MC Canada welcomes new Communications Coordinator

Mennonite Church Canada welcomes Mackenzie Nicolle as new Communications Coordinator.

IW Companion of the Month - November 2025

Learn more and pray for the fast growing Evangelical Mennonite Church in Vietnam - the International Witness Global Companion for November.

Duty in its Place

Jesus did not come to pile burdens on already burdened people. He came to lift them. He came to give rest to the weary, mercy to those who keep on doing what they don’t want to do, liberation to the captives, and welcome to the prodigals. He came to proclaim and embody news that was genuinely good—that God’s love for sinners is the strongest, deepest, and truest given in the universe. God help us if we reduce this to some version of “do better.” Duty has its place. But its place is and must only be the response of love to Love.

First Mennonite Woman in Alberta ordained as a Minister of the Gospel

“Ordained Minister” was not among Linda Neufeld’s dreams for a future career. When she graduated from high school in 1959, she writes:

"I am about to graduate from grade 12. What to do now?"

Well, for young women at this time there seemed to be only three options – nurse, secretary, and teacher.

"The first two had no appeal for me, so (partly by default) I considered teaching.  Another factor in weighing my options was that my family was too poor to fund further education. It just so happened that a provincial bursary was available for the one-year program at Teachers’ College.  So off I was."

2025 Student Bursary Application Reflection

To an extent, I’ll never really understand Canadian Mennonite University. Of course, I understand the value of living in dorms, the proximity to new people that facilitates rapid development of relationships. Of course, I understand the wide breadth of courses that invites so many people with so many different dreams.

IW Companion of the Month - October 2025

Learn more and pray for Friends of Grace network in Thailand - the International Witness Global Companion for October.