Old Order Amish community nearly doubles in 20 years
On July 25, Evanston Mennonite Church in Illinois sent more than $20,000 given by North American Mennonites to Moms Against Poverty for an Iran aid project.
An Indiana woman was fatally shot and her husband critically injured Sept. 17 when two men robbed the couple while they were parked on the side of an Indianapolis highway in the middle of the night to change a tire and fix broken tail lights.
Some of the 35 youth who gave their lives to Christ during an August Bible camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo had been conscripted by forces of the Kamuina Nsapu rebellion in 2017. The anti-government revolt devastated the Nyanga area, killing people and plundering fields and homes.
COVID-19 has forced many people to embrace new forms of resilience, often spurring creativity. Two Lancaster, Pa., leaders serving the refugee and immigrant communities have been doing just that: Patience Buckwalter, executive director of the Grape Leaf Empowerment Center, and Krista Martin, Eastern Mennonite Missions Kingdom Team director.
It started in 2004 as a little Bible study looking at the political implications of Jesus’ teaching and the social dimensions of the gospel.
When Ricardo Munoz was fatally shot by a police officer Sept. 13 in Lancaster, Pa., it wasn’t just a call to action for how the community responds to mental health and racial concerns, it redefined the concept of holy ground for Laurel Street Mennonite Church.
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