Janet Sprunger, a mission worker for 40 years in Taiwan and Hong Kong, died Sept. 13 at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg at the age of 92.
Janet Sprunger, a mission worker for 40 years in Taiwan and Hong Kong, died Sept. 13 at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg at the age of 92.
Mennonite World Conference sent a delegation in December to Hong Kong to hear church members’ concerns and show solidarity amid political unrest and social shifts that can lead to differences of opinion within families.
As protests bring millions of citizens into Hong Kong’s streets, the city’s tiny Mennonite population is praying peaceful tactics will prevail.
