Mennonite World Conference’s 2028 global assembly will be in Tanzania. The Executive Committee announced March 19 it had accepted an invitation from the member churches of that country.
Mennonite World Conference’s 2028 global assembly will be in Tanzania. The Executive Committee announced March 19 it had accepted an invitation from the member churches of that country.
An Old Order Amish mother in Ohio accused of fatally throwing her 4-year-old son into a lake as an offering to God was found not guilty by reason of insanity March 3.
“There simply isn’t enough capacity even for the local community. It’s much harder with a population that has been abandoned in places that are extremely difficult,” said Karen Perez, the country director for Jesuit Refugee Service in Mexico.
Mennonite Disaster Service U.S. executive director Kevin King will retire by the end of the year. Ross Penner, the first person to serve as Mennonite Disaster Service Canada executive director, is retiring in March.
The World Council of Churches, Middle East Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed Churches, World Methodist Council, Mennonite World Conference, Christian Conference of Asia and ACT Alliance join in expressing their deep concern regarding the humanitarian and social impacts of the widening conflict in the Middle East, and the threat it poses to the peace and security of the region and the world.
Though often linked to Black diasporas and Indigenous culture, honoring ancestors is deeply rooted in American culture.
