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Sky’s the limit for church building campaign

Barb Krehbiel Gehring proved the sky’s the limit when raising funds for building a new church. On Sept. 28, Gehring, co-pastor of Manhattan (Kan.) Mennonite

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

Youth eager to work

I was dismayed at Jennifer Murch’s disparaging descriptions of our youth ("Let’s Revolutionize Youth Mission Trips"). She has seen them complain, refuse hospitality, make fun

Rachel Stella

October 13, 2014

Look for the causes

The rise of the ISIS movement shocks and frightens and gives us a feeling of despair. These forces of savagery are unimaginable, and the worst

Rachel Stella

October 13, 2014

Black women lead regional retreat for national crowd

CASSOPOLIS, Mich. — Cyneatha Millsaps, pastor at Community Mennonite Church, Markham, Ill., has been around the Mennonite blocks of community life. She persists in participating in Mennonite life, though it sometimes is not sensitive to differences, especially racial and ethnic issues.

Ruth Lapp Guengerich | Mennonite Women USA

October 13, 2014

Light in the darkness

I am one of many youth and young adults who belong to a movement within the Church of the Brethren to better reflect the love

Rachel Stella

October 13, 2014

Ethiopians can’t be contained

The Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia is the largest Mennonite denomination in the world with almost a half-million active participants. Yet it is struggling to raise the money to complete an office building and church headquarters in the capital, Addis Ababa.

Mamo Dula of Lancaster, Pa., who grew up in Ethiopia and recently visited, says MKC congregations are “vibrant and energetic, embracing an amazing range of ethnic groups.”

Mark R. Wenger | Friends of Meserete Kristos College

October 13, 2014

Bible as authority, not idol

Of all the factors that led to the Protestant Reformation and the Radical Reformation, nothing was as revolutionary as the translation of the Bible into

Rich Preheim

October 13, 2014

FEBC delegates approve anti-evolution statement

LANGHAM, Sask. — The Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches has amended its doctrinal statement to say the first 11 chapters of Genesis are literal history.

Mennonite World Review staff

October 13, 2014

EMM returns 10 from Africa

Five Eastern Mennonite Missions workers and their families returned to the United States Sept. 4 as a safety precaution after the first confirmed case of

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

Background noise

When I work, I often play music in the background. Recently I noticed that I was gravitating toward playlists I’d made from film soundtracks. I

Carmen Andres

October 13, 2014