April 28, 2014 | Anabaptist World

Renewal Circles group plans first convention

The recently organized group Anabaptist Renewal Circles will look to fuel spiritual renewal across many Mennonite Church USA conferences with a national convention this summer.

Using the theme, “Proclaiming the Good News of Jesus,” the gathering will be July 10-12 . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

April 28, 2014

Mary at the foot of the cross

As we experience another Easter season, I’m thinking of Mary, the mother of Jesus. I know, she’s not the first biblical figure who comes to

Susie Guenther Loewen

April 28, 2014

MWR receives four ACP awards

Mennonite World Review won four awards at the annual convention of Associated Church Press on April 25 in Chicago. For the 12th year in a

Mennonite World Review staff

April 28, 2014

Opinion: Welcoming, not affirming

How should Mennonite churches respond to noncelibate gay or lesbian people? Pressure to accept them without reservation into the fellowship is strong. My decade and

Harold Jantz | For Mennonite World Review

April 28, 2014

Truth may divide

Turning the sin of homosexuality into just another harmless human practice will not alter it in God’s eyes. If we love those who have made

Rachel Stella

April 28, 2014

Beachy statement

The 98 percent approval for a Beachy Amish Mennonite faith statement is misleading (see "Beachy Amish Define Beliefs"). By voting time, many had left; attendance

Rachel Stella

April 28, 2014

Jesus’ temptations are our own

Jesus was famished when the devil came to him. He wasn’t just hungry. It’s not like he just worked through lunch for a day or

Patrick Nafziger

April 28, 2014

Dismantle the church?

God is dismantling the church as we know it, some Mennonite leaders believe. They envision a church torn down and rebuilt by God. They picture

Paul Schrag

April 28, 2014

MDS ends Texas fire response

BASTROP, Texas — Mennonite Disaster Service has ended its project in Bastrop County after three fall and winter seasons of work in the central Texas

Carl Dube, Barbara Weaver | Mennonite Disaster Service

April 28, 2014

Splintering forces

The March 31 articles by Stephen Kriss (“Recovering Catholicity”) and Ben Corey (“It’s Hard to Have Christian Friends”), could not be more poignant in light

Rachel Stella

April 28, 2014