James Clare Fuller
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Lodges and Fraternal Societies
North American Mennonites and Brethren in Christ1 mainly applied non-swearing of oaths2 to rejecting membership in “oath-bound secret societies.”3 In Ontario, this put them at odds with their non-Mennonite neighbours. Nearly every settlement in the province had one lodge or… Continue reading
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Non-swearing of Oaths
On a choir tour from Emmanuel Bible College, I was billeted with a family that did not attend a Missionary Church. In the bathroom, getting ready for bed, I noticed a small black book on the window sill. I am… Continue reading
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Washing of the Saints’ Feet
When my family settled in Hamilton, Ontario, in 2001 so I could attend McMaster Divinity College, we went knowing that just a few years before, the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada congregation there (Calvary) had closed. I chose the church… Continue reading
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Divine Healing Part 3: Official Statements
How did the language of healing in the Mennonite Brethren in Christ/ United Missionary/ Missionary and EMCC “Articles of Faith” change over time? What does it tell us about EMCC thinking about divine healing? Many denominations do not bother to… Continue reading
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Divine Healing Part 2: Debate and Testimonies
Christian beliefs about healing for sickness have had a long and winding history.1 This blog picks up only a fraction of it. Doctrinal debate in the North American evangelical sphere The MBiC interest in healing in the 1880s was strengthened… Continue reading
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Divine Healing Part 1, some History and Theology
Many years ago I overheard a man say that he wouldn’t stay in a church that didn’t believe in divine healing. I was a young Christian in the United Missionary Church, as it was called then, and I had never… Continue reading
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Armenian Mission Part 4, The UOM Society’s new mission in Syria, 1919-1938
In early 1915 Turkish nationalists turned on Armenians in Turkey and began to exterminate them.1 The desire was not new, but the plan implemented to exterminate was. Generally, men and boys 12 and up were disarmed, conscripted, put into labour… Continue reading
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Mennonite Armenian mission Part 3
The United Orphanage and Mission Early EMCC personnel played a significant role relieving destitute Armenians after each wave of persecution in Turkey in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Max Haines, a member and former pastor of the Missionary… Continue reading
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Mennonite Armenian mission Part 2
The Mennonite mission for Armenian orphans in the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 19th century began after a round of violence that started in 1894. It led to massacres of Armenians in 1895-96 at various places in Turkey.… Continue reading
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Mennonite Armenian mission: Part 1 1898
A few years ago I read with interest an article in the Canadian magazine Faith Today1 telling the story of Canadian Presbyterians serving in a mission to assist Armenians after a massacre in 19th-century Turkey (officially known as Turkiye). Please… Continue reading
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