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Goshen congregation leaves MC USA

At least 10 congregations have left Mennonite Church USA this year, many as a result of disagreements over LGBT inclusion. Clinton Brick Mennonite Church, in Goshen,

Mennonite World Review staff

October 27, 2014

‘Brother, you are forgiven’

LA CEIBA, Honduras — After decades of misunderstanding and little collaboration, the two largest Anabaptist groups in Honduras have publicly reconciled. In August 2013, leaders

Chris Fretz | Eastern Mennonite Missions

October 20, 2014

Ongoing support needed in Gaza

Photo: During a recent visit to Gaza, Joanna Hiebert Bergen, MCC Palestine representative, surveys the destruction of a home in Beit Hanoun, north Gaza, caused

Mennonite World Review staff

October 16, 2014

Fresno Pacific’s gain leads fall enrollment totals

Fresno (Calif.) Pacific University set an enrollment record this fall by adding more than 250 students. Four other U.S. Mennonite colleges, universities and seminaries

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

Nigerian Brethren suffering

More than 3,000 members of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria have been killed by terrorist forces. The church — known as Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa

Church of the Brethren

October 13, 2014

Black women lead regional retreat for national crowd

CASSOPOLIS, Mich. — Cyneatha Millsaps, pastor at Community Mennonite Church, Markham, Ill., has been around the Mennonite blocks of community life. She persists in participating in Mennonite life, though it sometimes is not sensitive to differences, especially racial and ethnic issues.

Ruth Lapp Guengerich | Mennonite Women USA

October 13, 2014

Ethiopians can’t be contained

The Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia is the largest Mennonite denomination in the world with almost a half-million active participants. Yet it is struggling to raise the money to complete an office building and church headquarters in the capital, Addis Ababa.

Mamo Dula of Lancaster, Pa., who grew up in Ethiopia and recently visited, says MKC congregations are “vibrant and energetic, embracing an amazing range of ethnic groups.”

Mark R. Wenger | Friends of Meserete Kristos College

October 13, 2014

FEBC delegates approve anti-evolution statement

LANGHAM, Sask. — The Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches has amended its doctrinal statement to say the first 11 chapters of Genesis are literal history.

Mennonite World Review staff

October 13, 2014

EMM returns 10 from Africa

Five Eastern Mennonite Missions workers and their families returned to the United States Sept. 4 as a safety precaution after the first confirmed case of

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

Fragile privileges in Bolivia

A potential presidential decree that would strip privileges promised to Mennonites in Bolivia has Low German Old Colony members concerned about their future.

The decreto supremo — which has been written but not numbered or signed — could also take away land purchased in the last 15 to 20 years.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

Philadelphia churches offer sanctuary for immigrants

Two Mennonite churches in Philadelphia have joined a sanctuary movement aiming to support people fearing deportation from the United States. The congregations are members of

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

Where are marriage ceremonies in the Bible?

I have often been puzzled by something missing from the Bible: marriage ceremonies. Although lots of people are married in the Bible, there are no

Ryan Ahlgrim

October 11, 2014