Islamic dancers participate in Mennonite worship service in Indonesia
Mennonite Voluntary Service is closing its Washington, D.C., unit, ending Mennonite Mission Network’s volunteer presence in the nation’s capital. The unit house will be put up for sale in August.
A colorful display of Javanese music, dance and shadow puppetry kicked off the Mennonite World Conference assembly July 5 in Salatiga, Indonesia.
Mennonite Central Committee is selling the home of its Winnipeg, Man., offices in exchange for spaces that better suit its needs.
Saying its humanitarian work before and during the Second World War did not always reflect its core values, Mennonite Central Committee has issued a statement saying it “grieves and repents of the harm caused by MCC’s actions and inactions during this period” when the organization became entangled with National Socialism (Nazism).
Mennonite World Conference’s General Council is considering a proposal to change the global body’s name during July 1-4 meetings preceding the MWC assembly in Indonesia. The Executive Committee suggests shifting to “Anabaptist Mennonite World Communion.”
Devon Toews, a starting defenseman for the 2022 Stanley Cup-winning Colorado Avalanche, grew up in a Mennonite Brethren congregation in Abbotsford, B.C., and attended Mennonite Educational Institute in the same community for his elementary and secondary education.
One of the focus areas of Meserete Kristos Church’s Prison Ministry addresses the basic needs of these children — some of the nation’s most vulnerable.
The frontrunner to be the Republican nominee in this fall’s Kansas governor election has selected a woman who attends a Mennonite Brethren church to be his running mate.
Mennonite World Conference is encouraging remote viewers of its July 5-10 assembly in Indonesia to organize watch parties.
