Colorado church partners with artist to wear its values on a wall
In the artisans’ courtyard at the Royal Palace of Abomey, Benin, where the king of Abomey still holds court, I admired the work of local artists — bronze figurines of roaring lions, appliqued maps of Africa, a weaver’s shuttle dancing back and forth.
Mennonite Central Committee British Columbia and Mennonite Disaster Service Canada have entered a partnership to respond to floods that hit the West Coast province in November.
Twenty years ago last fall, Ruth Yoder Wenger was licensed by Lancaster Mennonite Conference to serve as lead pastor of North Bronx Mennonite Church in New York City. Wenger’s licensing was one of several that have defined the presence of women in ministerial roles in the conference, now known as LMC, over the last few decades.
