Fall 1986 · Vol. 15 No. 2

The Church as a Covenant Community

From the Editors: The Church as a Covenant Community	Allen R. Guenther	2
Preface	Allen R. Guenther	3
A Pastoral Letter: A Call to Reason Together	Herbert Brandt	4–7
A Converted and Baptized People	Raymond O. Bystrom	9–20
A Confessing People	Howard J. Loewen	21–31
A Covenanting People	Edmund Janzen	32–44
A Ministering People	Gerald Ediger	45–56
A Serving People	Herb Kopp	57–68
Findings Report: Mennonite Brethren Study Conference, October 15-17, 1986	Helga Loewen Loyal J. Martin Delbert L. Wiens	69–77
Book Reviews
Katie Funk Wiebe, Who Are the Mennonite Brethren?	James C. Juhnke	78–80
Howard J. Loewen, One Lord, One Church, One Hope, and One God: Mennonite Confessions of Faith in North America, An Introduction	Keith L. Sprunger	80–81
Richard Kyle, From Sect to Denomination: Church Types and Their Implications for Mennonite Brethren History	Paul Toews	81–82
Historical Endnotes	Ken Reddig	83