Low German Colony Mennonites have purchased nearly 350 square miles of land in Suriname, with the goal of establishing a new settlement.
South Central Mennonite Conference delegates will consider a proposal to withdraw from Mennonite Church USA at the conference’s assembly July 21-23 at Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church in Harper, Kan.
Church of the Brethren membership in the United States and Puerto Rico is 87,181, representing a loss of more than 4,000 members over the previous year.
The remarkable life of Tabor College professor J.G. Ewert was highlighted a century after his death April 23 during the Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies’ annual dinner.
Eastern Mennonite Missions and the Lancaster, Pa.-based Anabaptist fellowship LMC are inviting contributions to respond to a humanitarian appeal from the Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia.
The World Council of Churches has appointed a Mennonite as one of its observer participants in the next stage of a peace process addressing armed conflict in Colombia.