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Burkina Faso thankful as peace returns

Mennonite leaders in Burkina Faso are thanking God that peace returned quickly after violence led the West African nation’s president to resign.

On Oct. 30, protestors marched on the presidential palace and burned the parliament building. Their display of outrage blocked a vote to amend the constitution that would have allowed President Blaise Compaoré to extend his 27-year term of office.

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen | Mennonite Mission Network

December 8, 2014

‘Regulation garb’ and the gospel

In February 1959, Chester Wenger and fellow missionaries in Ethiopia — wearing business suits and neckties — met a delegation of Lancaster Mennonite Conference leaders

John Sharp

November 24, 2014

Boko Haram overruns Nigerian Brethren headquarters

Photo: Nigerian children who have displaced from their homes by the violent insurgency in northeast Nigeria. These children are among the people from EYN congregations

Mennonite World Review staff

November 20, 2014

Nigerian Brethren headquarters overtaken by insurgents

KWARHI, Nigeria — Boko Haram insurgents overtook the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria headquarters property Oct. 29. Both the Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN)

Church of the Brethren

November 10, 2014

Ebola challenges school in West Africa

DALTON, Ohio — Despite the Liberian government closing schools in an attempt to arrest the spread of the Ebola virus, teachers at the Bridge of

Matt Lehman | Mennonite Mission Network

November 10, 2014

Studying abroad—in Bluffton, Ohio

Janeth Magiri’s devotion to service led her far from her hometown of Musoma, Tanzania. She expects her devotion to education to prove beneficial when she

Mennonite World Review staff

November 7, 2014

First Meserete Kristos children’s curriculum to launch

The Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia will soon launch its first uniform Sunday school curriculum — one based on the idea that a foundation for transformative peace can begin with children.

Krista Allen of Elkhart, Ind., wrote the children’s curriculum in collaboration with the MKC peace office during a four-year service term with Mennonite Central Committee in Addis Ababa.

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

October 27, 2014

From potatoes to doughnuts, a path out of poverty

JOS, Nigeria — Too poor to get medical care in time to save her baby’s life, Rhoda Markos decided her life had to change.

A training program supported by Mennonite Central Committee helped her do it.

Three years ago, Markos lived in a rural village with her husband and three children. They worked as subsistence . . .

David Klassen | Mennonite Central Committee

October 27, 2014

Former workers encourage families during Ebola epidemic

Photo: Marilyn and Hank Rossiter, who served in Liberia from 2004-2006, continue to walk alongside their Liberian friends. By David Fisher Fast. The Liberian government

Mennonite World Review staff

October 23, 2014

Nigerian Brethren suffering

More than 3,000 members of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria have been killed by terrorist forces. The church — known as Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa

Church of the Brethren

October 13, 2014