Both are equal in relation to God and are created for relationship with each other. Woman's relation to God is not derived from man, and man's relation to God is not derived from woman. The renewal of humanity in Jesus Christ restores both woman and man to the divine image. We are genuinely free only when we live in covenant with God and in conformity to God's will. We believe that God intends human work to be a way of caring for and ordering rather than exploiting the world which has been created.
Work is necessary to sustain and enhance human life.
According to God's design, we are to balance work and rest, for our own good and for the good of the rest of creation. Published by arrangement with the General Boards of the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Church . All rights reserved. The reader may download one copy for personal use only. The statement is not to be photocopied.