This workshop provides Christian leaders with a biblical perspective on planning within ministry organizations, the skills to develop a shared vision for ministry, and a set of practical planning and execution tools for making progress towards that vision.
What practices does your church use to introduce people to Jesus and equip them to be disciples? In this workshop, learners will explore how we can live missionally—to live and share Jesus wherever we go, whether interacting with unbelieving family, friends, neighbours, or co-workers. We’ll also consider how to grow 11 essential elements to move our churches toward greater disciple-making effectiveness.
Appreciating the highs and lows, the work of God, and the works of people, is largely a function of entering the story. In this course, students will talk about the MB Story. As the class journeys together, each person will enter the story and discern how it is part of God’s story. It is still being written, so each person will need to prepare to write their portions together.
If being a Christian is about personally confessing Jesus as Lord, what does it mean to be a community of disciples engaging the mission of the church in the world? Why are Mennonite Brethren so specific about what it means to live as disciples? This course will focus on the key missional elements of discipleship as articulated in the MB Confession.
What does it mean to be a community of disciples engaging the mission of the church in the world? Why are Mennonite Brethren so specific about what it means to live as disciples? This workshop will focus on the key missional elements of discipleship as articulated in the Mennonite Brethren Confession of Faith, drawing upon the principle of letting biblical conceptual language shape the theological reflection of the believing community in discerning ethical and missional outcomes.
If being a Christian is about personally confessing Jesus as Lord, what does it mean to be a community of disciples living the mission of the church in the world?
How can the church today participate in God’s mission to reconcile all things to himself through Jesus Christ? This course explores how a Trinitarian missional theology, as reflected through the
biblical narrative, shapes the church’s identity and calling to witness to the good news of Jesus through its life, actions, and words.
How do the Scriptures, the Spirit, and the interpretive community work together to discern the message and meaning of the Bible? How do we read the text carefully so that we can live it out with wisdom and faithfulness?
How does God reveal himself in the Old Testament and what is his relationship to people and the universe that he created? What were humans originally created to be and do and what might the implications be for us today?
This course explores a selection of current theological issues. We will reflect briefly on principles that help us engage theological problems effectively, and on the landscape of contemporary Christian theological debate. We will then examine several major issues that are especially relevant today.