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Project weaves peacemaking into language learning

Words are powerful, which is why the Language for Peace project aims to explore how Anabaptist and other philosophies of peacemaking are incorporated into various

Wil LaVeist | Mennonite Mission Network

June 9, 2014

Burkina Faso churches grow with many Easter baptisms

Baptisms have swelled the Evangelical Mennonite Church of Burkina Faso by more than 12 percent. Siaka Traoré, president of the Mennonite Church of Burkina Faso,

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen, Mennonite Mission Network | Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission

May 26, 2014

French Connections

Hilaire Louis Jean came home from the Democratic Republic of Congo admiring the Mennonites he met there.

“I feel that the African Mennonites are more Mennonite than people in Mennonite churches in the U.S.,” said Louis Jean, pastor of Church of . . .

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen | Mennonite Mission Network

May 26, 2014

Nigeria’s next chapter

IKOT ADA IDEM, Nigeria — A burning passion to become active in the global Anabaptist community fuels Victor UmoAbasi, national president of Mennonite Church Nigeria,

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen | Mennonite Mission Network

March 24, 2014

At ‘Big House’ in Benin, no one’s called an orphan

ALLADA, Benin — Despite the presence of more than 200 children within the walls of a spacious compound, the ochre-colored-brick buildings and lush greenery exude

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen

March 17, 2014

Land returned after 16 years of nonviolent protest in Argentina

A victory for the indigenous Moqoit of Argentina has ended a 16-year legal dispute for the rights of their ancestral land. Luis Acosta, who served with

Sara Alvarez Waugh | Mennonite Mission Network

January 20, 2014