July 7, 2014 | Page 2 of 2 | Anabaptist World

MWC commissions hold rare face-to-face meetings

SCHOORL, Netherlands — Leaders and members of the four Mennonite World Conference commissions met March 19-24 for a time of face-to-face discussion, worship and strategic planning to advance MWC’s mission.

Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas | Mennonite World Conference

July 7, 2014

EMU SPI participant rushes back to Syria flock

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Four days after traveling from war-torn Syria to peaceful Harrisonburg, a Summer Peacebuilding Institute student had to return to his gutted church.

Bonnie Price Lofton | Eastern Mennonite University

July 7, 2014

Homeless ministries still going strong in Denver

At the end of June, half of Glennon Heights Mennonite Church in Lakewood, Colo., volunteered in some way to help five homeless families stay off the streets for a week.

They also unanimously passed a resolution calling for greater interracial and cross-cultural engagement.

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 7, 2014