Mennonites Against Militarism is an effort to ‘rediscover our calling’ as peacemakers
Some of the 35 youth who gave their lives to Christ during an August Bible camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo had been conscripted by forces of the Kamuina Nsapu rebellion in 2017. The anti-government revolt devastated the Nyanga area, killing people and plundering fields and homes.
Old bread isn’t hard. Not having bread is hard. That’s an observation Pastor María Elena Rodríguez forwarded to the Venezuelan Mennonite WhatsApp group recently. Providing fellowship through this online group and serving the hungry are two of the ways Venezuelan Mennonites are sharing food for body and soul during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Danielle Klotz of Goshen, Ind., director of marketing and communication for Mennonite Mission Network, has been named executive director of Anabaptist World Inc., the new independent journalistic ministry being formed by the merger of Mennonite World Review Inc. and The Mennonite Inc. on Sept. 1.
Mennonites in the West African nation of Burkina Faso are working to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to untouched regions of the country.
A congregational relief fund has grown to $800,000 as more than 300 U.S. Anabaptist congregations have applied for assistance to weather the financial challenges that came with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Mennonite Mission Network board of directors on April 21 announced the appointment of Michael J. Sherrill as executive director.
A March medical clinic organized by Communauté Mennonite au Congo (Mennonite Church of Congo) proved to be a training ground for the looming challenge that confronts the Democratic Republic of Congo as COVID-19 assaults Kinshasa.
To reduce isolation caused by physical distancing, Mennonite Mission Network expanded its Hope Series to launch two new programs in mid-April.
