Podcast
The Schism Between Us
Hosted by Canadian Mennonite · EN
What's going on between the Mennonites and the Mennonite Brethren in Canada? How did we get here? What happened in 1860 to cause this divide? Can we ever work together again? This podcast series follows host Marnie Klassen as she seeks answers to these questions and more, travelling across Canada to find out: can we bridge The Schism Between Us?
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The Schism Between Us: All In The Family
1w ago00:38:52Tap to summarizeAll In The Family explores some of the ways trauma shapes identity and us-and-them mentalities among Mennonites and Mennonite Brethren. This episode answers the question "where do we go from here?" with thoughtful and powerful narrative and expertise.
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The Schism Between Us: Yarrow: Conducting Heaven
1w ago00:26:11Tap to summarizeYarrow, BC appears to be a peaceful village, but since its beginnings as a Mennonite refugee settlement, the village has been the setting of religious tension, polarization, conflict, and ex-communications. Episode 6 of The Schism Between Us dives into this one community's history, as well as host Marnie Klassen's own family history in the area, to ask: what happened in Yarrow? and: is reconciliation possible?"
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The Schism Between Us: He Said, She Said - Part 2
3w ago00:42:11Tap to summarizePart 2 looks at the last 20 years across both denominations and the tumult caused by the theology around 2SLGBTQIA+ people and their inclusion and exclusion in the church. We stop to tell a few stories – one about women in leadership, one about a ministry investigation gone wrong, and one about the ending of a fruitful relationship.
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The Schism Between Us: He Said, She Said - Part 1
4w ago00:40:08Tap to summarizeThis fourth episode of The Schism Between Us podcast centres around one character, Ed Willms, and tells his story of wrestling with LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Mennonite Brethren church and his eventual dismissal from conference leadership.
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The Schism Between Us: "True Evangelical Faith"
Jul 1000:38:38Tap to summarizeThis episode of "The Schism Between Us" explores the tension between Anabaptist and evangelical theology within the Mennonite Brethren church and between the Mennonite and Mennonite Brethren denominations
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The Schism Between Us: How We Talk to Each Other
Jun 2900:31:07Tap to summarizeIn "How We Talk to Each Other" Marnie Klassen explores the early years of Jubilee Mennonite Church, denominational publications, how a person of colour experiences a predominantly white church, polarization and what humility looks like in practice.
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The Schism Between Us: You are here.
Jun 1200:26:22Tap to summarizeThis introductory episode follows host Marnie Klassen through her upbringing in the spaces between the Mennonite and Mennonite Brethren denominations. Marnie explores how this ecumenical context continues to shape her own understanding of the ongoing tensions between the groups, and she talks with people who shed light on the origins of the split.
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