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700 youth attend MWC

Photo: Gonzalo Barihone, Clara Flores, Kailey Schroeder and Joel Heppner all knew each other as youngsters in Bolivia. Photo by Doreen Martens. Megan Breidigan may

Doreen Martens for Meetinghouse

July 25, 2015

How to celebrate 500 years

Mennonite World Conference held its first assembly in 1925, which was the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the Anabaptist movement. With the 500th anniversary

Gordon Houser, editor of The Mennonite, for Meetinghouse

July 25, 2015

Polarities vs. Whispers of the Spirit

For the most part, today’s society is more sophisticated and with more access to education than before, at least for the main stream of society.

AW Staff

July 25, 2015

Lancaster leadership proposes withdrawal from MC USA

Lancaster (Pa.) Conference leadership is proposing that “LMC withdraw as an area conference of Mennonite Church USA,” according to a July 23 letter from Keith

Anna Groff

July 25, 2015

How to celebrate 500 years

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Mennonite World Conference held its first assembly in 1925, which was the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the Anabaptist movement. With

Gordon Houser | For Meetinghouse

July 25, 2015

Confession and forgiveness part of loving your neighbor

HARRISBURG, Pa. — “We are here today, celebrating our common Anabaptist faith and our position in the Lord Jesus Christ,” was the greeting from Shantkumar

Lil Goertzen | For Meetinghouse

July 25, 2015

Assembly called to wrestle with community, autonomy

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Each person is never alone. They must live in community. Yet each also craves independence and autonomy.

Citing Jacob wrestling with God in Genesis 32, Wieteke van der Molen told Mennonite World Conference assembly attendees July 24 that since the interests of the group will always collide with those of the individual, each person must wrestle with friction and frustration.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 25, 2015

Peace workers imagine a global network

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Mennonite peace workers from around the world huddled in a tent July 24 at the Mennonite World Conference assembly to dream of

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 24, 2015

10 ways to make your church autism-friendly

This list is based on a workshop, “How can Church be Autism-Friendly?”, led by Geralde Reesor-Grooters, originally from Netherlands and now living in Canada. The

Anna Groff

July 24, 2015

Historians address Nazi influence on Mennonites at MWC assembly

HARRISBURG, Pa. — An influential chapter of 20th-century German Mennonite history that has been predominantly either romanticized or glossed over received significant attention in back-to-back

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 24, 2015

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