I met this morning with Canadian Mennonite missionaries Andrew and Karen Suderman. Among other things, they are establishing an Anabaptist network in Southern Africa. I asked them what theological differences they have found between Canada and South Africa. Among other things, they said that spiritual warfare is big in our local Churches, yet typically doesn't feature in Canada.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Mennonite Missionaries
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That's a statement that needs to be unpacked. What do they mean by "spiritual warfare"? And does that mean that Canadians have lost be battle or run away from the fight?
I was so intrigued by this question that I was inspired to write a whole blog post on it: On spiritual warfare | Khanya
Andrew & Karen visited us last month. To my chagrin, he pointed out his father's book, 'Calloused Hands', on my shelf!
While in Mthatha from 2003-05, I remember a Canadian Mennonite couple there who worked with the AICs. I'd be surprised if they were not up-to-speed on spiritual warfare.
I received a lively response to this post -- confirming, I think, that spiritual warfare is big down here. A note: this post does not mean to reflect the Sudermans' own views on spiritual warfare, which I do not know.
I think the Canadian couple would have been Lynell Bergen and Brian Dyck, whom I met at a Mennonite-AIC conference in Botswana in 2000, and we visited the site Livingstone's mission station together. The book I co-authored with two Zimbabwean authoers, African initiatives in healing ministry, just published by Unisa Press, also deals with some aspects of spiritual warfare. But I'd love to hear more from Andrew on the topic.
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