Titus is from Menno Colony, Paraguay. He has earned the following degrees: Profesor de Educación Primaria from the Escuela Normal de Profesores No. 1, Asunción, Paraguay; a B.Th. from Canadian Mennonite Bible College; a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Manitoba; and a M.A. and Ph.D. both in Theology from the University of St. Michael’s College, which is a part of the Toronto School of Theology.
Prior to coming to CMU, Titus was a primary school teacher in Paraguay; Chaplain and Honorary Lecturer in Theology at the National University of Lesotho, Africa; Provincial Youth Minister (together with his wife, Karen) for Mennonite Church of Eastern Canada; Professor of Church History and Area Coordinator for the seminary, Comunidad Teológica Evangélica de Chile; and Professor of Theology and Missions at Canadian Mennonite Bible College.
In his spare time Titus is book review editor for the journal Mission Focus: Annual Review and enjoys reading novels. Among his favourite authors are Isabel Allende, Gabriel García Márquez; Rudy Wiebe, Carol Shields, and Alexander McCall Smith. He also likes to go on walks, but should use the exercise machines more! He also enjoys doing carpentry.
One of Titus’ passions is working in a Spanish setting: He spent part of his recent sabbatical year teaching in the inter-Protestant Seminary of Chile, and working with the Latin Evangelical-Protestant (including Anabaptist-Mennonite) churches of Chile. He also enjoys connecting with churches through his CMU Portables.
His publications include his Ph. D. dissertation, Rahner and Metz: Transcendental Theology as Political Theology (University Press of America, 1994); “Las teologías del Tercer Mundo y la identidad Anabautista,” in Del Sur al Norte: Aportes teológicos desde la periferia (Buenos Aires: Ediciones Kairós, 2003) 51-96; “The Missional Church,” in Preservings, No. 25 (2005) 90; “Ältester Martin C. Friesen (1889-1968): A Man of Vision for the Mennogemeinde,” in Preservings, No. 27 (2007) 23-33, and other articles and book reviews. The publication of his German sermons, aired by the radio program of Frohe Botschaft, is forthcoming.
Titus and his wife, Karen, attend Charleswood Mennonite Church. They have two daughters, Angelika and Susanne, both married, and one grandchild.
Why should students consider studying Theology, Missiology and World Religions at CMU?
By studying these subjects, students will “be able to appreciate the faith-dimension of church and world history,” says Titus, adding they will also be able to “learn how to handle the ethical and meaning questions of life in the world today.” They will also “learn to read mission history critically, emulating the positive efforts and avoiding the mistakes of the past. The study of Third World Theology and World Religions will prepare students to carry on intelligent dialogue with Christians in the non-Western world, and with practitioners of other religions.”
Favourite quotes: “In God’s people the renewal of the world has begun” and “The people of God is called to be today what the whole world is called to be ultimately.” John Howard Yoder
