Discussion Guide I - July 8
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July 3, 2007
Discussion guide for July 8, 2007
And on earth peace
By J. Nelson Kraybill
Page 8
What are activist agendas and political platforms without the cross’ saving power?
Name the ways violence and greed of today’s North American“empire” are swathed in the language of Christian faith.
Missional and Mennonite
By John D. Roth
Page 11
Why is Mennonite Church USA membership declining?
What kind of “cultural, genealogical and ethnic markers” isolate Mennonites from their local communities?
Do you agree with Roth about the three elements that make our Anabaptist tradition and “a genuine gift”?
How do we extend the tradition and share it with others, while remembering our tradition as a “gift”?
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