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		<title>Margaret O&#8217;Gara to address  Washington (DC) Theological Consortium on Christian unity, February 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Margaret O&#8217;Gara, Canadian ecumenical leader and Bridgefolk Board member, is scheduled  be the featured speaker at the annual Washington Theological Consortium Figel Lectures on Christian Unity in Washington DC Feb 2 2012.  Additional information can be obtained by visiting the  Washington Theological Consortium website:  http://www.washtheocon.org/consortium_events.html February 2, 2012: Prayer Service for Christian Unity  4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Week of prayer for Christian unity begins tomorrow</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY, 17 JAN 2012 (VIS) &#8211; The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is due to begin tomorrow, 18 January, under the theme &#8220;We will all be changed by the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ&#8221;. The Week is promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC), a worldwide fellowship of 349 Churches seeking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darrin Snyder Belousek publishes major study on the atonement and peacemaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgefolk participant and board member Darrin Snyder Belousek has just published a major new book on atonement.  The book develops a biblical theology of the cross in connection with justice and peacemaking.  Published by Eerdmans, the book is entitled Atonement, Justice, and Peace: The Message of Cross and the Mission of the Church.   Belousek notes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advent greetings from Bridgefolk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Dear friends, The season of Advent is a time of hopeful expectation and prayerful reflection.  At Bridgefolk, we share in this spirit of hope for what is to come, as well as gratitude for what has been.  The past year has brought many blessings to the Bridgefolk movement:  A successful conference at MCC Welcoming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Christian formation, post-Christendom</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2011/11/28/exploring-christian-formation-post-christendom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New book honors legacy of Alan &#38; Eleanor Kreider by Mary E. Klassen News Release Elkhart, Ind. (AMBS) – “For people who think being a Mennonite or Anabaptist is a disadvantage today, Alan and Eleanor Kreider prove it is not true,” James Krabill said at an event celebrating a new book that honors the mission-worker-and-educator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herald Press devotional named “best of best”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Steve Shenk Mennonite Church Canada/MennoMedia joint release WATERLOO, Ont. and HARRISONBURG, Va.—A Herald Press devotional book has been selected as Worship Leader magazine’s “best of the best” in the team devotionals category for 2011. The magazine published the winners list in its Oct. 7 issue. The devotional is Take Our Moments and Our Days, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest issue of Vision on theme of baptism</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest issue of Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology is dedicated to the theme of baptism.  Vision is published at the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Indiana and Canadian Mennonite University in Manitoba, and is edited by Bridgefolk board member Mary Schertz. The theme of baptism is timely given that representatives of worldwide bodies of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andy Martin joins Bridgefolk Board, strengthening Canadian voice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgefolk is pleased to welcome Andy Martin of Elmira, Ontario, Canada, on to its board.  Andy is married to Colleen and they have three (nearly) adult children. He grew up in Waterloo region in the conservative Mennonite church, which split from the (Old) Mennonite church in the late 1950s in order to hold to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New book interprets church apologies</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2011/08/29/new-book-interprets-church-apologies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, churches have repented for historical wrongs. In his new book, Ecclesial Repentance: The Churches Confront Their Sinful Pasts, Jeremy M. Bergen tells the story of these apologies and analyzes the theological issues they raise about the nature and mission of the church. &#8220;In a context in which churches, as well as national governments, [...]]]></description>
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