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OS I AMBS LIBRARY ELKHART, i 3145 Benham Avenue Suite 4 TheMennonite Elkhart, IN 46517 Phone: 800-790-2498 AnnaG(aiTheMennonite.org www.TheMennonite.org Nov. 12, 2014 Colleen McFarland, Director of Archives and Records Management Mennonite Church USA 1700 S Main St Goshen, IN 46526 ^ Dear Colleen, We are pleased to know that Mennonite Church USA has received a grant to digitize the print files of Gospel Herald and The Mennonite. You have our full permission to digitize all issues of The Mennonite and make them available for free, with full-text access. Best wishes in this important endeavor. Sincerely, Anna Groff Interim Editor The Mennonite ' \ . This work is licensed under a Creative Conrimons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The Anabaptist Mennonite Digital Collaborative, coordinated by staff at Mennonite Church USA, Goshen College, and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, is working with Internet Archive to provide digital copies of this title. Please seek permission from the copyright owner if y our use of this item is not permitted under the license. Digitized by tine Internet Arcliive in 2015 littps://arcliive.org/details/mennonite1 99611 1I10US 1 Inside $2,00 A short history THE of race / p . 5 The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. /p. 10 A childhood story emomte grows up /p. 12 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ. 111: 01 JANUARY 9. 1 In search of a true communion (see page 3) A white convert to the black church (see page 6) A quiz on racism (see page 8) • • • T Qontents FEATURES Cne of the challenges our church faces as we seek to be faithful to God's Word is the pervasiveness of racism. When we 3 In search of a true communion talk about "Vision: Healing and Hope," we should keep in mind that there can be no heal- A call for the peace church to overcome its acquiescence to the ing, no h ope, without racial reconciliation. racism of the surrounding culture James Samuel Logan discusses this search for a true communion (page 3). He tells part of his own story and calls us to "live in community 5 A short history of race with those we consider the 'other.'" Craig Keener tells how he became part of a black church at a time when he was hurting (page 6). There he found a rich source of healing 6 A white convert to the j^r^ and renewal. black church We've also included several informative pieces about race, on the history of race (page 5), A Bible professor is drawn to a black ways your congregation can work against congregation because of its spiritual racism (page 7), a quiz on racism (page 8) and strength and the love he found there. some Scriptures on racism (page 9). You may want to use this issue for a discus- sion piece in your Sunday school class or prayer group. Or use some of the Scriptures on page 9 7 A baker's dozen as the basis for a Bible study. Ways your congregation can work against racism Donovan Smucker looks at the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., whose birthday we celebrate on Jan. 15 (see 8 A quiz on racism paAgned 1 0J)..B . Miller relates the DEPARTMENTS parable of the Good Samari- tan to s ituations he faced that others may also face 10 Profile 1 9 Record (page 12). Pray with us that this coming year be one of 1 1 Letters 22 Reviews reconciliation and hope, gh 1 2 Fiscal health 23 Resources Next issue: Mennonite World 1 3 News 24 Editorial Conference Assembly in Calcutta Cover: Photo by CLEO Photography The Mennonite is a member of Associated Church Editor: Gordon Houser General Press, Evangelical Press Association and Meetinghouse Conference (a Mennonite and Brethren in Christ editors' group) and an associate member of Canadian Church Press. Assistant editor: Larry Penner Mennonite Church The Mennonite (ISSN 0025-9330) is published semimonthly by the General Conference Mennonite Church, 722 Main St., Editorial assistant: Melanie Mueller P.O. Box 347, Newton, KS 671 14. Subscription rates: $28 U.S., $34 Canadian. Group rates available. Advertising rates Art director: John Hiebert available on request. Second-class postage paid at Newton, Kan., and additional mailing offices. Printed in U.S.A. POSTMASTER: Send Form 3579 to The Mennonite, P.O. Box 347, Newton, KS 67114. ©1996 Editorial offices: 722 Mam St., P.O. Box 347, Newton, KS 67114-0347, (316) 283-5100, fax: (316) 283-0454, e-mail [email protected] 2 • JANUARY 9, 1996