mennonite church canada
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Mennonite Church Canada
THE CURRENT STRUCTURE
Congregations, area conferences, national church body, world-wide communion
Together working at ministry, identity and membership
Vision: Healing and Hope:
God calls us to be followers of Jesus Christ
and by the power of the Holy Spirit
to grow as communities
of grace, joy and peace
so that God’s healing and hope
flow through us to the world.
A MISSIONAL UNDERSTANDINGOF THE CHURCH:
There is a God.I am not in charge; God is at work before me.
It’s God’s church.I belong to the church; it doesn’t belong to me.
The purpose of the church is to bless the world.God has blessed us with salvation not as an end,but as a means by which to bless the world.
PROVISIONAL Statement of Identity and Purpose:
God calls, equips, and sends the church to engage the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
we are a community of disciples of Jesus, a part of the Body of Christ,
covenanted together as congregations, area conferences, and a national church.
Gratefully responding to God’s initiatives,and empowered by the Holy Spirit,
we commit our resources and efforts to calling, equipping, and sending the churchto engage the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Our Identity
Congregations
Ministry
-call people to faith
-worship, baptize, teach
-“calling, equipping, and sending members to engage the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” especially locally
Identity and Membership
-receive individuals as members
Area Conferences
Ministry
-shared ministries (camps, schools, youth, education)
-support and oversee pastors
-“calling, equipping, and sending the church to engage the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” especially regionally
Identity and Membership
-receive congregations as members
CHRISTIANWITNESS
MINISTRIES
CHRISTIANFORMATIONMINISTRIES
SUPPORTSERVICES
CHRISTIANWITNESSCOUNCIL
CHRISTIANFORMATION
COUNCIL
SUPPORT SERVICESCOUNCIL
MENNONITE CHURCH CANADA ...
GENERAL BOARD
EXECUTIVE
Delegate AssemblyArea Conferences and their Congregations
General Board relates to Mennonite World Conference & other church bodies
National Church Body
Ministry: Christian Witness
International mission (former COM and MBM)-full or shared support for 87 missionaries in 38 countries
National ministries-multi-cultural ministry-congregational partnership ministries-native ministries
National Church Body
Ministry: Christian Formation-Youth and Young Adult Ministries
-Christian Education and Nurture
-Publishing and Resources
-Ministerial and Congregational Leadership
National Church Body
Identity
Confession of Faith
and other statements
“Agreeing and
Disagreeing in Love”
“Guidelines for Building Faithful Relationships
in the Church”
How shall we deal with questions of theology, ethics, polity and practice?
Faith and Life Committee
-“This committee will attend to the interface between the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective and our identity as MC Canada.”
-Five members
-Reference group
-Discern … create and distribute resources for study and guidance to the church…
National Church Body
Membership
5 Member Area
Conferences
235 Constituent Congregations
Worldwide Communion:Mennonite World Conference
Ministry
Global Assembly
Global Gift Sharing
Global Mission Fellowship
Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network (YAMEN)
Identity and Membership
“Shared Convictions”
Mennonite Church Canada
THE CURRENT STRUCTURE
Congregations, area conferences, national church body, world-wide communion
Together working at ministry, identity and membership
Vision: Healing and Hope:
God calls us to be followers of Jesus Christ
and by the power of the Holy Spirit
to grow as communities
of grace, joy and peace
so that God’s healing and hope
flow through us to the world.
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