Africa Archives | Page 20 of 24

In Benin, economic empowerment born out of tragedy

COTONOU, Benin — It took the death of a child to create a community bank that brings more abundant life to many people in Benin.

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen | Mennonite Mission Network

January 19, 2015

Keep awake!

Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming! — Matt. 24:36-44 Last Friday, a large trailer truck carrying 2 million

John W. de Gruchy

January 9, 2015

A report from prison in Burkina Faso

Today I am in prison in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso. I walked into the Maco prison, the oldest and biggest prison in the city, with a

J Ron Byler

December 30, 2014

Benin school celebrates 30 years

Benin Bible Institute, which Mennonites played a role in starting, recently celebrated 30 years of equipping more than 1,000 church leaders in 70 denominations. The

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen, Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission | Mennonite Mission Network

December 22, 2014

Christmas with drug users

JOS, Nigeria — Margaret Ahmed’s house in Jos was a few hundred yards from a former cotton-ginning warehouse where as many as 100 Christian and

David Klassen | Mennonite Central Committee

December 8, 2014

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 E. 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