Low German Colony Mennonites have purchased nearly 350 square miles of land in Suriname, with the goal of establishing a new settlement.
Low German Colony Mennonites have purchased nearly 350 square miles of land in Suriname, with the goal of establishing a new settlement.
The World Council of Churches has appointed a Mennonite as one of its observer participants in the next stage of a peace process addressing armed conflict in Colombia.
Representatives of Mennonite World Conference shared testimonies of hope at Renewal 2028 and Executive Committee gatherings in British Columbia, though Canadian visa restrictions prevented several representatives from attending in person.
A demonstration of humility through footwashing in an Ethiopian peacebuilding training inspired one man to persuade more than 600 rebel fighters to turn from their violent ways.
Pastor Tesfay Siyum, a founder of the Meserete Kristos Church in Eritrea and 1990 graduate of MK Seminary who served more than a decade in prison for his faith, was denied burial for two weeks in April because he did not belong to a state-recognized religion.
The University of Hamburg department of peace church theology has awarded the Menno Simons Sermon Prize to Joachim Leberecht, pastor of Evangelical Lydia Church in Herzogenrath, Germany.
About 130 Anabaptists from nine conferences in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela gathered to explore themes of reconciliation Feb. 18-21 in Quito, Ecuador.
A chance airport encounter allowed Simon Okoth to bring the cultural mixing of Mennonite World Conference to Mennonite congregations in Uganda.
Mennonite World Conference issued a call to prayer to its member churches around the world the day after a military bombardment killed members of Bible Missionary Church, an MWC member church.
Anabaptist members in Malawi and Mozambique were impacted significantly by Cyclone Freddy, an exceptionally long-lived tropical storm that battered Southeast Africa for more than five weeks in February and March with heavy rains and high winds.
