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Grant Klassen Church Matters hosts Janet Plenert and Dan Dyck explore why the church matters in the world today. Each episode features a guest or guests who tell stories from their own experiences about why the church matters in the world today. Login to Add this to your Playlist Format : Christian PodcastDirectory.com's listings of the Grant Klassen Podcasts
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Episode 34: Being a Faithful Church Updated: 2009-11-16 20:46:25 Description: The ongoing health of the church requires that believers continue to strengthen their overall capacity to discern the word and the mind of God as the church wrestles with the critical agenda of our time. Robert J. Suderman, General Secretary of Menno...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 35: Becoming a Global Church Updated: 2009-12-10 20:46:25 Description: As communication technologies and international travel grow, the global village shrinks. So too with the church. Many Christians are struggling with economic oppression, conflict, poverty, and lack of healthcare and educations in their homelands. Can...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 29: The Church in Cuba Updated: 2009-06-22 20:46:25 Description: Daylins Rufin, active Baptist pastor and seminary professor in Cuba, dispels myths about the church in Cuba....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 30: The Anabaptist Factor Updated: 2009-07-20 20:46:25 Description: Doug Gay lectures on Practical Theology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, is an ordained minister, has been an inner-city pastor in London, England. He also has a special interest in Anabaptist theology. Doug talks about the influence of Anabap...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 31: The Church’s role in Government Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, Pt 1 Updated: 2009-08-17 20:46:25 Description: What can the church learn from the South African church’s experience with apartheid and its Truth and Reconciliation Commission? Dr. Piet Meiring is an ordained minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, a theology professor at the University of Pretor...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 32: The Church’s role in Government Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, Pt 2 Updated: 2009-09-21 20:46:25 Description: What can the church learn from the South African church’s experience with apartheid and its Truth and Reconciliation Commission? In Part 2 we ask Dr. Meiring what the church in Canada can learn from the South African church experience, and how we c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 33: Peace in the Public Square Updated: 2009-10-19 20:46:25 Description: Gordon Allaby and his Mennonite congregation in Osler, Saskatchewan are passionate about non-violent peace building. Just as importantly, they have demonstrated considerable creativity in getting the peace message out into the public square in their ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 26: Broken Promise: A Conscientious Objector and his 60 Year-Old Secret Updated: 2009-02-23 20:46:25 Description: Gordon Toombs had the best intentions. He wanted to stay faithful to his belief that Jesus taught all his followers to be non-violent peacemakers. When the Canadian government conscripted him for World War in 1941, they promised he could serve as a m...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 27: Rebuilding Trust between the Church and Canada’s Indigenous Peoples Updated: 2009-03-23 20:46:25 Description: Canada’s indigenous peoples have had a rocky relationship with the Christian church. Can this relationship be healed, and if so, what can the ordinary person contribute to the healing? In this episode, we explore the topic with Anita Keith. Anita i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 28: Food Security and the Church Updated: 2009-04-20 20:46:25 Description: What does it mean to have food security, what does the Bible have to say to us about food security, and what does the church have to do with food security? Join Church Matters and guest Stefan Epp, Food Policy Analyst with the Manitoba Food Charter, ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 25: Church and State: How Do We Live Together? Updated: 2009-01-30 20:46:25 Description: Church and state: How can we create space for meaningful interaction? How should the church call governing leaders to accountability, and how can we do this fruitfully? And how can the church be faithful in its relations with the state? This episodeâ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 24: Being the Church in Challenging Economic Times Updated: 2009-01-21 22:54:37 Description: When the news is full of stories about devalued pension plans and retirement savings, even God’s people can be tempted to make ethically questionable investments that promise temptingly high returns. What is the role of the church in tough economic...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 23: Jesus? Understanding how we know what we know, and what this means for the church - Part Two Updated: 2009-01-07 21:18:20 Description: The many recent books on the market indicate a strong, renewed interest in Jesus. Some works tackle Jesus as a highly moral man with some good teachings, others interpret Jesus as a divine messenger from God. Authors use research from historical docu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 18: The decade to overcome violence Updated: 2008-07-21 18:00:00 Description: The Decade to Overcome Violence will end in 2011. What progress has been made so far? Guest Fernando Enns, a Mennonite, first proposed this idea to the World Council of Churches. Aired on July 20, 2008...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 20: The Church's Call to Generosity Part 1 Updated: 2008-09-21 18:00:00 Description: Guest: Don Rempel-Boschman. This episode is part 1 of a two part series on the Church's call to generosity. Don talks about how his congregation seeks to be faithful as they balance the vast need in the world with the passions of people in the congre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 21: The Church's Call to Generosity Part 2 Updated: 2008-10-22 15:26:31 Description: Guest: Don Rempel-Boschman. This episode is part 2 of a two part series on the Church's call to generosity. Don talks about how his congregation seeks to be faithful as they balance the vast need in the world with the passions of people in the congre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 22: Jesus?: Understanding how we know what we know, and what this means for the church - Part One Updated: 2008-11-19 15:44:24 Description: Part 1 of a two part series The many recent books on the market indicate a strong, renewed interest in Jesus. Some works tackle Jesus as a highly moral man with some good teachings, others interpret Jesus as a divine messenger from God. Authors use r...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 17: The surviving Mennonite Church in Ukraine Updated: 2008-06-14 06:49:55 Description: Russian Mennonites have a lengthy ancestral history with Ukraine. As part of a long migration through Eastern Europe, many Mennonites of ethnic Germanic origin sojourned there for up to 150 years, with approximately 50,000 emigrating to Canada betwee...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 15: Jesus the Way Maker Updated: 2008-05-16 02:04:58 Description: Jesus the Way Maker Guest: Richard Twiss Richard Twiss is a Rosebud Lakota theologian from Vancouver, Washington, the co-founder of Wiconi International, the author of One Church, Many Tribes (Regal Books, 2000), and a Doctor of Missiology ca...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 16: Healing and Hope in the event of a pandemic Updated: 2008-05-17 18:58:30 Description: Healing and Hope in the event of a pandemic Guests representing public health practitioners, spiritual care specialists, emergency preparedness planners, and disaster recovery experts talk about the church's role in the event of a pandemic. Ai...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 13: Does the Church Matter Beyond the Congregational Level? Updated: 2008-02-17 18:58:30 Description: Does the Church Matter Beyond the Congregational Level? Do Regional Churches, National Churches or Denominations Matter? Guest: Pam Peters-Pries, Executive Secretary, Support Services, MC Canada For a congregation to carry out God's work in the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 14: Making your Church Matter in your Neighbourhood Updated: 2008-02-17 18:58:30 Description: Making your Church Matter in your Neighbourhood Guest: Rudy Dirks, Pastor Heavy metal music at a funeral in a Mennonite Church? When an un-churched young man in Rudy's community died suddenly and tragically, the victim's family approached Rudy a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 1: Why Does the Church Matter in the World? Updated: 2007-02-18 21:59:55 Description: Jack Suderman, General Secretary, Mennonite Church Canada introduces the series with his reflections on Why Church Matters. This program aired on February 18, 2007...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 2: Does Church Matter in Uruguay? Updated: 2007-03-18 21:59:27 Description: Karen Schellenberg is the Pastor at the Portage Mennonite Church in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. Karen reflects on a recent visit to Mennonites/Anabaptists in Uruguay, a reunion with her IMPaCT (International Mennonite Pastors Coming Togethe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 3: Young Adults and the Global Church Updated: 2007-04-15 21:59:39 Description: Sarah Thompson, 23 year-old Fulbright scholar, speaks out about young adults and the church, her role with the Mennonite World Conference Amigos program and its Global Youth Summit in 2009, and the global church. Sarah reveals where young adults are ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 4: The Church and Creation Care Updated: 2007-05-20 22:10:06 Description: Does the church really have something to say about creation care? David Neufeld holds a PhD in Environmental Planning and represents the Mennonite Creation Care Network a bi-national body "...actively engaged in the care and restoration of God's crea...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 5: Militarization, Canada and the Church Updated: 2007-06-17 22:06:32 Description: For the first time since the Korean war in the 1950s, Canada is involved in a direct combat role - this time in Afghanistan. Military advertisements, recruiting, military funding, and news reporting on Canada's military role have significantly i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 6: Peace church a perceived threat to armed groups in Colombia Updated: 2007-07-15 15:38:11 Description: Anostocio is a Mennonite pastor and teacher from Colombia, temporarily living in Canada to escape threats on his life. As a teacher and peace activist in Colombia, Anostocio is perceived as a threat to paramilitary and other armed groups who choose t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 7: Putting you Money where you Faith is Updated: 2007-08-19 15:38:01 Description: Since his boyhood, Gary Hawton has been curious about how God's people use their money. Today he is CEO of Meritas Mutual Funds, a socially responsible investment firm that helps people speak into the corporate boardrooms of the world through their f...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 8: Building Peace Updated: 2007-09-16 15:37:46 Description: Daniel Pantoja and his wife Joji are developing a peace building ministry in a region of the Philippines that has experienced years of land conflict amongindigenous, Muslim, and Christian people. Using a multiplier model, he is training peace workers...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 9: Fundraising, Stewardship, and the Church Updated: 2007-10-21 15:51:21 Description: Why do churches/denominations need to do fundraising? Do non-church charities compete with the church for donations? Does the church keep too much money for itself? How do people decide what causes they'll donate to? Do personal giving preferences tr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 10: Kids, Communion and Church Updated: 2007-11-18 15:37:12 Description: Guest: Elsie Rempel, Director of Christian Education and Nurture for Mennonite Church Canada. What messages are we sending to our children and youth when we practice communion? Are there ways we can include and encourage them in their faith journey t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 11: Global Gift Sharing, the Church and Christmas Updated: 2007-12-16 15:45:02 Description: How can we share the gifts we have as a church with churches in other parts of the world? And what do churches in other parts of the world have to offer the church in Canada? Join Charles Mahlangu, Principal at the Evangelical Seminary of Southern Af...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 12: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Updated: 2008-01-20 18:58:30 Description: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: An ecumenical look at why this event is needed, and why and how the church matters in other Christian faith traditions.Guests: Bruce Faurschou, Executive Secretary of the Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ont...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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