Now youth pastor at Central Community Church in Chilliwack, Kornelsen thought it would be fun as a teen to wear a shirt that read, “Menno Simons is my homeboy.” As the annual Fraser Valley Mennonite Central Committee relief sale approached in 2011, the Bible college graduate . . .
In October 2013, SangMin Lee, a young South Korean Mennonite, called the police to announce that he was a conscientious objector and would not fulfill his mandatory military service. Following his trial six months later, Lee was taken from the courtroom directly to prison and subsequently became the first Mennonite conscientious objector in South Korea.
Co-directors Hyun Hur and Sue Park-Hur, who launched the center in January 2013, believe the tools of peace and conflict transformation are gifts the Mennonite church can offer. he Hurs attend Mountain View Mennonite Church in . . .
“Who are the true Muslims, the peaceful ones or the violent ones?”