Trainings are ‘war games’ for nonviolent direct action
Shame steals determination and willpower. And we don’t overcome shame with willpower. Shame is overcome by grace. Shame can’t be beaten; it must be released.
As a yearlong drought dried up crops across southern Africa, Mennonite Central Committee partners distributed food to more than 3,500 families in Zimbabwe and Zambia in 2024 and 2025.
The 44-year-old priest has kept St. Mathew, of the Anglican Church of Sudan, open to all Christians, after increased fighting has forced other pastors and priests to flee.
Two organizations with Mennonite roots in Fresno, Calif., that assist adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities have merged.
For a year and a half, Abundance Canada — formerly known as Mennonite Foundation of Canada — has been dealing with the aftermath of financial misconduct by Rick Braun-Janzen, a senior staff member.
The agency’s apparent turn to Scripture comes as it seeks to recruit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees, whose agents are pivotal in the Trump administration’s forceful immigration crackdown.
James C. Dobson, a psychologist who advocated a “family values” brand of conservative Christian morality on his popular radio shows and in his bestselling books, died Thursday (Aug. 21). He was 89.
Mennonite World Conference has announced the theme and dates for its 2028 global assembly in Ethiopia: “Christ Unites Us,” Jan. 11-15.
In many places, the next chapter is being written by people who, as my friend Hal liked to say, entered Anabaptism the old-fashioned way: by choice as adults – those bearing it as a conviction and who didn’t inherit the tradition.
To celebrate Everence’s 80th anniversary, employees surpassed their goal of doing 80 acts of service, reaching the milestone months ahead of schedule in July.
