Changes bring Growth

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.