Nobel Prize winner aligned with harmful policies
A mix of vision, necessity and desire for unity led the Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba and Mennonite Church Canada to merge their colleges in Winnipeg to create Canadian Mennonite University in 2000. And that spirit continues today.
“I used to play with my matchbox cars on the mosque’s carpet frames,” said artist Harout Bastajian, who now lives in Dearborn, Michigan. “I somehow grew up in the part of Lebanon during the war where Christians (and) Muslims lived in harmony.”
Central Plains Conference of Mennonite Church USA celebrated its 25th anniversary at its annual meeting June 26-29 in Rock Island, Ill.
The new Museum of Christian and Gospel Music in Nashville, Tenn., opened on October 3.
Meserete Kristos Church held its 94th General Assembly Aug. 28-29 at Meserete Kristos Seminary in Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
Meserete Kristos Seminary in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, is finalizing plans for a multistory guest facility designed to create income for the seminary for decades to come.
The Trump administration’s deportation of more than a hundred Iranians held in ICE custody on a flight that touched down in Tehran on Sept. 29 includes Christian converts and other religious minorities who may face harsh penalties for their religious beliefs upon return to the Islamic Republic.
Iglesia Menonita Hispana (Hispanic Mennonite Church) of Mennonite Church USA heard a call for unity in difficult times during its Aug. 30 biennial assembly, held online.
