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Rosedale Bible College

Congregational Sharing Times

This or That? Part 2 Why we have a “Sharing Time” at Turkey Run Mennonite Church in Logan, Ohio The open sharing of testimonies, praise reports, and prayer requests has been a regular part of the faith family gatherings at Turkey Run as far back

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Jeremy Miller

Thinking About Church

This or That? Part 1 Change was in the air. I came to Rosedale Bible College (RBC) from Hutchinson, Kansas, in 2000. As my 18-year-old self encountered “modern” worship music, it quickly became apparent that this was the antidote to the deep boredom of old

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Jewel Showalter

“Mistakes Were Made…” Part 11

“Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk!” If you’ve been tracking with Rosedale Bible College’s Beacon articles in 2022, you’ve heard writers speak soberly of cringe-worthy mistakes we’ve made as a church. There’s been erroneous biblical interpretation, pharisaical nonconformity, botched race relationships, and sincere mission efforts that

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Merle Nisly

“Mistakes Were Made…” Part 10

A Tale of Unintended Consequences Beginning in 1953, mission-minded Mennonites from various communities in the United States moved to a region of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. News of the remote Ojibwe and Oji-Cree villages of the area drove the powerful vision for a significant missionary movement

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