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Subject: Theology: Practical

Ken Esau

55/1 (2026): 17–34

Feature Article

Peace, Violence, and Article 13

Jodi Enns

55/1 (2026): 35–44

Feature Article

Peacemaking: Seeking the Shalom of the Local Church

Tim Geddert

55/1 (2026): 45–58

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Peacemaking and Police/Army Service: Can a Christian Do Both?

Ed Fast

55/1 (2026): 59–63

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Faith in the Public Square: Serving Christ in the Halls of Power

Phil M. Wagler

55/1 (2026): 64–74

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Even Here! The Church as God’s Reconciling Presence in a Fractured World

Peter E. Smith

55/1 (2026): 75–88

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Resist Not: Giving Up on Winning to Make Space for Something Better

J Janzen

55/1 (2026): 89–111

Feature Article

Force for Peace: A Case Against Nonresistance

Rod and Leanne
Schellenberg

55/1 (2026): 112–118

Ministry Compass

Amateur Geographers: Knowledge of Place in Pastoral Ministry

Craig Allen Jost

54/2 (2025): 270–278

Ministry Compass

Recapturing the Voice of Mission

Douglas B. Miller

54/1 (2025): 2–6

Editorial

From the Editor: Reflecting on Anabaptism at 500

Sam “Saji” Oommen

Jamie Munday

Kendra DeMicco-Lovins

54/1 (2025): 7–20

Feature Article

Peacemaking as Mission: Engaging a World in Need of God’s Shalom

Mark D. Baker

54/1 (2025): 84–97

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A Centered-Set Paradigm for Being Church

Brian Cooper

54/1 (2025): 98–109

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Centered-Set Church: A Review and Critique

Mark D. Baker

54/1 (2025): 110–115

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Response to Brian Cooper

Douglas B. Miller

54/1 (2025): 112–136

Recommended Reading

On Anabaptism

Douglas B. Miller

53/2 (2024): 124–125

Editorial

From the Editor: Fire & Ashes

Ken Esau

53/2 (2024): 127–140

Feature Article

Why Church?

Kristal Toews

53/2 (2024): 141–153

Feature Article

Why MB?

Chris D. Clements

53/2 (2024): 168–178

Feature Article

Disclosing God’s World: Calling, Discipleship, and Curation

Rick Faw

53/2 (2024): 179–186

Feature Article

Caring for Creation in the Local Church: Where to Begin?

Sharon Simpson

53/2 (2024): 187–193

Ministry Compass

A Renewed Passion for Evangelism to Revitalize the Church

Andrew Dyck

53/1 (2024): 79–87

Feature Article

Welcoming Hope (Romans 15:4–13)

Laura Schmidt Roberts

Cynthia McGrady

Vic Froese

52/1 (2023): 2–4

Editorial

From the Editors: Pandemic Perspectives

Rich Janzen

Brad Sumner

51/2 (2022): 139–141

Editorial

From the Editors: Using the Confession of Faith

Rich Janzen

Brad Sumner

51/2 (2022): 142–159

Feature Article

How Do Canadian Mennonite Brethren Congregations Use the Confession of Faith? Findings from a Community-Based Research Study

Lynn Jost

51/2 (2022): 165–170

Feature Article

Using the MB Confession of Faith for Identity, Biblical Interpretation, and Discipleship

Lee Kosa

51/2 (2022): 171–179

Feature Article

Identity, Anxiety, and the Holy Spirit

Paul Doerksen

51/2 (2022): 180–186

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Confession as Cry of Acknowledgment

Brian Cooper

51/2 (2022): 200–205

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‘It’s Not About You’: A Response to the Confession of Faith Usage Study

Brad Sumner

48/2 (2019): 90–101

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Recipe or Food Guide? The Use of the Confession of Faith in Mennonite Brethren Churches

Gerrit Wiebe

48/2 (2019): 102–119

Feature Article

Article 13 of the USMB Confession of Faith: A Study of Confessional Revision

Michael VandenEnden

48/2 (2019): 120–136

Feature Article

Confessing the Faith and Tradition: D. H. Williams and Mennonite Brethren Confessional Integrity

Karl Koop

48/2 (2019): 137–148

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Putting Doctrine in its Place: Confessions of Faith, Modernism, and the Lex Vivendi

Doug Heidebrecht

48/2 (2019): 149–160

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Shared Global Mennonite Brethren Convictions: Reflections on the ICOMB Confession of Faith

Terry G. Hiebert

48/2 (2019): 161–177

Feature Article

Keeping the Faith in Changing Times: Statements of Faith at Steinbach Bible College

Confession of Faith
Task Force

48/2 (2019): 178–186

Feature Article

Nature and Function of the Confession

Lori Ransom

43/2 (2014): 246–252

Ministry Compass

How We Proclaim Christ’s Triumph

Vic Froese

42/2 (2013): 251–259

Recommended Reading

New Calvinism: A Selected Bibliography

Len Hjalmarson

42/1 (2013): 38–54

Feature Article

Toward a Missional Spirituality in the Academy

Tim Neufeld

39/1 (2010): 41–55

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Can Mennonite Brethren Be Missional?

Cory L. Seibel

39/1 (2010): 56–70

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The Heart of God in the Heart of the City: Missional Vocation and the Urban Congregation

Leonard Hjalmarson

39/1 (2010): 71–83

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Ancient Monasticism and the Anabaptist Future: A Tale of Two Reformers

Rick Bartlett

39/1 (2010): 97–105

Ministry Compass

Why I Can’t Write an Article on the Emergent Church

Cory Seibel

38/2 (2009): 246–253

Ministry Compass

It’s All About Me, Jesus: The Narcissistic Worship Leader

Corey Herlevsen

38/1 (2009): 92–104

Ministry Compass

Eusebiagenics, or, The Perils of Piety: Another Look at Luke 15

Wendy J. Miller

37/2 (2008): 215–22

Feature Article

Nancey Murphy’s Bodies and Souls, or Spirited Bodies? A Review Essay

Dan Epp-Tiessen

37/2 (2008): 223–27

Feature Article

Resurrection of the Body or Immortality of the Soul? Some Personal Reflections

Laura Neufeld

37/2 (2008): 228–37

Feature Article

An Invitation to an Intimate and Transformative Relationship with God (Jeremiah 31:15-22)

Alfred Neufeld

36/2 (2007): 159–74

Feature Article

Shaping Christian Higher Education for Church Ministry and Service

Sam Owusu

36/2 (2007): 192–205

Feature Article

Towards a Theology of Marriage and Polygamy

Pierre Gilbert

36/2 (2007): 206–18

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Further Reflections on Paul Hiebert’s “The Flaw of the Excluded Middle”

Gordon Nickel

36/2 (2007): 219–31

Feature Article

Scholarship and Islamic Sourcebooks: Telling the Truth about Islam

Harold Jantz

36/2 (2007): 232–46

Feature Article

A Pietist Pastor and the Russian Mennonites: The Legacy of Eduard Wuest

Michelle Ferguson

36/2 (2007): 247–57

Feature Article

Anabaptist Liturgy: Sacramental Theology

Bruce Enns

36/2 (2007): 263–68

Ministry Compass

Perspective—Seeing with the Eyes of God

Vic Froese

36/2 (2007): 269–75

Recommended Reading

Paul G. Hiebert: A Selected Bibliography

Douglas B. Miller

36/1 (2007): 2–3

Editorial

From the Editor: Reworking Our Traditions

Michelle Ferguson

36/1 (2007): 5–19

Feature Article

Anabaptist Liturgy: An Oxymoron?

Harold Jantz

36/1 (2007): 58–73

Feature Article

Pietism’s Gift to Russian Mennonites

Richard Rawls

36/1 (2007): 93–98

Ministry Compass

Teaching and Teachers in the Early and Contemporary Church

Douglas B. Miller

35/2 (2006): 206–7

Editorial

From the Editor: The Evangelical Conscience

David S. Faber

35/2 (2006): 209–21

Feature Article

Discerning the Scandal and Its Depth

Jon Isaak

35/2 (2006): 222–34

Feature Article

The Biblical Witness/Invitation to an Alternative World: A Reading Strategy for the Journey

Harold Jantz

35/2 (2006): 235–44

Feature Article

Looking for Grace and the Gospel

John H. Redekop

35/2 (2006): 245–52

Feature Article

Being the Church in the Midst of Culture

Paul Doerksen

35/2 (2006): 253–60

Feature Article

Hope Without Eschatology?

Ronald J. Sider

35/2 (2006): 261–65

Feature Article

Reflections on the Essay Responses

Marvin Dyck

35/2 (2006): 300–304

Ministry Compass

Can Pastors Have a Good Time?

Douglas B. Miller

35/1 (2006): 2

Editorial

From the Editor: Old Testament Scholarship in Honor of Allen Guenther

Vic Froese

35/1 (2006): 154–61

Feature Article

The Purpose-Driven Life: A Review Essay

Douglas B. Miller

34/2 (2005): 132

Editorial

From the Editor: Culture Critique

Richard Kyle

34/2 (2005): 133–44

Feature Article

Mennonite Brethren and the Next Church

Bruce L. Guenther

34/2 (2005): 215–27

Feature Article

The “Enduring Problem” of Christ and Culture

Chris K. Huebner

34/2 (2005): 228–40

Feature Article

Between Victory and Victimhood: Reflections on Culture and Martyrdom

Gordon H. Matties

34/2 (2005): 270–86

Recommended Reading

On Movies as Spiritual Discipline

Douglas B. Miller

34/1 (2005): 2

Editorial

From the Editor: Christian Spirituality

Gay Lynn Voth

34/1 (2005): 3–14

Feature Article

Anabaptist Liturgical Spirituality and the Supper of Christ

Gerald Ediger

34/1 (2005): 15–28

Feature Article

A Sketch of Early Mennonite Brethren Spirituality

Garry Schmidt

34/1 (2005): 29–42

Feature Article

Early Anabaptist Spirituality: History and Response

Wendy J. Miller

34/1 (2005): 43–53

Feature Article

The Heart Rediscovered: Hope for Leadership Transformation

Vange Willms Thiessen

34/1 (2005): 54–63

Feature Article

The Great Work to Be Born: Spiritual Formation for Leaders

Erwin Klassen

34/1 (2005): 64–70

Feature Article

Grave Robber: Spirituality and the Art of Theft

Irma Fast Dueck

34/1 (2005): 98–103

Recommended Reading

On Christian Spirituality

Eric Elnes

33/2 (2004): 201–206

Ministry Compass

The World’s Most Dangerous Bible Study

Douglas B. Miller

33/1 (2004): 2

Editorial

From the Editor: Baptism and Church Membership

Jon Isaak

33/1 (2004): 3–20

Feature Article

Baptism Among the Early Christians

Lynn Jost

33/1 (2004): 21–32

Feature Article

Mennonite Brethren Theology of Baptism

Walter Unger

33/1 (2004): 33–47

Feature Article

The Church “Without Spot or Wrinkle”: Testing the Tradition

David Falk

33/1 (2004): 48–59

Feature Article

Baptism and Membership: An Alternative Perspective

Ken Peters

33/1 (2004): 60–69

Feature Article

Summary Report on the Baptism and Membership Study Conference

Dennis Fast

33/1 (2004): 102–106

Ministry Compass

Making Space in Ministry for Mentors

Douglas B. Miller

32/2 (2003): 150–154

Editorial

From the Editor: Vocation

Raymond O. Bystrom

32/2 (2003): 166–172

Feature Article

God as Worker: How It Affects Life and Ministry

Ron Toews

32/2 (2003): 173–183

Feature Article

Ministers in the Marketplace

Donald J. Isaac

32/2 (2003): 184–192

Feature Article

Work and Christian Calling

John Neufeld

32/2 (2003): 193–201

Feature Article

Rediscovering the Calling and Sending Church

Jim Holm

32/2 (2003): 202–212

Feature Article

The North American MB Call to Pastoral Leadership

Wally Kroeker

32/2 (2003): 229–233

Recommended Reading

On Vocation

Michele Hershberger

31/2 (2002): 135–47

Feature Article

The Baptism Ritual in a Postmodern World

Laura Kalmar

31/2 (2002): 148–58

Feature Article

Children and Baptism in the Mennonite Brethren Church

David Esau

31/2 (2002): 159–67

Feature Article

Dry Times for Believer’s Baptism?

Sharon Johnson

31/2 (2002): 168–75

Feature Article

A Little Child Shall Lead Them

Ritch Hochstetler

31/2 (2002): 176–85

Feature Article

Thirsty for the Reign: A Kingdom Theology for Youth Ministry, Part Two

Randy Keeler

31/2 (2002): 186–193

Feature Article

Developmental Theory and Ministry to College Youth

Tim Neufeld

31/2 (2002): 194–205

Feature Article

Postmodern Models of Youth Ministry

Abram Bergen

31/1 (2002): 18–25

Feature Article

Youth Encountering God

Gareth Brandt

31/1 (2002): 26–34

Feature Article

A Radical Christology for a Radical Youth Ministry

Wendell Loewen

31/1 (2002): 35–45

Feature Article

Thirsty for the Reign: A Kingdom Theology for Youth Ministry, Part One

Derrick Mueller

31/1 (2002): 46–53

Feature Article

Virtues of an Effective Youth Worker

Raymond O. Bystrom

30/1 (2001): 105–8

Recommended Reading

On the Church and Our Culture

Randy Friesen

29/2 (2000): 142–52

Feature Article

Equipping Principles for Spiritual Warfare

Rick Bartlett

29/2 (2000): 185–90

Ministry Compass

Belonging and Believing

David S. Faber

Lynn Jost

29/2 (2000): 191–94

Recommended Reading

On Confronting Evil

Marva J. Dawn

28/2 (1999): 139–52

Feature Article

Worship to Form a Missional Community

Bruce L. Guenther

Doug Heidebrecht

28/2 (1999): 153–65

Feature Article

The Elusive Biblical Model of Leadership

Raymond O. Bystrom

28/2 (1999): 248–61

Recommended Reading

Pick Up and Read!

Karol Hunt

28/1 (1999): 120–25

Ministry Compass

Ministry at 8500 Feet

Ataloa Snell Woodin

25/1 (1996): 29–54

Feature Article

Speak, O Lord: The Silence of God in Human Suffering

Mary Anne Isaak

22/2 (1993): 39–50

Feature Article

Zairian Theology in Four-Part Harmony

Dave Wiebe

22/1 (1993): 33–50

Feature Article

Toward a Theology of Children

Stanley J. Grenz

22/1 (1993): 63–72

Feature Article

Why Reach Out to Persons with AIDS?

Peter Penner

20/2 (1991): 135–42

Feature Article

The Holy Spirit and Church Renewal: Coimbatore, India, 1906

Dennis B. Guernsey

19/1 (1990): 3–11

Feature Article

Family Ministry and a Theology of the Family: A Personal Journey

John P. Schmidt

17/2 (1988): 42–57

Feature Article

New Wine from the Vineyard

Hans Kasdorf

16/1 (1987): 27–36

Feature Article

Centrality Instead of Priority: An Emerging Philosophy of Mennonite Brethren Missions

Marvin L. Warkentin

12/2 (1983): 15–27

Feature Article

Church Discipline in a Pluralistic Society

Arno Wiebe

9/3 (1980): 24–30

Feature Article

Spiritual Gifts in the Life and Work of the Church

Tim Geddert

8/4 (1979): 19–20

Feature Article

Reports of Renewal: The Ideals of a New Church

Jake Falk

8/2 (1979): 26–29

Feature Article

Recent Studies of Leadership in Mennonite Churches

Al Enns

6/1 (1977): 36–39

Hearing the Word

The Problem of Evil: A Study of Habakkuk

Arthur DeFehr

5/4 (1976): 12–19

Feature Article

Development from an Anabaptist Perspective or Which Is the Other Side of the Boat?

John Regehr

5/4 (1976): 26–28

Hearing the Word

“Democracy,” “Brotherhood,” and Leadership

John Regehr

5/3 (1976): 30–33

Hearing the Word

Jesus and the State

John Regehr

5/2 (1976): 26–30

Feature Article

Preaching the Second Coming of Christ

Herbert Giesbrecht

5/1 (1976): 3–10

Feature Article

In Search of Discipline: Ethical Covenants and Codes in the Local Church

Hedy L. Martens

5/1 (1976): 11–26

Feature Article

God’s Word: To Women as to Men

John Regehr

5/1 (1976): 27–29

Hearing the Word

The Body and Its Members

V. George Shillington

4/3 (1975): 326–31

Feature Article

The New Testament Church as Ekklesia

Norman Jost

4/3 (1975): 332–38

Feature Article

Beehive, Bargain, or Brotherhood?

Calvin Hagen

3/3 (1974): 231–42

Feature Article

Youth: Yesterday, Today—and Tomorrow

A. J. Klassen

2/2 (1973): 34–55

Feature Article

The Bible in the Mennonite Brethren Church

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