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Real estate project in Kenya to fund mission work

NAIROBI, Kenya — A real estate development, including dozens of condominiums, is coming to the property of Amani Gardens Inn, formerly the Mennonite Guest House,

Chris Fretz | Eastern Mennonite Missions

May 11, 2015

African-American pastors, leaders make connections

ELKHART, Ind. — About 30 African-American Mennonite pastors and lay leaders expressed optimism, hope and surprise during a gathering April 24-25 at Mennonite Mission Network

Wil LaVeist | Mennonite Mission Network

May 11, 2015

Active year sees Mennonite schools merge, close

The boards of two Pennsylvania Mennonite schools have approved a plan to integrate into one unified school system with a single superintendent and board.

Penn View Christian School, a K-8 school in Souderton, will merge with Christopher Dock Mennonite High School in Lansdale. Each school’s board voted to do so in mid-April.

Penn View has 565 students in nine . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

May 11, 2015

In a reversal of Babel, languages no barrier to building church in Congo

A global village came together in February to raise the rafters of a new building that will house Kanzala Mennonite Church in Tshikapa, Congo. Three

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen | Mennonite Mission Network

May 11, 2015

MB youth challenged to consider their identity

DENVER — Every four years, high school students from Mennonite Brethren churches across the country get together for the largest gathering of Mennonite Brethren in the United States.

This year, 780 students and youth . . .

Christian Leader

May 11, 2015

MWR wins seven awards from press association

TORONTO — Mennonite World Review won seven awards, its second most ever, at the annual convention of Associated Church Press on May 1. For the

Rachel Stella

May 8, 2015

Charges dropped in immigration detention protest

LUMPKIN, Ga. — A judge in Georgia on April 9 dropped charges against a group of immigrant-rights activists, including the leader of an Anabaptist community.

Steve Pavey | Mennonite Church USA

May 7, 2015

Radio broadcast celebrates Mennonites at Goshen

GOSHEN, Ind. — For those in the audience, the May 2 live performance of A Prairie Home Companion at Goshen College was a show they’ll never forget. But for the 27 students in the college’s Chamber Choir, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Brian Yoder Schlabach | Mennonite World Review

May 5, 2015

Board’s resolution ‘tests’ Membership Guidelines

Announcing a new resolution for delegates May 4, the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board says it is “testing the status” of the denomination’s Membership Guidelines.

The resolution asks delegates at the June 30-July 5 convention in Kansas City to reaffirm the Guidelines and the . . .

Mennonite Church USA | Mennonite World Review staff

May 4, 2015

Small Canadian conference puts ‘Christian’ first

The Chortitzer Mennonite Conference, with 10 congregations in western Canada, has chosen a simpler name. At their annual meeting in Steinbach, Man., on April 18,

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

May 4, 2015

EMU president announces retirement

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Eastern Mennonite University President Loren E. Swartzendruber announced April 30 that he plans to retire June 30, 2016.

The date will mark 13 years of leadership as the university’s eighth president and 33 years in Mennonite higher education, including 10 years as president of Hesston (Kan.) College.

Eastern Mennonite University | Mennonite Education Agency

May 4, 2015

MCC responds with food, shelter, supplies in Nepal

Mennonite Central Committee will begin its Nepal earthquake response by working with a local organization in the remote, eastern area of the country, providing food and other essential items to affected families.

Support for about 200 families in Okhaldhunga District will assist people whose homes are no longer safe for use and who have less than one week of food available. Priority will be given to female-led households, and households . . .

Julie Bell | Mennonite Central Committee

April 30, 2015