Humble pope’s legacy challenges all who ponder their churches’ future
Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist institution in Berrien Springs, Mich., hosted a conference in honor of Anabaptism’s 500th anniversary April 3-5 to “reflect on the past, engage with the present and envision the future of Anabaptist traditions, emphasizing their enduring impact on Christian faith, peacebuilding and communal living.”
Bridgefolk, the movement of Mennonites and Roman Catholics who work toward Christian unity, will focus on ecumenical dialogue in an age of polarization at its annual conference July 24-27 at First Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, Man.
Mennonite World Conference has convened an inter-Anabaptist task force in response to a humanitarian crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a major escalation of one of Africa’s longest conflicts.
A European ecumenical peace group is warning of an arms race in Europe as the United States redraws alliances.
The German Mennonite Peace Committee is honoring an Israeli-Palestinian renewable energy humanitarian organization with the 2025 Michael Sattler Peace Prize.
Mennonites in Virginia’s Rockingham County range from the Old Order buggy-driving community to Eastern Mennonite University’s liberal arts university community, and everything between.
