The Italian Mennonite Church celebrated its 75th anniversary July 19-21 with an international gathering at new and old churches in Palermo.
For more than 50 years, the Paris Mennonite Center has served as an Anabaptist witness to French communities and scholars from around the world. A couple from Kansas will take the lead in discovering its next chapter.
Why would Shia Muslims and Mennonite Christians strike up a friendship? Part of the answer might lie in their affinity as minorities within their faith traditions. Another possibility is the connection both communities draw between suffering and faith.