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“I think faith is what many people who are detained say sustains them. It’s what gives them a sense to continue to fight for their case and to support other people who may be struggling inside of the detention center.”
Mennonite Disaster Service Canada has appointed Reynold Friesen to be its next executive director. He will succeed Ross Penner, who has served as executive director since 2015 and will retire in March.
In the wake of his fatal shooting, Charlie Kirk leaves behind a vast network of politically active religious leaders that will likely continue to influence politics for years to come.
Nearly 700 people gathered Feb. 16 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Boliviana (Bolivian Mennonite Evangelical Church).
Africa must be an architect of its own ecological future, said the continent’s Catholic bishops as they took part in the Second Africa Climate Summit, which ended Sept. 10 in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Hesston College will inaugurate its 10th president, Mark Landes, during Homecoming activities Sept. 26-28.
Mexican festivities are scheduled to take place this weekend all over the country. Sadly, because of the current administration’s persecution of immigrants, many are afraid to go out and celebrate. Major cities like Chicago have already announced they will be scaling down their plans for the celebrations owing to security concerns for those attending. Yet Mexicans are not known to miss a party.
Mennonite Church USA has given its 2025 Bring the Peace award to Joe Roos and Ciela Acosta.
For the past two months, Hernandez and other residents have been waking up at 5 in the morning, three days a week, as part of Up and Running Again, a national program that helps residents of homeless shelters and rescue missions train for half-marathons.
Sixty-one Mennonites from the mid-Atlantic region were arrested Sept. 9 outside Virginia Sen. Mark Warner’s congressional office in Washington, D.C., for their peaceful refusal to stop singing.
