‘We repent of the ways we have not stood alongside our Palestinian siblings in faithful witness in the midst of their grief, agony and sorrow.’
Five congregations in Mosaic Conference of Mennonite Church USA gathered March 17 in Lansdale, Pa., to share grief and hope and to pray for the people of Israel and Palestine as the humanitarian crisis in war-ravaged Gaza worsens.
Each time they moved, shelling and bombing made them move again. The brutal reality was that there was no safe place to go.
Mennonite Church Canada is launching an urgent relief appeal for the Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia. MKC leaders and adherents have lost their lives in the crossfire of a tribal conflict that began in the western region of Ethiopia in 2018.
For five months, the world’s focus on Gaza has been intense. But North American Anabaptists have been building relationships with people in Gaza through a twinning initiative for over four years.
Mennonite Church USA has awarded Mennonite Action an unrestricted $10,000 grant from its Church Peace Tax Fund.
Peaceful Options for Training and Careers has begun training volunteer counselors to help young adults find nonmilitary career, service and training opportunities.
“If you’ve never been there, why do you care?” Anna Johnson asked on our way from South Bend to Goshen, Ind., in a 12-passenger van to pick up the rest of our carpool heading to Washington, D.C., on a subzero January morning.
