Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, adopted jointly by the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church and published by Herald Press in 1995, is the denomination's own confessional statement of belief, produced through the churches' own deliberative process ahead of their 2002 organisational merger. As the denomination's own doctrinal statement, it is fully authoritative for what these Mennonite bodies formally confess, which is the fact this atlas cites it for. It states current formal doctrine rather than describing the range of belief and practice among individual Mennonite congregations and members, which can vary and needs separate sourcing.
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Tier 1: the Mennonite Church and General Conference Mennonite Church's own joint confessional statement, published by Herald Press in 1995 and read at its current web posting on mennoniteusa.org. Article 21, "Christian Stewardship," states plainly: "As stewards of money and possessions, we are to live simply, practice mutual aid within the church, uphold economic justice, and give generously and cheerfully," naming mutual aid and cheerful, ungraded giving rather than a fixed tithe percentage as the confessional standard. Bibliographic fields (url, publication year, source type, reliability tier) completed for this citation; the source itself and its citations elsewhere in the atlas are unchanged. NotesThe Mennonite Church and General Conference Mennonite Church's own confession of faith; the denomination's own doctrinal statement, not independent theological analysis.
Citation
AuthorMennonite Church and General Conference Mennonite Church
PublisherHerald Press
Publication Year1995
URLhttp://mennoniteusa.org/confession-of-faith/christian-stewardship/
Source TypeConfessional statement
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