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MCEC Welcomes Micah Peters Unrau as Church Engagement Associate

MCEC is pleased to announce that Micah Peters Unrau will join the team as church engagement associate in September 2025. In this new role, Micah will help our community of congregations grow in awareness of one another and participate more fully in the shared ministry of the wider church.

Join the MCEC Team. Now Hiring: Regional Minister

Mennonite Church Eastern Canada seeks a passionate Regional Minister to walk alongside and inspire pastors and congregational leaders in Quebec and Eastern Ontario. 

Do we still have to be missional?

- Anthony G. Siegrist

Several weeks ago I took the train to Ottawa. I like the train because it is more environmentally friendly than other options and it’s a good place to keep up with my work. On this particular trip one of the things I had on my agenda was reading through a folder containing summaries of several studies of MCEC. In one, from about a decade ago, a researcher summarized: “Still not a strong sense of being focused on being missional.” I wasn’t surprised. I have had many conversations where people have told me that this language was either too evangelical or too exhausting. For some the term “mission” also brings to mind times when Christians have colluded with empires to take over native lands and assimilate or eradicate indigenous populations.

IW Global Companion for August 2025 - South Korea

Learn more and pray for South Korea - the International Witness Global Companion for August.

Belonging in Unexpected Places: Reflections from NAIITS

- Marilyn Rudy-Froese, Leadership Minister

Over the last few months I've been thinking about belonging. What does it mean for a congregation or for a leader to belong in MCEC? I carried these questions with me into a recent NAIITS gathering.