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AW8.1 Full Apr30.Pdf A Global Anabaptist and Mennonite Dialogue on Key Issues Facing the Church in Mission VOLUME 8 / ISSUE 1 / APRIL 2021 A Global Anabaptist and Mennonite Dialogue on Key Issues Facing the Church in Mission Editor Jamie Pitts, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary Editorial Staff BOOK REVIEW EDITORS Steve Heinrichs & Isaac S. Villegas MARKETING COORDINATORS Carmen Andres Matthew J. Krabill COPYEDITOR Heidi King STUDENT ASSISTANT Marcos Acosta WEB EDITOR Laura Carr-Pries PRINT DESIGNER Matt Veith Creative Editorial Committee Sarah Augustine, Suriname Indigenous Health Fund and Dispute Resolution Center of Yakima and Kittitas Counties Jessica Stoltzfus Buller, Peace Education Coordinator, Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Steve Heinrichs, Mennonite Church Canada Indigenous-Settler Relations Matthew J. Krabill, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, USA Laura Carr-Pries, Mennonite Voluntary Service, Canada Patricia Urueña, Iglesia Menonita de Ibagué, Colombia Isaac S. Villegas, Pastor of Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship, North Carolina, USA About Anabaptist Witness is published twice a year (April and October) and is indexed in the ATLA Religion Database® (ATLA RDB®), http://www.atla.com. It is a publication of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Mennonite Church Canada, and Mennonite Mission Network. The views expressed in Anabaptist Witness are those of the contributing writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the partnering organizations. Subscriptions, Additional Copies, and Change of Address The annual subscription rate is $20 (US) plus shipping. Subscribers will receive an invoice to send with remittance to Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Single or additional copies of Anabaptist Witness are available for purchase through Amazon.com. Change of address or questions about purchasing the journal may be directed to the editor at the address below or by sending an email to [email protected]. Editorial Correspondence The editor makes a public call for submissions for each issue of the journal, soliciting contributions that facilitate meaningful exchange among peoples from around the world, across professions, and from a variety of genres (sermons, photo-essays, interviews, biographies, poems, academic papers, etc.). All submissions to Anabaptist Witness undergo a double-blind peer review process. For full details of the current call for submissions, visit www.anabaptistwitness.org. Questions or comments about the journal’s print or online content may be directed to the editor: Jamie Pitts [email protected] Copyright Unless otherwise noted, all content in Anabaptist Witness is licensed by contributors under the CreativeCommons copyright license Attributions-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (cbd, CC BY-ND 4.0). Under this license, readers may distribute journal content in any medium or format for any purpose, so long as the content is not adapted and so long as attribution is given to the contributor. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/. ISSN 2374-2534 (print) ISSN 2374-2542 (online) Cover art: Matt Veith Anabaptist Witness Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary 3003 Benham Avenue www.anabaptistwitness.org Elkhart, IN 46517 USA Anabaptist Witness A global Anabaptist and Mennonite dialogue on key issues facing the church in mission VOLUME 8 / ISSUE 1 / APRIL 2021 Worship and Witness Editorial 7 Katie Graber and Anneli Loepp Thiessen ARTICLES Worship and Mission in Anabaptist Perspective and Practice 11 Janie Blough and James R. Krabill Mission as Reconciliation Embodied in Worship: 33 One Congregation’s Journey toward Reconciliation Tim Schmucker “Do This in Remembrance of Me” A Brethren Understanding of 53 the Lord’s Supper as an Alternative Political Witness Jason Barnhart El lenguaje del Espíritu: Liturgia y deseo 75 Jonathan Misael Minchala Flores 87 Congregational Prayer as Witness Carol Penner 91 On Words and Witness Joanna Harader On Ancestors and Elections 97 Joel Miller Protest as Worship 99 Amy Yoder McGloughlin Worship and the Kingdom of God 1 0 5 Robert Thiessen with Anne Thiessen (Yard) Signs of Our Worship: Exploring Faith, Meaning, and 1 1 3 Messaging in 2020 Debbi DiGennaro Entrevista a Almendra Fantilli: Directora del documental El Culto 1 2 9 Marcos Acosta REVIEWS Cláudio Carvalhaes, What’s Worship Got to Do with It? Interpreting 1 3 9 Life Liturgically Reviewed by Josh Wallace R. Daniel Shaw and William R. Burrows, eds., Traditional Ritual as 1 4 2 Christian Worship: Dangerous Syncretism or Necessary Hybridity? Reviewed by Titus Funk Guenther Jeffrey S. Denis, Canada at a Crossroads: Boundaries, Bridges, and 1 4 5 Laissez-Faire Racism in Indigenous-Settler Relations Reviewed by Julianne Doner and Brian Fraser Seth Klein, A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate 1 4 8 Emergency Reviewed by Anthony G. Siegrist Nicholas Shrubsole, What Has No Place, Remains: The Challenges 1 5 2 for Indigenous Religious Freedom in Canada Today Reviewed by Justin Sun Editorial his issue of Anabaptist Witness explores many understandings of worship Tand expressions of witness. To witness is to observe a statement or action or to profess one’s religious beliefs. We can witness God’s work in the world or humans’ good and harmful deeds. We can proclaim our beliefs, in words and actions, to one another within and beyond our faith communities. Voices Together: Worship Leader Edition1 explores three uses of the word “wor- ship,” each of which can relate to witness in many ways: 1. “Worship describes a way of relating to God, which includes expressions of praise and adoration, and also worshipping God through lives of loving ser- vice to others”(viii). For example: • A young adults’ group embarks on a reading week trip to Florida to partic- ipate in a Mennonite Disaster Service project. • A community adds an LGBTQ+ symbol to their church sign, making it clear that their worship welcomes everyone. • Individuals take meals to neighbors or other community members in times of difficulty. 2. Worship is “the gathering of a faith community—a worship service—and ev- erything that is part of that gathering, including singing, preaching, praying, reading Scripture, engaging with visual art, celebrating communion, and more” (viii). For example: • A local congregation chooses music for worship that newcomers from their community can easily learn by ear. • A church choir holds their choir practice in a local park, inviting bypassers to join in familiar songs. • A live Christmas pageant draws thousands of local visitors who hear the story of Jesus’s birth. 1 Sarah Kathleen Johnson, ed., Voices Together: Worship Leader Edition (Harrison- burg, VA: MennoMedia, 2020). Anabaptist Witness 8.1 (April 2021) 7 8 | Anabaptist Witness 3. Worship refers to “a specific part of a contemporary worship service that is focused on praising God through singing, perhaps accompanied by prayer or movement” (viii). For example: • A pastor ends their sermon with a call to commit or recommit one’s life to Jesus, inviting congregants to enter a new stage in their relationship with God. • The local Chinese-speaking congregation and a predominantly white English-speaking congregation gather together for worship, where both communities teach each other new contemporary worship songs that express praise to God. This issue of Anabaptist Witness contains insights on each of these three fac- ets of worship and the multitude of ways that they overlap with witness. The essays can largely be divided into two sections: those that closely relate to con- gregational life and those that go beyond a more traditional understanding of worship. The first essay, by Janie Blough and James Krabill, provides a foundation by introducing a history of global Anabaptist worship as it relates to witness. After examining worship practices and ideas about mission since sixteenth-century Anabaptism, the authors interrogate the lasting effects of mission on Menno- nite worship around the world today. Tim Schmucker’s article on worship as reconciliation is an examination of Toronto United Mennonite Church’s process of becoming LGBTQ+ affirm- ing—a journey that produced both harm and reconciliation. Schmucker an- alyzes the writings of ecumenical and Mennonite missiologists to understand how they position reconciliation within the mission of the church. He con- cludes that the congregation’s journey toward LGBTQ+ acceptance, and the subsequent reconciliation that occurred during worship, has been foundational to their church’s mission. Jason Barnhart’s piece on the Lord’s Supper considers the political impacts of communion in Brethren circles, drawing on understandings of the Lord’s supper as a common meal that enacts a radical counterculture. He argues that when communion celebrates the gathered community as the body of Christ, national identities and other differences are set aside and the city of God is per- formed. In the next article, Jonathan Minchala argues that the Spirit shapes Chris- tian language and desire through the liturgy. This desire orients us to the beau- ty of God and a peaceable openness to creaturely diversity. At the same time, Minchala cautions that worshipers need rituals, speech, and music that both celebrates one’s culture and history and calls forth justice. 9 |  Several prayers included in this edition are available as practical resources to draw together worship and witness. The two prayers offered by Carol Penner help us consider how congregational listening and thanksgiving are forms
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