Faith Builders Resources

Faith Builders Resources

Articles By Faith Builders Staff and Friends

Read articles written by FB staff, instructors, and others from the Anabaptist community.

Separation And Nonconformity

Separation and nonconformity draw their strength from their Biblical basis and consistency to the life of Christ.

Mennonite Education: What Could Be

What possibilities await conservative Anabaptism? What challenges should be anticipated? This booklet explores five dimensions of the conservative Anabaptism community, calling attention to challenges and opportunities within each dimension.

A Christian response to Gender dysphoria

This essay is an adaptation of John’s presentation at the Administrators Conference in 2017. It is a call to God’s people to respectfully but clearly be faithful to God’s design for human sexuality.

A servant education

What would it mean if every component of our schools prepared young people for a life of wholehearted love and service to God? This essay is a combined effort of numerous Anabaptist educators. In it, our contributors wrestle with the intensity of the call of Christ before offering several priorities and methods consistent with that call.

A VISION FOR MISSIONS

What possibilities await conservative Anabaptism? What challenges should be anticipated? This booklet explores five dimensions of the conservative Anabaptism community, calling attention to challenges and opportunities within each dimension.

A VISION FOR BUSINESS

What possibilities await conservative Anabaptism? What challenges should be anticipated? This booklet explores five dimensions of the conservative Anabaptism community, calling attention to challenges and opportunities within each dimension.

Newsletters From Faith Builders

Quarterly newsletters are a way to keep you informed about what is going on at FB. Read the newsletter articles here or sign up to be added to our mailing list.

Hearts Tuned To Respond: Five Activities Of Biblical Interpretation

Reading and interpreting Scripture has always been a central activity of a Christian community. Especially in times of reform and renewal, like the Reformation, the question has been: “What is the text saying? What is God, through the text, meaning to accomplish among us?”At the same time, every age of Christian history has held challenges […]

Dirk Philips: What Makes a Church?

About a year and a half ago, I had a conversation with a friend who had left a plain Anabaptist community to join the Roman Catholic Church. Unlike Anabaptist-Catholic discourse in the sixteenth century, our discussion was cordial and respectful. At one point, he challenged me, “Anabaptism is only five hundred years old. Where was […]

Five Fruits of Repentance

The five fruits represent what is needful in repentance when we sin and the shape of the life that follows from it— penitent, humble living in true surrender and joyful dependence on Jesus Christ

Cultivating Faithful Presence

How should Jesus’ followers seek to make a difference in the world? Matthew offers five skills that help provide faithful presence, which brings enduring change. He explains how FB aims to nurture these skills in our staff and students.

you are needed

We’ve all heard the ways we can get involved in missions: pray, give, or go. However, Dennis calls us to a broader, more robust and personal approach to service in God’s Kingdom. You are needed!

Called to Serve: The Role of the Christian School Board

Kendall and his co-writers share a vision for the important work that school boards give to their communities.