Scholars address Nazi influence on Mennonites

Photo: Ben Goossen shows a photo, “Heinrich Himmler in Molotschna, 1942,” during his workshop, “From Aryanism to Multiculturalism: Mennonite Ethnicity and German Nationalism, 1871 to

Tim Huber, of Mennonite World Review, for Meetinghouse

July 25, 2015

700 youth attend MWC

Photo: Gonzalo Barihone, Clara Flores, Kailey Schroeder and Joel Heppner all knew each other as youngsters in Bolivia. Photo by Doreen Martens. Megan Breidigan may

Doreen Martens for Meetinghouse

July 25, 2015

How to celebrate 500 years

Mennonite World Conference held its first assembly in 1925, which was the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the Anabaptist movement. With the 500th anniversary

Gordon Houser, editor of The Mennonite, for Meetinghouse

July 25, 2015

Assembly called to wrestle with community, autonomy

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Each person is never alone. They must live in community. Yet each also craves independence and autonomy.

Citing Jacob wrestling with God in Genesis 32, Wieteke van der Molen told Mennonite World Conference assembly attendees July 24 that since the interests of the group will always collide with those of the individual, each person must wrestle with friction and frustration.

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July 25, 2015