A Missional Church

......across the street and around the world......

Office - 10A 301 Pakwa Place, Saskatoon, SK. S7L 6A3
Phone - 249-4844 Fax - 249-4441

About
Mennonite Church Saskatchewan

Mennonites are part of a global Christian faith group
that began in the 16th century Reformation.

Initially called "Anabaptists" (or "Re-baptizers"), we were nicknamed "Mennonites" after one of our early leaders, Menno Simons.

This movement now numbers over a million worldwide, more from the southern hemisphere's Latin, African and Asian peoples than from its original Northern European base.

Originally the radicals of the reformation, contemporary main stream and more conservative Anabaptists choose very different routes in seeking to remain faithful to those original insights.

Though Mennonite beliefs and practices vary widely,
we share with our Anabaptist forebears
the practice of believers' baptism,
a strong emphasis on community and peacemaking,
and a continuing emphasis
on following Jesus in daily life.

Practical hands on Christianity
includes responding to global disasters
and to local needs.

Peacemaking involves
both opposing war
and pioneering more redemptive work
with convicted offenders.

With an early Anabaptist leader, we believe that
"No one can know Christ except he(she) follow him."

Area Church Congregations in Saskatchewan
trace their beginnings to immigrants
from Prussia and the Ukraine,
arriving in various waves since the 1890s.
Their German language has given way to English
and the languages of more recent immigrants.

Our congregations welcome people from many backgrounds who share our common faith.

By the 1930s
more formal organizations and institutions
began to emerge to link these congregations
in shared mission.

The first provincial conference convened in 1959.

In 2001,
the Conference of Mennonites in Saskatchewan
changed its name to
Mennonite Church Saskatchewan.

Covenant

Links to Mennonite Organizations
Mennonite Church Canada
Canadian Mennonite
Mennonite.net
The Third Way Cafe
more links...

Matthew 25:35-36
I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,
I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
I was naked and you gave me clothing,
I was sick and you took care of me,
I was in prison and you visited me.

Mennonites seek to show God's love to the rest of the world in tangible ways.

It is why the Mennonite Central Committee was started.

We are called to follow Jesus' radical teachings of love, in which the peacemakers are children of God (Matthew 5:9)

The Prince of Peace
is Jesus Christ.
We who were formerly
no people at all,
Who knew of no peace,
Are now called to be
a church of peace.
Their hearts overflow with peace.
Their mouths speak peace,
And they walk in the way of peace.
--Menno Simons, 1552