On the morning of Oct. 16, a group of 17 people — six men, six women, and five children — were forcibly abducted from a
Mennonite Mission Network apologized in August for initially failing to investigate a 2018 allegation of sexual harassment against an employee, according to documents made public Nov. 26 by Mennonite Abuse Prevention, a survivor advocacy group.
Frieda Schellenberg Erb, 81, whose lifetime of ministry in Bolivia and Argentina included building connections between churches in North and South America, died Nov. 14 in Choele Choel, Argentina.
Tran Thi Phuoc Ly, translator of Peacemaker Ministries materials used by Vietnam Mennonite Church and other groups, died from a COVID-19 infection Sept. 3 in Ho Chi Minh City. She was 81.
A series of deadly storms and tornadoes tore through six Midwestern states Dec. 10-11, killing at least 88 people, with the most severe devastation in Kentucky, where entire towns were leveled.
Elio Milazzo, longtime producer and voice of Parole di Vita (Words of Life), an Italian radio broadcast sponsored by Italian Mennonites in partnership with groups such as Virginia Mennonite Missions, died Aug. 29.
