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deeds of the believer are an extension of the gracious work of God in the life of the believer; indeed, they are an extension of the salvific work of God

one member elected by each local church; (b)  the superintendent of each extension work (at least two years old) within the Conference; (c) two members elected

began sponsoring refugees, and has continued to do so over the decades. An extension of this refugee engagement began in 1988 when the congregation began to

work in community development and leadership training, which led to the creation of two new church commissions in 1984. The Commission on Social Action

official position. The statement proclaims the unity of man in the order of creation and in the order of grace, and the unity of the one fellowship in Christ

Historicist Perspective, was primarily a radical historicist expression and extension of neo-orthodox concepts that became common among Mennonite theologians

in Grand Forks, had a vision for getting children into God’s beautiful creation and introducing them to Jesus Christ. At the time a beautiful 163 acre

more broadly began in the mid-1970s under the theological education by extension program (TEE), and in 1985 there were more than 15 active TEE centers,

mission fields, especially in India and Japan, were fostered through the creation of area cooperating relief committees through MCC stimulus. Such committees

God and the church. Also while believing in creation, Mennonites have seldom been convinced that creation is a source of meaning, at least to the extent

indissoluble union of one man with one woman was an original part of God's creation, and could be broken only by adultery (Matthew 9). The equality of man