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Fragile privileges in Bolivia

A potential presidential decree that would strip privileges promised to Mennonites in Bolivia has Low German Old Colony members concerned about their future.

The decreto supremo — which has been written but not numbered or signed — could also take away land purchased in the last 15 to 20 years.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

A traditional church embarks on the missional journey

The story of how I came to do what I currently do, where I do it, still fascinates me. I love it when people ask,

KrisAnne Swartley

October 13, 2014

Has God made a just world?

In our previous lesson we saw that even amid all his trauma Job remains steadfast. He continues to live in the light of his commitment

Ted Grimsrud

October 13, 2014

Can Anabaptists rock and roll?

“Are Anabaptists ready to rock and roll?” That was the question asked by Amy Gingerich of MennoMedia on the Mennobytes blog in September. Gingerich, editorial

John Longhurst

October 13, 2014

Opinion: Finding the center

What have we done with God’s good news? The church tends to define the good news as something we have — and if you become

Don Blosser

October 13, 2014

Philadelphia churches offer sanctuary for immigrants

Two Mennonite churches in Philadelphia have joined a sanctuary movement aiming to support people fearing deportation from the United States. The congregations are members of

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

Tanzania Mennonite Church marks 80 years

A look at the evolving relationship of U.S.-Tanzanian church relationships Eighty years ago, a young Luo man on the shores of Lake Victoria hovered around

anna

October 12, 2014

Where are marriage ceremonies in the Bible?

I have often been puzzled by something missing from the Bible: marriage ceremonies. Although lots of people are married in the Bible, there are no

Ryan Ahlgrim

October 11, 2014

I refuse to say ‘I’m busy’

There is a word that only appears six times in the Bible which most of us use six or more times a day: the word

Janeen Bertsche Johnson

October 11, 2014

Indentured servants embraced Mennonite faith

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — If not for great-great-grandparents who became indentured servants of Amish Mennonites in the early 19th century, Stan Bohn would probably not be a Mennonite today.

Bohn, a retired pastor, said he is one of a number of Mennonites who are discovering they have non-Mennonite branches in their family tree that were “grafted” into Anabaptism when indentured servitude was common in colonial America.

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite World Review

October 10, 2014

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