Teaching at European seminaries in September, David W. Shenk said conversations everywhere were about how to respond to the continent’s refugee crisis. Shenk, a member of Eastern Mennonite Missions’ Christian Muslim Relations Team, taught for three weeks at seminaries in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. All of the classes included learning about Muslims, and two had lively encounters with Islam.
What a difference a quarter of a century makes.
In July, the 25th annual meeting . . .
“These earthquakes hit in the heart of the area where Binay has been actively engaged in church planting for years,” said a regional representative for Eastern Mennonite Missions, who arrived in Nepal within a week of the April 25 earthquake to deliver initial EMM financial aid.
“What I have learned and continue to learn from my friends is this: We are not perfect; none of us are,” FitzGerald said.
They are working with Eastern Mennonite Missions workers Joe and Gloria Bontrager, who are implementing a curriculum and model for training leaders.
The Bontragers begin by traveling to . . .