Photo: Mennonite youth from Burkina Faso and France take a break from building a school by the newly established Mennonite church in Coma, Burkina Faso. Photographer:
None of Mennonite Mission Network’s five international personnel in or near Paris was hurt in the Nov. 13 terrorist bombings, although each has been affected by them. “It took a little while to confirm that our five workers in Paris were all safe, and I found them to be sad, concerned and prayerful,” said Tim Foley, MMN director for international ministries.
Story updated Nov. 24
Lancaster Mennonite Conference announced Nov. 19 that it will withdraw from Mennonite Church USA by the end of 2017. A proposal from the conference’s Board of Bishops was ratified by 82.3 percent of credentialed leaders, surpassing the two-thirds needed to pass.
