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A guide to the world of MB
Acronyms explained
BFL – Board of faith and life – provides spiritual guidance and direction, and upholds biblical and ethical integrity through our Confession of Faith; organized at national and regional levels. They oversee the pamphlet series and organize study conferences.
C2010 – Celebration 2010, a 6-day, binational event commemorating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the MB church.
CBC – Columbia Bible College, Abbotsford, B.C., a joint MB-MC Canada post-secondary school (also abbreviation for a place to get your daily Peter Mansbridge fix).
CCMBC – Canadian Conference of MB Churches.
CMBS – Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies – a treasury of historical and theological resources in 3 locations: CCMBC office in Winnipeg, FPU in Fresno, Cal., and Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kan.
CMU – Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, a joint MB-MC Canada post-secondary school.
ETEM – École de Théologie Évangélique de Montréal, a French-language MB Bible school affiliated with the religion department of the University of Montreal.
ICOMB – International Community of Mennonite Brethren (not a new electronic grooming device from Apple).
KCI – Key Cities/Communities Initiative, a program of Evangelism Canada to focus church planting efforts on a new key city or community every two years from 1998 to 2008.
MB – Mennonite Brethren.
MBBS – Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary – until 2010, a binational institution for seminary education, based in Fresno, Cal. Now consisting of 3 campuses: MBBS-Fresno, part of the US Pacific District; MBBS-ACTS (Associated Canadian Theological Schools) at the TWU campus in Langley; WCMS, Winnipeg.
MBMSI – Mennonite Brethren Mission and Services International – the mission organization of the MB conference.
MCC – Mennonite Central Committee, a 90-year old relief and development organization of Anabaptist churches.
MC Canada/MC USA – Mennonite Church Canada/USA.
MWC – Mennonite World Conference, a communion (Koinonia) of Anabaptist-related churches linked to one another in a worldwide community of faith for fellowship, worship, service, and witness; also the body that organizes periodic mass gatherings of Mennonites and Brethren in Christ, last celebrated in Paraguay in 2009.
ONMB – Ontario conference of MB Churches.
Q&A – question and answer session.
R21-01 – Regenerate 21-01, an initiative of CCMBC to encourage prayer and renewal in churches.
RIM – Renewing Identity and Mission, a consultation.
TWU – Trinity Western University, a Christian university in Langley, B.C.
USMB – United States Mennonite Brethren conference.
WCMS – Winnipeg Centre for Ministry Studies, a centre for graduate theological education at CMU.
On a field south of Winkler, 200 combines harvested around 250 acres in just over 11 minutes, setting a Guinness World Record for “most combine harvesters working simultaneously on a single field.” Farmers came from 10 towns, as far as 100 kilometres away, to participate. The record-setting feat, accompanied by a day-long farm show, was intended to raise awareness for Children’s Camps International, started by Ray Wieler of Winkler MB Church (see “Camps growing in 5 countries,” Sept. 2009). Proceeds from sponsorship, advertising, and grain sales will support the work of CCI to train and equip leaders in 7 countries. An official Guinness World Records judge certified the event and presented a certificate. The previous record was 175, held by Combines for Charity in Ireland.
Scholars and grannies race cyclist in support of kids
Battling rain, sun, the Rocky Mountains, and three relay teams, North Kildonan MB member Arvid Loewen raced his bike from B.C. to Winnipeg, July 17–21, to raise money for the Mully Children’s Family Charitable Foundation. The ultra-marathon cyclist is passionate about the orphaned or abandoned children who are helped by the
home in Kenya.
Loewen’s challengers were Team CMU (two Canadian Mennonite University faculty members, two alumni, and one friend), “the GoGos,” after the Zulu word for grandmother (four women, the eldest of whom was 80 years old), and Team Winnipeg Police. Team CMU was raising money to support international student programs and practica; Team WP for Children’s Wish Foundation; the GoGos for Mully.
Leaving White Rock, B.C., at 7 a.m. on July 17, Loewen averaged 27 km/h, covering 2,330 kilometres in 99 hours and 43 minutes – of which only 14 hours were spent off bike. Team CMU and Team Winnipeg Police left the next day; the GoGos joined the race in Calgary, July 18, at 8 a.m.
Team CMU rotated their riders non-stop to complete the journey in 65 hours. Team Winnipeg Police withdrew from the race early, and the Gogos concluded their journey in Portage la Prairie, Man., in order to join Loewen for the final leg from the Perimeter Highway to the Legislature in downtown Winnipeg.
A guide to the world of MB
Acronyms explained
BFL – Board of faith and life – provides spiritual guidance and direction, and upholds biblical and ethical integrity through our Confession of Faith; organized at national and regional levels. They oversee the pamphlet series and organize study conferences.
C2010 – Celebration 2010, a 6-day, binational event commemorating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the MB church.
CBC – Columbia Bible College, Abbotsford, B.C., a joint MB-MC Canada post-secondary school (also abbreviation for a place to get your daily Peter Mansbridge fix).
CCMBC – Canadian Conference of MB Churches.
CMBS – Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies – a treasury of historical and theological resources in 3 locations: CCMBC office in Winnipeg, FPU in Fresno, Cal., and Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kan.
CMU – Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, a joint MB-MC Canada post-secondary school.
ETEM – École de Théologie Évangélique de Montréal, a French-language MB Bible school affiliated with the religion department of the University of Montreal.
ICOMB – International Community of Mennonite Brethren (not a new electronic grooming device from Apple).
KCI – Key Cities/Communities Initiative, a program of Evangelism Canada to focus church planting efforts on a new key city or community every two years from 1998 to 2008.
MB – Mennonite Brethren.
MBBS – Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary – until 2010, a binational institution for seminary education, based in Fresno, Cal. Now consisting of 3 campuses: MBBS-Fresno, part of the US Pacific District; MBBS-ACTS (Associated Canadian Theological Schools) at the TWU campus in Langley; WCMS, Winnipeg.
MBMSI – Mennonite Brethren Mission and Services International – the mission organization of the MB conference.
MCC – Mennonite Central Committee, a 90-year old relief and development organization of Anabaptist churches.
MC Canada/MC USA – Mennonite Church Canada/USA.
MWC – Mennonite World Conference, a communion (Koinonia) of Anabaptist-related churches linked to one another in a worldwide community of faith for fellowship, worship, service, and witness; also the body that organizes periodic mass gatherings of Mennonites and Brethren in Christ, last celebrated in Paraguay in 2009.
ONMB – Ontario conference of MB Churches.
Q&A – question and answer session.
R21-01 – Regenerate 21-01, an initiative of CCMBC to encourage prayer and renewal in churches.
RIM – Renewing Identity and Mission, a consultation.
TWU – Trinity Western University, a Christian university in Langley, B.C.
USMB – United States Mennonite Brethren conference.
WCMS – Winnipeg Centre for Ministry Studies, a centre for graduate theological education at CMU.
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On a field south of Winkler, 200 combines harvested around 250 acres in just over 11 minutes, setting a Guinness World Record for “most combine harvesters working simultaneously on a single field.” Farmers came from 10 towns, as far as 100 kilometres away, to participate. The record-setting feat, accompanied by a day-long farm show, was intended to raise awareness for Children’s Camps International, started by Ray Wieler of Winkler MB Church (see “Camps growing in 5 countries,” Sept. 2009). Proceeds from sponsorship, advertising, and grain sales will support the work of CCI to train and equip leaders in 7 countries. An official Guinness World Records judge certified the event and presented a certificate. The previous record was 175, held by Combines for Charity in Ireland.
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Scholars and grannies race cyclist in support of kidsBattling rain, sun, the Rocky Mountains, and three relay teams, North Kildonan MB member Arvid Loewen raced his bike from B.C. to Winnipeg, July 17–21, to raise money for the Mully Children’s Family Charitable Foundation. The ultra-marathon cyclist is passionate about the orphaned or abandoned children who are helped by the
home in Kenya.
Loewen’s challengers were Team CMU (two Canadian Mennonite University faculty members, two alumni, and one friend), “the GoGos,” after the Zulu word for grandmother (four women, the eldest of whom was 80 years old), and Team Winnipeg Police. Team CMU was raising money to support international student programs and practica; Team WP for Children’s Wish Foundation; the GoGos for Mully.
Leaving White Rock, B.C., at 7 a.m. on July 17, Loewen averaged 27 km/h, covering 2,330 kilometres in 99 hours and 43 minutes – of which only 14 hours were spent off bike. Team CMU and Team Winnipeg Police left the next day; the GoGos joined the race in Calgary, July 18, at 8 a.m.
Team CMU rotated their riders non-stop to complete the journey in 65 hours. Team Winnipeg Police withdrew from the race early, and the Gogos concluded their journey in Portage la Prairie, Man., in order to join Loewen for the final leg from the Perimeter Highway to the Legislature in downtown Winnipeg.
—CMU release
