Better Together, Part 2
In the second part of Better Together, asking why it’s important to talk about community, hosts Jesse Penner and Andrew Dyck focus more tightly on anabaptist communities specifically. Community is universal to the church—things that the church the world over is grappling with. However, it has been particularly important to anabaptists historically.
How did anabaptists define and practice community? How does living out what we believe, benefit our wider community? What are the pitfalls of the anabaptist way of doing community? And in what way does a healthy expression of an anabaptist community bring people to Jesus in our current culture?
Those are some of the questions our guests Layton Friesen, Steve Bell, Meghan Larissa Good and Stuart Murray address and Andrew and Jesse follow by asking just how we do get out of our armchairs and live out what we’ve learned.
Guests
Steve Bell
Steve Bell is award winning singer, songwriter, and storyteller from Winnipeg Manitoba, who has been performing for over 30 years. In 2022 he was inducted into the Order of Canada. He is also an author and has released 7 book series on the spirituality of the Christian Calendar year called Pilgrim Year.
Dr. Layton Friesen
Dr. Layton Friesen is the Academic Dean of Steinbach Bible College as well as the former conference pastor of the Evangelical Mennonite Conference in Canada, his most recent book is called Secular Nonviolence and the Theo-Drama of Peace.
Dr. Meghan Larissa Good
Dr. Meghan Larissa Good is lead pastor at Trinity Mennonite Church and the theology chair of the Jesus Collective. She is also the author of several books including Divine Gravity: Sparking a Movement to Recover a Better Christian Story.
Dr. Stuart Murray
Dr. Stuart Murray is cofounder of Urban Expression and the Anabaptist Mennonite Network as well as director for the Centre for Anabaptist Studies in Bristol. He is the author of about 20 books including The Naked Anabaptist and a new book coming out now called The New Anabaptists: Practices for Emerging Communities.
Resources from this Episode
Secular Nonviolence and the Theodrama of Peace, by Layton Friesen
Divine Gravity: Sparking a Movement to Recover a Better Christian Story, by Meghan Larissa Good
The Naked Anabaptist, by Stuart Murray
The New Anabaptists: Practices for Emerging Communities, by Stuart Murray
Pilgrim Year, by Steve Bell
The Armchair Anabaptist is a Theodidaktos podcast and Theodidaktos is a publication of the Evangelical Mennonite Conference.
Executive Producer: Erica Fehr
Producer: Jesse Penner
Hosts: Andrew Dyck and Jesse Penner
Administrative Assistant: Ruth Block
Social Media: Betty Ramones
Audio Engineer: Jesse Penner
Theme Song: “Making Us One”, by Shades
Closing Song: “Strange”, by Brandon Post
