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Indentured servants embraced Mennonite faith

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — If not for great-great-grandparents who became indentured servants of Amish Mennonites in the early 19th century, Stan Bohn would probably not be a Mennonite today.

Bohn, a retired pastor, said he is one of a number of Mennonites who are discovering they have non-Mennonite branches in their family tree that were “grafted” into Anabaptism when indentured servitude was common in colonial America.

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite World Review

October 10, 2014

Gulf States to vote on MC USA membership

Gulf States Mennonite Conference (GSMC) delegates will vote on Nov. 1 whether or not to remain a member of Mennonite Church USA. Duane Maust (in

Anna Groff

October 10, 2014

Gulf States to vote on MC USA membership

Gulf States Mennonite Conference (GSMC) delegates will vote on Nov. 1 whether or not to remain a member of Mennonite Church USA. Duane Maust (in

Mennonite World Review staff

October 10, 2014

Editorial: The possibility of the impossible

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, … Now I know only in part.—1 Corinthians 13:12 We all see the world through lenses that

Gordon Houser

October 10, 2014

Leadership: Finding a new song

I am typically not one to take life lessons from country music radio. However, a popular song by Miranda Lambert has caught my attention. The

Rachel Swartzendruber Miller

October 10, 2014

Splendid view from an African homestead

They’d told me not to expect much. The old man, now well into his 90s, was failing, they said. But I thought it best to

anna

October 10, 2014

Get up!

In Mark 10:17-21 we are witnesses to a remarkable encounter. A man has met Jesus on the road and has an important question: “Good Teacher,

anna

October 10, 2014

From potatoes to doughnuts—a path out of poverty

JOS, Nigeria — Rhoda Markos, her husband and three children lived in a rural village near Jos, Nigeria, working as subsistence farmers – eating what

David Klassen

October 10, 2014

From potatoes to doughnuts—a path out of poverty

JOS, Nigeria — Rhoda Markos, her husband and three children lived in a rural village near Jos, Nigeria, working as subsistence farmers – eating what

Mennonite World Review staff

October 10, 2014

We still need to talk about Ferguson

I know, I know. The news cycle on this is over, and thoughts are elsewhere. But, Ferguson’s story happens in some form every day in

Amy Yoder McGloughlin

October 10, 2014
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