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Showalter: World Neighbors

Kathleen Kern, Ryan Rodrick Beiler and Richard Showalter

What doesn’t change

Change is in the air. Telephones I started using yesterday are antiques. Email is ancient. The Berlin Wall, which I visited as a 19-year-old, was

Richard Showalter

November 23, 2015

Phone a friend

A few days ago I received a phone call from a friend in Africa. I’m accustomed enough to international calls that I did not immediately

R. Showalter

October 12, 2015

Not quickest, but best

For members of the Mennonite World Conference commissions, the Harrisburg, Pa., assembly began with a local tour — Grantham, Salunga, Ephrata, Akron, and dinner at

R. Showalter

August 31, 2015

The biggest issue

“What’s the biggest issue your church is facing these days?” It’s a question that gets asked and answered in dozens of ways as Christians cross

R. Showalter

July 20, 2015

No corner on peace

I used to think Mennonites and a few other Western historic peace churches such as Brethren and Friends had a corner on peace. Other Christians

R. Showalter

June 8, 2015

Turning to Jesus, everything changes

George Nyaundi grew up as a traditional African in Enemesi, Kenya. He and his family knew nothing of Jesus. His tribal background was Kisii, though

R. Showalter

April 27, 2015

Nigerians’ suffering

In Middle Eastern churches and the Christian communities of northern Nigeria, our brothers and sisters are suffering. To most of us in other parts of

R. Showalter

March 16, 2015

Unwarranted certainty

Every so often we meet someone who tells the truth so plainly and persistently that our worldview rocks, then adjusts. Thomas King is like that.

R. Showalter

February 2, 2015

Let’s ask for help

Debates in the Western church about same-sex marriage and gender identity may appear irrelevant to some parts of the global church. Yes, our issues are

R. Showalter

December 22, 2014

Two radical proposals

Next year’s assembly in Harrisburg, Pa., will mark an important 40th anniversary for Mennonite World Conference. It was four decades ago in July 1975 that

R. Showalter

November 10, 2014

Zealous African bishop

Henry Mulandi of Kenya was a plenary speaker at the inaugural sessions of the Global Mission Fellowship at the 2003 Mennonite World Conference in Zimbabwe.

R. Showalter

September 29, 2014

Affirming all we send

Mennonite conferences of North America are quite discriminating about which mission organizations represent them in their public gatherings. Almost all of us “own” Mennonite Central

R. Showalter

August 18, 2014

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