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How to Kill a Program of “Women in Ministry” Part 1
Why are there no discussions about the problem of “Men in Ministry”?1 Think about that while we turn to the disabilities that hampered and practically shut down the public ministry of women in the early EMCC in Ontario by about… Continue reading
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Uncredentialed
Some women in the early EMCC in Ontario served in public church work outside the City Mission Workers Society (CMWS). Noted in Church literature, or hired/appointed by local congregations, they were uncredentialed by the MBiC Ontario Conference 1885-1946. Elizabeth Risdon,… Continue reading
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One Hundred and Thirty-Three Women
Banner: City Mission women early 1930s. Back: L to R: Annie Srigley, Martha Doner, Edith Raymer, unknown, unknown, Front: Rosie Sargeant, unknown, unknown, Annie Yeo, unknown, Winnie Barfoot? From a reader-friendly-blog point of view, I am going to do something… Continue reading
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Music in the Early EMCC Part 5: Hymns for Worship
This blog brings us to a hymnbook, Hymns for Worship (1963), not produced in the early EMCC, but it is still separated from us by several changing fashions in congregational music. This is a book of which I have personal… Continue reading
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Nonconformity to the World Part 4: What about today?
I have to admit “nonconformity,” as a negative term, is subject to the same weaknesses as other negatives (eg non-resistance instead of peacemaking, anti-abortion instead of pro-life, prohibition instead of temperance) even if the cause is good and even though… Continue reading
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Nonconformity to the World Part 3, Mennonite Brethren in Christ Experience
When I was a young preacher in the Missionary Church of Canada, before the 1993 merger produced the EMCC, I attended a conference promoting a simple lifestyle. I signed a promise to live a simple lifestyle as much as possible.… Continue reading
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Nonconformity to the world Part 2, Wesleyan holiness Background
The EMCC today may seem like a generic evangelical church to some attenders, perhaps teaching therapeutic techniques, listening to non-denominational evangelical podcasts and singing pop evangelical worship songs, but it did not seem so to its first generations. The early… Continue reading
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Nonconformity to the world Part 1, The Anabaptist Background
Practically all Christian traditions recognize the importance of holiness. For the EMCC, the Anabaptist/Mennonite, Pietist,1 and Wesleyan holiness traditions all encouraged their communities to turn away from enticements by the world. The Mennonites who were expelled from the Mennonite Conferences… Continue reading
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Mrs Elizabeth Risdon: Mystery Woman, Part 2
This is the second part of my account of a zealous Christian lady from Michigan (ca 1850-ca 1915) who in widowhood devoted herself to holiness causes in Ontario. Where she began life and where she ended is unknown to me.… Continue reading
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Mrs Elizabeth Risdon: Mystery Woman, Part 1
I am writing this blog to record what I know about Mrs Risdon and to honour her. I don’t know exactly where she came from and when or where she died or where she fits in the life of the… Continue reading
