Mennonite Church Canada

Peacebuilder missing, feared murdered

An Indigenous tribal representative opposing corporate logging on ancestral land in the Philippines was murdered April 30, according to his fellow tribesmen.

Prior to his disappearance on that date, John Calaba advocated with PeaceBuild­ers Community Inc. for the cessation of logging on ancestral Dulangan Manobo lands.

PBCI is a Mennonite Church Canada supported ministry increasingly recognized as a bridge builder . . .

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June 22, 2015

The most important book

DEBRE ZEIT, Ethiopia — Three years ago, Fanosie Legesse made a challenge to Listowel (Ont.) Mennonite Church.

Would they help him make sure that the students of Mese­rete Kristos College in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, each had an English Bible of their own?

Legesse, a member of Bethel Mennonite Church in Elora, Ont., was born and raised in Ethiopia. He and his wife, Dianne, previously served in Ethiopia with Mennonite Church Canada.

May 18, 2015