MWC announces 2025 gathering in Switzerland to celebrate the past, look to future
On the 32nd anniversary of Ukraine’s independence in August, Johann Matthies found a charred children’s bicycle in the rubble of a burned-out house in Kyiv. The symbolism was poignant and painful yet inspired pride and hope.
For Conrad Stoesz, archivist at the Mennonite Heritage Archives in Winnipeg, Man., getting requests for information about Mennonites is a regular occurrence. But a request from Moscow was unusual.
When Montbéliard Prairie Church expanded its building in 2017, it gained a space to reach out to the community outside of Sundays.
At first glance, the office appears unremarkable, but for the photograph of Vladimir Putin on a bookcase and the Russian flag on the desk.
The University of Hamburg department of peace church theology has awarded the Menno Simons Sermon Prize to Joachim Leberecht, pastor of Evangelical Lydia Church in Herzogenrath, Germany.
After several years of meeting online, the Mennonite World Conference Executive Committee gathered in person Dec. 12-14 in Schoorl, the Netherlands.
As Germany once again discusses compulsory military service, Bruno Sägesser of Switzerland is celebrating a very personal anniversary this week: 50 years ago, he refused to do military service in Switzerland and was court-martialed.
