Christ at the Checkpoint conference calls church leaders to account for one-sided support for Israel
Every day, when Mr. Khong awakens in Myanmar, he has two challenges: 1) avoid being captured, conscripted or killed by the military junta struggling to hold onto power; and 2) get food to people who have fled to remote mountainous areas to avoid the junta.
Five young peacemakers shared why they chose peace over military service April 22 at an Eastern Mennonite School event highlighting the relevance of conscientious objection today.
Students at Eastern Mennonite University and Bethel College called for a cease-fire in Gaza with their voices, bodies and two large bells in multiday demonstrations in March and early April.
More than 1,000 demonstrators across the United States and Canada highlighted the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as they called on elected officials to support a cease-fire during Holy Week events in late March.
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.
