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MCC reaches out to Iraqis displaced by armed conflict

As armed conflict forces Iraqis from their homes, Mennonite Central Committee is providing vital items for daily life and is planning with partner organizations for an ongoing response.

MCC also is calling on U.S. lawmakers to oppose military intervention in Iraq and instead to send humanitarian aid for the U.N.-estimated 1.9 million internally displaced people, or IDPs, in the country.

Mennonite Central Committee

June 25, 2014

Culture shock from Indonesia to Colombia

My name is Rut Arsari Christy and I am from Indonesia. In my home country, I attend a Mennonite church called GITJ Kelet, part of

Rut Arsari Christy

June 25, 2014

The hard edge of Jesus

I hang out with a diverse group of friends and sometimes strangers (who don’t stay strangers for very long) on Wednesday nights. We’ve been taking

Rachel DeMara Sensenig

June 24, 2014

EMU delays action on hiring policy

Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., has delayed action regarding its hiring policy concerning individuals in covenanted same-sex relationships.

The delay in formal action comes after a six-month listening process collecting input from students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and church leaders through a survey completed by more than 7,000 people.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

June 23, 2014

MCC helps prepare young Gazan leaders

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Twelve-year-old Siraa Moghrabi crouches beside student after student, helping the 6- and 7-year-olds and their mothers arrange flowers on their

Sheldon Good | For Mennonite Central Committee

June 23, 2014

Initiative develops culture of discipleship

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Mennonite Mission Network leaders are considering the next steps to promote disciple-making within racial-ethnic congregations of Mennonite Church USA.

After a year of working in a pilot program for the Missional Discipleship and Leadership Mentoring Initiative . . .

Wil LaVeist, Sara Alvarez Waugh | Mennonite Mission Network

June 23, 2014

Church leaves Indiana-Michigan

A Goshen, Ind., area congregation is leaving its conference and may affiliate with churches mostly in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Clinton Frame Mennonite Church has

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

June 23, 2014