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Year after girls’ abduction, Nigerians’ hearts still ache

The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria continues to mourn the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls — and members’ loss of life and property — a year after the kidnapping.

On April 14, 2014, the Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram took 276 girls from their secondary boarding school, built by Brethren mission workers in the 1940s . . .

Mennonite World Review staff

April 27, 2015

Exit the detour

In the early church, authority resided in the congregation. The believers at Antioch received the letter from the Jerusalem conference not as a rule but

Rachel Stella

April 27, 2015

‘Hybrid’ seeds

As spring warms the earth, wheat fields wake from their winter slumber. Rockets of gluten rise from the plains and turn to amber waves of

Tim Huber

April 27, 2015

Iris de León-Hartshorn: Real faith

As a junior high student, Iris de León-Hartshorn met with her school counselor to decide what classes to take in high school. A good student

anna

April 26, 2015

Family a campus presence through generations

HILLSBORO, Kan. — According to the registrar, Tabor College has graduated 106 students with the last name of Friesen. Of those, 25 come from one family.

The patriarch, Jacob Wall Friesen, was born Dec. 14, 1883, in Sagrodofka, South Russia. Sometime between 1883 and 1890, Jacob’s parents, Jacob (J.C.) . . .

Katrina Hancock | Tabor College

April 24, 2015

Memoir recalls a legacy of faith, public service

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Ernest L. Boyer was an instrumental figure not only in Messiah College history but also in the progress of education in the

Rose Talbot | Messiah College

April 24, 2015

Students intern with anti-trafficking program

ROSEDALE, Ohio — When Karissa Brenneman and Taylor Herr arrived at Rosedale Bible College as students last year, they didn’t know that in 2015 they

Vicki Sairs | Rosedale Bible College

April 24, 2015

Century of football yields stories of tapped potential

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Sheldon Nunnally would likely never have come to Bethel College if it weren’t for the chance to play football.

The senior, who transferred to Bethel as a junior from Compton (Calif.) Community College, is completing a major in social work and finding that, as an African-American male, he is highly sought after in what turned out to be his chosen field.

For many, this is the hallmark of the Bethel tradition.

Melanie Zuercher | Bethel College

April 24, 2015

Are we training pastors for jobs that no longer exist?

It’s safe to say that the traditional expression of church has varied little in the Western world. This form worked well when the dominant culture

Spencer Burke

April 24, 2015

Where are you, church?

As our Canadian society becomes increasingly secular, I have been thinking that people have disregarded the church. However, this assumption has been challenged for me. This

Willard Metzger

April 23, 2015

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