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Serving God the African way

NEWTON, Kan. — Succession is part of the grand biblical narrative, Anna and Joe Sawatzky told Mennonite Mission Network board members and supporters June 7.

They reported on their nine-year assignment in South Africa, which focused on empowering leadership at Bethany Bible School in Mthatha.

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen | Mennonite Mission Network

July 21, 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

Initiative develops culture of discipleship

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Mennonite Mission Network leaders are considering the next steps to promote disciple-making within racial-ethnic congregations of Mennonite Church USA.

After a year of working in a pilot program for the Missional Discipleship and Leadership Mentoring Initiative . . .

Wil LaVeist, Sara Alvarez Waugh | Mennonite Mission Network

June 23, 2014

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