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LettersReader responses to our February issue, "Where is your faith?" |
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A presence in ParaguayUntil this year, Mennonite Mission Network associates C. Paul and Hildi Amstutz were the founding co-pastors of a Spanish-speaking church plant in Asunción, Paraguay, as an outgrowth of their German home congregation. Paraguay hosts indigenous exchangeNearly 30 members of First Nations congregations in the United States and Canada will visit the homes and churches of their indigenous brothers and sisters following Assembly Gathered Spirit speaks and sings in tonguesThis year, as a part of the course in the New Testament, we made a recording of the scriptures in Toba. Each participant selected a passage that they liked, and studied it for reading. What is mission?In some manner and measure, God is present to and reveals God’s self in every people, through their particular history and culture. There are no peoples unreached or untouched by the God of all creation. Workers push leaders, then followGretchen [Kingsley] and Ruth Anne saw Rosenda [Diarte], the president of the national Unida women, leading two Bible study times during the women’s gathering in July at her church. |
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Jesus and CreationAn excerpt from a chapter tited Jesus and Creation by George Brunk III with Laura Amstutz from the forthcoming book Jesus Matters: Good News for the 21st Century edited by James H. Krabill and David W. Shenk. Mother music: First known Siamou Christian songs composedSouleymane Traoré had carefully chosen each person for the two-day pioneering attempt to create the first Christian music in the Siamou language, the participants had little in common – except the language and an interest in music.
Sarasota eighth-graders meet God in the cityFor three days in March, students from Sarasota (Fla.) Christian School spent time in Miami, serving with the DOOR (Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection) program and seeing God at work in the city. |
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