General Board Approves New Structure
by Tim Dyck At the General Board meeting on March 7, the board approved changes to the Conference Handbook and the revised job descriptions for Conference staff. These [...]
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Terry Smith: What You Read Isn’t Always ‘The Conference Position’
by Terry M. Smith Does printing a lead article, a news item, or a letter in The Messenger mean that the editors, the Board of Church Ministries, the General Board, or the [...]
Ken Zacharias: Your Church is a Missionary Search Committee!
by Ken Zacharias, Foreign Secretary Did you know that your local church is a Missionary Search Committee? Pastoral search committee members often find the process to hire a [...]
Kevin Wiebe: 10 Reasons Why I Appreciate the EMC
by Pastor Kevin Wiebe In the culture in which we find ourselves it is popular to be critical, cynical, and to complain about the deficiencies we see in the world around us. [...]
Terry Smith: Why a Conference of Churches?
by Terry M. Smith Why do we have a Conference of churches? Some say it’s because of missions; we work together to make disciples and plant churches. Some pastors, [...]
Irma Janzen and Heidi Dirks: Mental Health in the EMC, Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going
Mental Health Initiative 2018 by Irma Janzen and Heidi Dirks Where We Have Been Psalm 13 begins with these words, “How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How [...]
Titles Self-Published by EMCers in 2017 or Earlier
Self-publishing is risky, but the work can benefit others. Check out these titles! [...]
Terry Smith: Questions Asked Near a Mirror
Q. Why don’t you write about some topics?
A. If the focus shifts from the topic to me, does this help the discussion? [...]
Terry Smith: How Creative Will We Be?
We need to plant more churches because of Christ's grace and the needs of others. [...]
Layton Friesen: I’m Assuming . . .
My prayer is that God would use me to show the EMC that it is something in God’s eyes. [...]
