As a couple who served with Mennonite Central Committee for five years in Vietnam during the American war there, our hearts break for the slaughter and devastation of the war in Ukraine.
While I would not discount racism or “unconscious bias” as a reason for a focus on the suffering in Ukraine at the expense of other countries (Letters and Comments, April 14), I would suggest an alternative reason.
Church of the Brethren membership in the United States and Puerto Rico is 87,181, representing a loss of more than 4,000 members over the previous year.
The remarkable life of Tabor College professor J.G. Ewert was highlighted a century after his death April 23 during the Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies’ annual dinner.