Jesus Stories: Inspiration for Multiplying Disciples

Meet Jason Krueger, CEO off CCMBC Legacy Fund. Jason is passionate about serving the MB Church to see Kingdom growth. Legacy is here to help local with all manner of financial and administrative services.

Listen in to hear how your church and leaders can strengthen your adminstrative and financial systems, so that your ministry of disciple-making can be your primary focus.

Episode Links:

• Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness by Robert K. Greenleaf
• CCMBC Website
• ONMB Website & ⁠Resources Page
• BCMB Website
• Advisors with a Purpose
• Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC)

Teresa Thompson didn't know Jesus and very little about Christian faith. She wasn't remotely interested. But, feeling prompted, she picked up a Bible and read it cover to cover. By the end, she'd met Jesus with faith!

Reaching out to a Christian neighbour asking about baptism, she was introduced to Kingsfield - Zurich Mennonite Church, where she's been discipled.

Join Teresa and Pastor David Wicks for this fascinating, faith-inspiring salvation story!

Episode Links

David Pawson - Unlocking the Bible Podcast

The Chosen

Music Credit: Revive Us Again by C2C Music. Used with permission from Pat Sczabel.

Top notch ministry equipping is right here among ONMB! Whether a lay-person looking to simply grow in faith and skills or you're looking for the more indepth experience of academic credit, the Teaching Church model fits you.

In partnership with WMB Church, MB Seminary is offering two courses again in the '25-26 year. Participants can take the weekend workshop format, or the full academic course format that extends beyond the weekend.

Brian Cooper will teach MB Convictions - Engaging in Community on November 7-8, 2025.

Gloria Woodland will teach Caring as God's People on April 24-25, 2026.

All the details can be found on the WMB or MB Seminary site. Financial Assistance is available for the full, academic courses. This includes the Leadership Development Partnership Grant where the student pays only 25% tuition with the local church, MB Seminary and CCMBC splitting the remaining 75% evenly.

"Revive Us Again" by C2C Music is used with permission from Pat Szcebel.

Our world is in desperate need of the peacemaking witness of Jesus and his people! MBs believe that actively working toward God's shalom on earth is a core aspect of the Good News of the Kingdom. This is a core commitment for Mennonite Brethren and the historic, global Anabaptist community. And yet, it hasn't been a topic we've often discussed. That's about to change.

Join the Mennonite Brethren from across Canada for or EQUIP Conference in Winnipeg, October 21-23. Register for only $149!

All info can be found here.

Speaker List and Full Pre-Reading List can be found here & here.

The full title for EQUIP 2025 is: The Gospel, Peacemaking, and the Kingdom God's Peace in an Age of Conflict, Chaos, and Confusion

Over forty people from across ONMB joined together to grow in the mission of multiplying disciples! From May 31 - June 3 The Antioch Mission School gathered in Toronto to worship, be taught the Scriptures, hear from the Holy Spirit and step out to share Jesus with strangers. The things God did in and through us were beautiful. We grew in faith, intimacy with God and anticipation for his mission. We also saw people experience God.

Nasser al 'Qahtani and Derek Parenteau of Multiply led us over four days for this ONMB training event.

Much thanks to Dani Wilding (Mountain Park Church), Ethan Pal (Life Point Church) and Aaron Raymond (Mosaic Church/Multiply).

Music Credit: Revive Us Again by C2C Music

Listen in to what God was saying to seven ONMB leaders who visited with the Brazil MB Conference in April. Inspired by the significant renewal work God has done over the past twelve years among MBs in Brazil, we went to learn and to seek God. We long to see God's renewal among and through ONMB and so will continue to discern how He's inviting our conference of churches to respond.

Emerson Cardoso, who serves on the Multiply Global Lead Team, and Franz Wolf, also serving with Multiply, were our generous hosts. ONMB team members were: Trevor Seath (ONMB Executive Director), Jeff Jantzi (The Gathering), Tanya Janssen (Kingsfield - Zurich), Jeff Martens (Cornerstone), Derek Parenteau (Multiply), Andrew Plett (Mountain Park) and Ryan Jantzi (ONMB Ministry Director).

Episode Links:

Emerson Cardoso Multiply Page

Franz Wolf Multiply Page

Nossa Missionary Agency

2025 is the 500th Anniversary for the Anabaptist movement. Mennonite Brethren often refer to ourselves as evangelical Anabapist. What does this mean and why does it matter?

Join Bruce Guenther and Stephen Sesink as they discuss how the Anabaptism stream of the Christian church has formed MBs. The Anabaptist story insipres us to value living out faith in deep community with a strong commitment to ethics. We believe this is the way of Jesus and his kingdom.

Bruce Guenther has been a professor of Church History and Mennonite Studies with MB Seminary at Trinity Western University. He is part of The Gathering Church in Langely, BC.

Stephen Sesink is Lead Pastor with Evergreen Heights Christian Fellowship in Simcoe, Ontario. He's intentionally chosen to join the family of Anabaptists and Mennonite Brethren. Stephen is a graduate of MB Seminary.

Episode Links:

• Anabaptism@500 - Mennonite World Conference
• The Radical Reformation by George Hunston Williams
• Anabaptist History and Theology: An Introduction by C. Arnold Snyder
• Family Matters: Discovering the Mennonite Brethren
• The MB Confession of Faith with Explanatory Notes

On January 12, Ryan Jantzi was ordained for church leadership with Maple View and ONMB. This is the first step of ONMB reclaiming the practice of ordination.

Could this be a helpful practice for blessing and empowering leaders across our churches? Could it be helpful for inviting churches and their pastors to covenant to God and one another to uphold and strengthen the call?

Join Brent Kipfer, pastor with Maple View Mennonite Church, and Ryan as the reflection on the ordination service and cast a vision for this practice.

See photos of the event here.

Episode Links:

• Ordination: Principles & Practices: MB Board of Faith & Life, 2017
• Schleitheim Confession
• Shepherds After My Own Heart - Tim Laniak
• The Good Shepherd - Tim Laniak
• Servants & Fools - Arthur Boers

In 2022, South Point Community Church shifted their position to affirm women for all roles of ministry and leadership. This was the result of an intentional congregational process. Tracy Lepp and Dave Bretzlaff offer the biblical rationale and passionately cast a vision for why and how other churches can move in this direction too. 

South Point Community Church is an ONMB congregation in Leamington, ON. Dave serves as Lead Pastor and Tracy serves as a Volunteer Coordinator. 

Episode Links

• Gifted, Called and Affirmed: A pastoral application and commentary on the Women in Ministry Leadership resolution of Gathering 2006
• Women in Ministry Leadership Resolution: CCMBC 2006
• The Continuing Conversation: Mennonite Brethren and women in leadership - Doug Hiedebrecht
• Craig Keener EQUIP 2019 Presentation: Women in Leadership
• The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible by Scot McKnight

• Leading Together: Women, Men & Authority in the Church - Sermon Series from North Langley Community Church

• MB Herald Podcast - Celebrate Recovery with Dave Bretzlaff and Tracy Lepp
  

Join our Acts 6:4 Assembly as we feast on God’s Word together. Nasser al’Qahtani brings the passion, joy and deep understanding God has given him as he unveils how God has woven the stories of Scripture together to reveal His heart. It’s fascinating! Many came away from Acts 6:4 with an intensified hunger for the Bible. 

⁠Nasser⁠ is a Regional Team Leader for the Middle East and North Africa with Multiply.