Western culture is slowly emerging from the Christendom era when church and state jointly presided over a society in which almost all were assumed to be Christian. Whatever its positive contributions on values and institutions, Christendom seriously distorted the gospel, marginalised Jesus and has left the churches ill-equipped for mission in a post-Christendom culture. As we reflect on this, we are committed to learning from the experience and perspectives of movements such as Anabaptism that rejected standard Christendom assumptions and pursued alternative ways of thinking and behaving.
Andrew Suderman and his wife Karen have been serving as Mennonite Church Canada Witness Workers in South Africa, and has been serving as Director of the Anabaptist Network in South Africa and working on a PhD in Theology.
