Comments on: Resurrection hope for new Mennonite Church USA executive director http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2009/04/12/resurrection-hope-for-new-mennonite-church-usa-executive-director/ let's activate something Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:05:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Never doubt that a small group of marginal wierdos chan change the world. » Young Anabaptist Radicals http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2009/04/12/resurrection-hope-for-new-mennonite-church-usa-executive-director/#comment-33913 Never doubt that a small group of marginal wierdos chan change the world. » Young Anabaptist Radicals Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:02:50 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/?p=631#comment-33913 [...] For more of my thoughts on the declining relevance of institutions, see Bureaucracy, Resurrection, and Mennonite Church USA [...] […] For more of my thoughts on the declining relevance of institutions, see Bureaucracy, Resurrection, and Mennonite Church USA […]

]]> By: What do you know about Ervin Stutzman? » Young Anabaptist Radicals http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2009/04/12/resurrection-hope-for-new-mennonite-church-usa-executive-director/#comment-23742 What do you know about Ervin Stutzman? » Young Anabaptist Radicals Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:20:59 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/?p=631#comment-23742 [...] the next executive director of Mennonite Church USA. Given that we’ve had three posts (by ST, by me and by Steve K) and 15 comments here on YAR about the search process for this position, I thought [...] […] the next executive director of Mennonite Church USA. Given that we’ve had three posts (by ST, by me and by Steve K) and 15 comments here on YAR about the search process for this position, I thought […]

]]> By: Skylark http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2009/04/12/resurrection-hope-for-new-mennonite-church-usa-executive-director/#comment-20880 Skylark Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:03:02 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/?p=631#comment-20880 What does this mean for those who aren't part of the institutionalized parts of the church? How do we help nudge/push/prod/ram the bureaucracy into something less cumbersome? Maybe it's because the Canadian Mennonite Church is the overseer of the Stansberry Children's Home in Bolivia, but I had very little red tape when I went down there on my own dime. I know the people state-side who screen applicants, and they helped me get things in line for the political bureaucracies I'd encounter. But, it might have been much more complicated if I'd been going through SALT, as many of Stansberry's volunteers do. What does this mean for those who aren’t part of the institutionalized parts of the church? How do we help nudge/push/prod/ram the bureaucracy into something less cumbersome?

Maybe it’s because the Canadian Mennonite Church is the overseer of the Stansberry Children’s Home in Bolivia, but I had very little red tape when I went down there on my own dime. I know the people state-side who screen applicants, and they helped me get things in line for the political bureaucracies I’d encounter. But, it might have been much more complicated if I’d been going through SALT, as many of Stansberry’s volunteers do.

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