John Fumana, 60, executive director of Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, died May 15 en route to Canada.
John Fumana, 60, executive director of Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, died May 15 en route to Canada.
A Congolese Army colonel and about 30 other people were found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death for the 2017 murders of United Nations investigators Michael J. Sharp and Zaida Catalán on June 5 in an appeal trial in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Heavy Rains following drought in southern Africa had disastrous impacts on Anabaptist churches in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
The pontiff’s visit to oil-rich Angola is expected to address inequality, youth unemployment and the church’s role in a country still shaped by war and Catholic colonialism.
A Mennonite Brethren church made up primarily of Congolese congregants near Cincinnati has closed and reopened following allegations of sexual misconduct by the pastor.
As Pope Leo XIV prepares to travel to Africa, its Catholic leaders are underlining the significance of the visit to the continent, where Christianity is on an upsurge.
Mennonite World Conference’s 2028 global assembly will be in Tanzania. The Executive Committee announced March 19 it had accepted an invitation from the member churches of that country.
Members of the second Mennonite church to be officially registered in Tanzania, Kanisa la Mennonite la Kiinjili Tanzania (KMKT, Evangelical Tanzania Mennonite Church) celebrated its 20th anniversary Dec. 1-7 in Musoma.
