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Hopeful or hopeless?

As 2014 ended, “I can’t breathe” was the mantra for many who demonstrated across the United States in the wake of the death of Eric

John Powell

February 2, 2015

Rural churches face unique challenges

HESSTON, Kan. — Rural congregations are highly attuned to the seasons. While fields lie fallow and winter wheat slumbers, representatives from Midwestern Mennonite Church USA conferences gathered in Kansas for a look at the gifts and challenges unique to such churches.

Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary—Kansas Center hosted a rural ministry course Jan. 20-22 capped by a seminar by S. Roy Kaufman on “The Mission of a Rural Congregation” Jan. 24 . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

February 2, 2015

Persecuted Christians

I appreciated “Persecution of Christians Reached Historic Levels in 2014” (World & Faith, Jan. 19). This concern should take high priority in our hearts and prayers and

Rachel Stella

February 2, 2015

Opinion: Formed by culture?

All of us want any movement toward same-sex marriage to be shaped by the Spirit and the Word and not only by what we see

Harold N. Miller

February 2, 2015

Alterna Community: Pointing to God’s kingdom

After nearly 30 years of teaching at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., I am seldom blown away by a chapel service. You could say

Don Clymer

February 2, 2015

Unwarranted certainty

Every so often we meet someone who tells the truth so plainly and persistently that our worldview rocks, then adjusts. Thomas King is like that.

R. Showalter

February 2, 2015

Christian leaders ask presidential candidates how they’ll fight poverty

WASHINGTON — Mennonite Church USA leaders have joined with a group of Christian leaders looking ahead to what the next president might do to address

Mennonite Church USA | Mennonite World Review

February 2, 2015

Words of two faiths

Perhaps the first Anabaptist to call for peace with Muslims was Michael Sattler in 1527. Europeans at that time feared the Muslim Turks. But Sattler

Paul Schrag

February 2, 2015

Neighbors level home tied to abducted Amish girls

Neighbors have bought, burned and buried the house of a couple facing federal charges after kidnapping a pair of New York Amish girls. The (Syracuse)

Mennonite World Review staff

February 2, 2015

Sheep and goats, prayer and chains

Matthew 25 is a familiar passage to most Christians. Such familiarity can lead, I fear, to a kind of spiritual laziness. When we think a

Meghan Florian

February 2, 2015

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