A family returns home, only to be forced out again. During a two-month cease-fire, MCC aid gets through.
Mennonite World Conference’s commemoration of Anabaptism’s 500th anniversary on May 29 in Zurich, Switzerland, will include a panel discussion and a story trail.
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 World Council of Churches has appointed Jenny Neme of Colombia to be its deputy special envoy to the peace dialogue between Colombia’s government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel group.
To help Ukrainians suffering from Russia’s military invasion, Swiss and French Mennonites sent 400 handmade comforters and about 2,000 kits of hygiene supplies to Ukraine last fall.
The Swiss Mennonite Conference commemorated the beginning of the Anabaptist movement in Zurich on the 500th anniversary of the first adult baptisms with a celebration that recalled the movement’s origins and reflected on current challenges.
The German Mennonite Peace Committee is honoring an Israeli-Palestinian renewable energy humanitarian organization with the 2025 Michael Sattler Peace Prize.
Young adults will have a bigger role in Mennonite World Conference gatherings taking place this summer in Europe.
