Going Out and Coming In: Ministry with Latin-American Mennonite Churches and Beyond

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Helen Dueck Helen Baergen

Going Out and Coming In

Ministry with Latin-American Mennonite Churches and Beyond

Helen Dueck, Helen Baergen, Suzanne Dueck

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FriesenPress
29 November 2023

Autobiography: religious & spiritual; Memoirs; Christian life & practice; Personal Christian testimony & inspirational works

Balancing familial and professional responsibilities requires incredible determination. Now imagine doing this in a foreign country and with a young family. Author Helen Dueck doesn't have to imagine. This was her life after she and her husband answered the call to ministry. As their family grew so too did the hardships and joys of their ministerial life abroad.

Going Out and Coming In: Ministry with Latin American Mennonite Churches and Beyond is the memoir of Helen Dueck, a wife, mother, and professional minister. From her early years growing up in Saskatchewan, Canada, to attending teacher's college, Dueck shares the many steps that led to her husband and their ministerial work. From Brazil to Bolivia, Uruguay to Colombia and Mexico, they were invited to teach, first with immigrant churches and institutions before working with national churches in leadership preparation. Working as a team, Dueck and her late husband adapted their lifestyle to their work. They supported their colleagues in building strong churches and growing the Mennonite community. Even in retirement, the Duecks' commitment to their faith and community was unwavering.

With honesty and humour, Going Out and Coming In offers a rare look at Mennonite missions, communities, and churches across Latin America. Rarer still, this memoir is a portrayal of how one woman reaches harmony as a wife, mother, and working professional.

By: Helen Dueck
Illustrated by: Suzanne Dueck
Contributions by: Helen Baergen
Imprint: FriesenPress
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 191g
ISBN: 9781039171046
ISBN 10: 1039171044
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 29 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Helen Dueck worked in ministry and lived in Latin America for nearly fifty years. She is an active member of the Bethel Mennonite Church and an alumna of Goshen College and Princeton Seminary. As the only living foreign faculty member who taught at the Mennonite seminary in Montevideo, Dueck was inspired to share her stories. This seminary's students influenced the growth and expansion of the national and German immigrant churches. She hopes others will learn from their stories and the greater sister churches abroad. Going Out and Coming In: Ministry with Latin American Mennonite Churches and Beyond is Helen Dueck's first book. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.