John P. Braun is pastor of Charleswood Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he has served since 1994 and is retiring in the fall of 2019. John holds a BA (1977) from University of Waterloo, Ontario, and an MDiv (1982) from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Eklhart, Indiana. He has also studied at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Saskatoon and has spent sabbatical/study leaves at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem/Bethlehem. He has served recently on the ministerial leadership committee of Mennonite Church Manitoba and earlier on the Manitoba Conference executive committee. He enjoys woodcarving, gardening, and reciting Scripture as a way of practising the oral tradition of the Gospels.
