Mennonite World Conference churches celebrated Peace Sunday Sept. 17 with diverse activities around the world.
Nancy Heisey, president of Mennonite World Conference from 2003 to 2009, will speak about the emergence of inter-Mennonite organizations such as MWC and Mennonite Central Committee Nov. 11 in a public lecture at Shenandoah Mennonite Historians’ annual meeting hosted at Park View Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Va.
Charles Christano, president of Mennonite World Conference from 1978 to 1984 and one of the cornerstone Anabaptist pastors in Indonesia, died Sept. 22. He was 84.
Mennonite World Conference is adding new networks to its structure to support global education and health.
Mennonite World Conference leadership has selected a new tagline: “Following Jesus, living out unity, building peace.”