TRANSITIONS:
Whatever Happened to Mennonite Brethren Churches?
By:
HERBERT J. BRANDT
Price:
$10.00
International Standard
Book Number: 1-895308-29-1
Publication Date: May 1,
2012
Size: 5½ by 8½, 81 pages
From
the Introduction:
Founded in 1860,
the Mennonite Brethren Church has experienced many changes in its 150 years.
That it has been in transition throughout its life is borne out both in its
conference yearbooks and in its compilations of resolutions and
recommendations. My account of changes in the church as well as conference is
based primarily on my experiences during my eighty-seven years including sixty
years of ministry in the church. I realize that my experiences may not
necessarily apply to every local congregation or to individuals in these
congregations. My perspective and interpretation of events and situations may
differ from those of the reader. Nonetheless, my thoughts and experiences in
the MBC may be of interest and even benefit to the generations that will
follow.
I may well be
justified in asking the question: Whatever happened to Mennonite Brethren
Churches?... I believe that without change there is no growth; growth is
necessary for the well-being of a church as well as for the individual.
However, have all the transitions in MB churches led to their well-being and
growth?
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
Herbert
J. Brandt has spent some fifty
years in ministry within the Mennonite Brethren Conference. Prior to his calling to the
pastorate, he worked as an educator within the Vancouver, BC school system. Herb
is the founding pastor of the Killarney Park MB Church, Vancouver and the
Richmond Bethel Church, Richmond, BC. He also served as pastor of the Willow
Park Church, Kelowna and the Fraserview MB Church, Richmond, BC.
Herb and Anne live in Ladner, BC. They are
both retired but still are active in volunteer work within the church and the
community. They have four grown children (Roger, Janet [deceased], Frances and
David; and five grandchildren.
