I have been thinking about BOB quite often recently. The Lord keeps bringing BOB to my mind the past few weeks when I am enjoying my morning prayer walks. I was introduced to BOB in February at the annual Rosedale Network Pastors Conference. I suppose

I would guess that by the time you have read the title of this article, you have formulated an answer to the question. I invite you to think with me, not how the church is relevant, but why. Let me back up a little to

At the July 2025 Minister’s Business Meeting at Berea Mennonite Church, Rosedale International (RI) announced an upcoming transition in the president’s position. Joe Showalter’s five-year term of service ends in August of 2026, and he will round out his fifth term of service. This means

A Global, Cross-Shaped Movement When we look back over 500 years of the Anabaptist story, it is natural to ask what the next fifty years might hold. Not as an academic question but as people committed to maturing and multiplying disciples in our congregations and