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Compassion for migrants

In a year when the flow of Central American families to the U.S. border has made headlines, Mennonite Central Committee is responding broadly. MCC is

Marla Pierson Lester | Mennonite Central Committee

September 29, 2014

Colombians support Korean CO

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — For Jenny Neme, director of Colombian Mennonite organization Justapaz (Just Peace), recent support for South Korean conscientious objector San-Ming Lee was a natural occurrence.

It sprung, she said, from an attempt to “seek solidarity and mutual support, based in the prophetic role of the churches to engage in political advocacy.”

Anna Vogt | Justapaz

August 18, 2014

Anabaptist message grows in Venezuela

Excitement for the Anabaptist message is increasing in Venezuela, and the Mennonite seminary there is helping to teach people about Mennonite beliefs and values.

Support from the Seminario Biblico Menonita de Colombia (Colombia Mennonite Bible Seminary) and Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia (Colombia Mennonite Church) have been important for the Venezuelan seminary.

Sara Alvarez Waugh | Mennonite Mission Network

August 4, 2014

Humanity at the border

Now is the time to harness Christian support for immigration justice and meet the increasingly desperate need at the U.S. and Mexico border. Since October,

Kelli Yoder

August 4, 2014

MCC responds to immigrant crisis

With an unprecedented number of Central American families fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries and arriving at the U.S. border, Mennonite Central Committee has committed $30,000 to an initial response and is assessing other potential assistance.

Marla Pierson Lester | Mennonite Central Committee

August 1, 2014

Much is given, and much will be required

At first when I heard one of the main focuses of my cross-cultural experience to Guatemala (with Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va.) would be immigration,

Andrea King

July 30, 2014

Ecuador conference has peace in roots, branches

César Moya and Patricia Urueña didn’t come to Ecuador in 2000 primarily as church planters. But 14 years later, the couple leaves a new Ecuadorian

Sara Alvarez Waugh | Mennonite Mission Network

July 21, 2014

Exchange feeds passion for helping children

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Within days of her arrival in Bogotá last August, Rut Arsari knew it would be difficult to leave. The people she would

Kristina Toews, Mennonite World Conference | Mennonite Central Committee

July 21, 2014

Culture shock from Indonesia to Colombia

My name is Rut Arsari Christy and I am from Indonesia. In my home country, I attend a Mennonite church called GITJ Kelet, part of

Rut Arsari Christy

June 25, 2014

MWC leaders connect with Colombian churches

SOACHA, Colombia — Tears mixed with singing and dancing as a Mennonite World Conference delegation exchanged stories and blessings with members of Iglesia Menonita de

Ron Rempel | Mennonite World Conference

June 23, 2014