathering 2006 glimpses

Vol. 45, No. 09 June 30, 2006

• Indonesian Mennonites organize aid for quake victims
  Jogjakarta, Indonesia
• MB Biblical Seminary graduates 44 students
  Fresno, Cal. and Langley, B.C.
• “Retired” pastor wins draw; assessment being completed
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Living Hope celebrates after trying times
  Saskatoon, Sask.
• Gathering 2006 prayer corner
• People & events

Vol. 45, No. 08 June 9, 2006

• Anchored in the Word
  Annual Convention of B.C. Conference of MB Churches • April 28–29 • Burnaby
• Meth: a catalyst for chaos
  Winkler MB church tackles drug use by Teresa Enns
• Canadian MB Conference news
• Call for nominations
• Antiques perfect in new setting
  Southern Zambia
• MCC provides aid in Darfur
  Darfur region, Sudan
• Gathering 2006 prayer corner
• People & events

Vol. 45, No. 07 May 19, 2006

• “New” seminary opens in Winnipeg
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Quebec theologian takes on The Da Vinci Code
  Montreal, Quebec
• Peace message a treasure for Colombia, says MB leader
  Winnipeg, Man.
• New library in Mexico signifies changing attitudes
  Manitoba colony, Mexico
• Graduations at Canadian Mennonite University
  Winnipeg, Man.
• SOAR Heartland builds relationships
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Marathoning for water cisterns
  Abbotsford, B.C.
• Gathering 2006 workshops
• People & events

Vol. 45, No. 06 April 28, 2006

• Fresh wind blowing
  The Alberta Conference of MB Churches meets as family • Pincher Creek, Alta. • March 17–18, 2006
• Rejoicing, mourning, nurturing
  MWC general council approves shared-beliefs statement, proposes peace work with Catholics
  Pasadena, Cal.
• Peacemakers help save Nigerian city from violence
  Jos, Nigeria
• Ministry Quest looks beyond grant
  Fresno, Cal.
• Short stories from churches

Vol. 45, No. 05 April 7, 2006

• Manitoba dreams on!
  The 97th Convention of the MB Church of Manitoba assembles
• Making sense in Saskatchewan
  60th Provincial convention works at goals and partnerships
• Leading Women Conference
• Gathering 2006
• Celebration, changes at the Mennonitische Rundschau
• Former MBMSI missionaries die
• People & events

Vol. 45, No. 04 March 17, 2006

• Three-quarters of a century and going strong
  75th Annual Convention of the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
• Gathering 2006 speakers
• Will faith play a role in Canadian politics?
• Manitoba MBs send congratulations to Cindy Klassen
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Praying for political leaders by John Redekop
• Rush 2006 exceeds expectations
  Kelowna, B.C.
• People & events

Vol. 45, No. 03 February 24, 2006

• Boards meet, prepare for Gathering 2006
  Abbotsford, B.C. • January 2006
• Board of Faith and Life Women in Ministry Leadership Resolution
• A word from the BFL: The Mennonite Brethren journey towards freeing women for ministry
  Walter Unger, BFL Chair
• MBMSI riding new wave in Thailand
• MCC focus in Middle East unchanged by Hamas victory
  Palestine
• Campbellton volunteers heading south with MDS
  Campbellton, N.B.
• Gathering 2006 speakers
• Kenya’s Maasai start farms to fight hunger
  Rift Valley, Kenya
• People & events

Vol. 45, No. 02 February 3, 2006

• MB pastors to be surveyed
  Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Bethany offers certified TESOL training
  Hepburn, Sask.
• Missionaries touched by Bavarian tragedy
  Bad Reichenhall, Germany
• Former MBMSI missionaries die
• Mennonite groups oppose land speculator
  Zaporozhya region, Ukraine
• Romeo Dallaire speaks at MBCI
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Will elections change everything, or nothing?
  Students in Kinshasa ponder the future
  Kinshasa, DR Congo
• People & events

Vol. 45, No. 01 January 13, 2006

• Christian peacemakers held in Iraq
• AIDS ravaging a generation, Lewis tells MEDA convention
  Whistler, B.C.
• Future leaders begin a journey
  Fresno, Cal.
• Mennonite Jazz Committee and Quest to perform at Gathering 2006
• Curiosity and Mennonite history probed by guest lectures
  Winnipeg, Man.
• Ontario youth learn of young spiritual forebears
  Torrance, Ont.
• Advice for Iraq not easy, MCC administrator says
  Amman, Jordan
• DR Congo moves toward elections
  Akron, Pa.
• 100 days after Katrina: MDS update
• People & events

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