RELIGION:

 

MENNONITES

 

Bender, Philip.

     “Resources for the Church’s Debate on Sexuality.”  Canadian Mennonite 4(24)

     (December 11, 2000): 10-12  (1842 words).

                             Although the four books provided as resources are American publications,

                             the article has been included to suggest degree of interest in

                             discussion within this denomination.

 

Body of Dissent.

     See VIDEOS section of this list for fuller information.

 

“Booklets Advocate for Same-Sex Covenants.”  Canadian Mennonite 5(21)

     (November 5, 2001): 13-14.

                             Welcome to Dialogue series.

 

“Churches Publicly Welcome Homosexual People: 12 Mennonite and Church

                 of the Brethren Congregations Which Publicly Welcome Homosexual

                 Members.”  Mennonite Reporter 25(22) (Nov. 13, 1995): 14.

 

“Conference Accepts Homosexuality Report.”  Mennonite Reporter 23(9)

(May 3, 1993): 3.

 

“Conference Has Mixed Response to Report on Homosexual Concerns.”

Mennonite Reporter 23(8) (April 19, 1993): 1, 3.   

General Board of General Conference, Mennonite Church.

 

“Congregation Goes Public with Support for Homosexual Persons; Conference

     Responds to Warden Decision.”  Canadian Mennonite 5(8) (April 23, 2001):

     20-21.

                             These two closely-related articles concern the Warden Woods

Mennonite Church congregation in Toronto and the reaction of the

Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada to their consideration of

                      joining the Supportive Congregations Network.  Very brief

                      background information as well on official position of church as

                      expressed in conference statements of Saskatoon (1986), Purdue (1987),

and Stratford (1998).

 

Dykeman, Kathryn Lynn, 1960-

                        “The Welcoming Congregation Movement and the Experiences of Lesbian

                        Women in the Christian Church.”  M.Th. thesis, Wilfrid Laurier University,

                        2002.

               (165 leaves)

                                                Refs.: Wilfrid Laurier University Library (Trellis) catalogue;

also AMICUS catalogue record no. 28298269, which notes, from thesis

abstract, that the “research project examines the church experiences of

seventeen lesbian women who were participants in at least one of the

following groups: Christian Lesbians Out (CLOUT), the Brethren and

Mennonite Council for Gay and Lesbian Concerns (BMC), and Olive

Branch Mennonite Church….”

 

Enns, Aiden S.

                 “Conference Guidelines for Dealing with Disagreements [on non-celibate

                 homosexuals].”  Canadian Mennonite 2(10) (May 11, 1998): 19 (439 words).

Conference of Mennonites in Canada (CMC).

 

Funk, Neil Unrau.

“Alberta Churches Share Responses to Homosexuality.”

                 Canadian Mennonite 3(24) (Dec. 6, 1999): 16-17  (1225 words).

 

Funk, Neil Unrau.

“Next Step for Alberta Conference Still Not Clear [annual meeting: Calgary

                 InterMennonite Church].”  Canadian Mennonite 4(5)

                 (March 6, 2000): 16-17  (1104 words).

Gays; Alberta; Mennonite Church.

 

 

Funk-Unrau, Neil.

     “Alberta Churches Share Responses to Homosexuality.”  Canadian Mennonite

     3(24) (December 6, 1999): 16-17  (1225 words)

                             “After three days of intense dialogue, the issue of church membership

                             for homosexual people seems as overwhelming and divisive as ever.

                             However, congregations within the Conference of Mennonites in

                             Albertawere able to talk…in a way that allowed different views to

                             be heard” – from opening paragraph of full text online in CBCA

                             Fulltext Reference electronic database (accession no. 4732194).

 

Funk-Unrau, Neil.

     Coaldale Church to Leave Conference, Tofield to Withhold Funds.”

     Canadian Mennonite 4(7) (April 3, 2000): 13.

Response by some of those in Conference of Mennonites in Alberta to

decisions on church membership in relation to gays/lesbians.

 

Gascho, Rob.

     “Opting In: A History of the Brethren and Mennonite Council for Gay and

     Lesbian Concerns: (The Mennonite Perspective).”  Term paper, University of

     Waterloo, 1987.

                 (17 leaves, with bibliography leaf 17)

 

Harder, Gary.

                 “Church Membership Begins with God’s Acceptance: We Should Not Exclude

                 Homosexual People from Our Churches, Argues This Writer.” 

                 Canadian Mennonite 3(18) (Sept. 13, 1999): 10-11  (1704 words).

 

“How [Mennonite] Congregations Are Dealing with Homosexuality.”

Mennonite Reporter 21(24) (Dec. 9, 1991): 12.

 

Nighswander, Dan.

                 “Paul Would Have Approved the Resolution on Homosexuality.”

                 Canadian Mennonite 2(24) (Dec. 7, 1998): 8-9  (1016 words).

Excerpt of letter to pastors.

 

Paetkau, Walter.

     “At the Assembly with Paul and Amy.”  Canadian Mennonite 5(15)

     (August 13, 2001): 10  (776 words)

                             Concerns Paul Neudorf, Amy Short, and Brethren/Mennonite

                     Council for Lesbian & Gay Concerns (BMC)

 

“Pastor’s Stance Spurs Congregation to Study Homosexuality.”  Canadian Mennonite

                 6(12)(June 17, 2002): 16-17.

 

Smith, Graeme.

                        Manitoba, Mennonites, Gays Debate Same-sex Marriage.”  Globe & Mail

                        [Toronto], April 5, 2003, n.p.  (606 words).

                                                Ref.: CPI.Q index.

 

“Supporting Congregations Increasing While Conference Policy Remains

  Unchanged [Mennonite Church and the General Conference]; Conference

                 Imagines Church That Includes Gays and Lesbians.” 

                 Mennonite Reporter 26(16) (Aug. 19, 1996): 4  (1097 plus 430 words).

 

“Three [Mennonite] Groups That Care about People with Different Love.”

Mennonite Reporter 21(4) (Feb. 18, 1991): 10.