SangMin Lee, a South Korean conscientious objector who was imprisoned for 18 months in 2014 and 2015 for his refusal to serve in the military, died Aug. 14 due to a bicycle accident. He was 35.
A Mennonite Brethren Bible camp in Saskatchewan made national news in August when a counselor admitted performing an exorcism on a young teen.
The University of Hamburg Department of Peace Church Theology has awarded the 2022 Menno Simons Sermon Prize to Peter Stucky, pastor of Teusaquillo Mennonite Church in Bogotá, Colombia, and professor at Seminario Bíblico Menonita de Colombia.
Arnoldo Wiens, a former pastor who hails from a Low German Mennonite colony in Paraguay, is running to be the nation’s president.
David Allen Stevens, 64, pastor of Hope Mennonite Church in Wichita, Kan., died Sept. 4 after a bicycle accident the previous day.
Displaced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 150 refugees have found temporary housing at Thrive Center, a previously vacant Quality Inn in Spokane, Wash.
Anabaptist Disabilities Network has created a study guide for the Mennonite Church USA Accessibility Resolution, which delegates approved in May.
New York Mennonite Conference moderator Connie Zehr has been appointed acting conference minister in addition to her current role, through November.