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Sky’s the limit for church building campaign

Barb Krehbiel Gehring proved the sky’s the limit when raising funds for building a new church. On Sept. 28, Gehring, co-pastor of Manhattan (Kan.) Mennonite

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

Youth eager to work

I was dismayed at Jennifer Murch’s disparaging descriptions of our youth ("Let’s Revolutionize Youth Mission Trips"). She has seen them complain, refuse hospitality, make fun

Rachel Stella

October 13, 2014

Bible as authority, not idol

Of all the factors that led to the Protestant Reformation and the Radical Reformation, nothing was as revolutionary as the translation of the Bible into

Rich Preheim

October 13, 2014

FEBC delegates approve anti-evolution statement

LANGHAM, Sask. — The Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches has amended its doctrinal statement to say the first 11 chapters of Genesis are literal history.

Mennonite World Review staff

October 13, 2014

EMM returns 10 from Africa

Five Eastern Mennonite Missions workers and their families returned to the United States Sept. 4 as a safety precaution after the first confirmed case of

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

Background noise

When I work, I often play music in the background. Recently I noticed that I was gravitating toward playlists I’d made from film soundtracks. I

Carmen Andres

October 13, 2014

A traditional church embarks on the missional journey

The story of how I came to do what I currently do, where I do it, still fascinates me. I love it when people ask,

KrisAnne Swartley

October 13, 2014

Can Anabaptists rock and roll?

“Are Anabaptists ready to rock and roll?” That was the question asked by Amy Gingerich of MennoMedia on the Mennobytes blog in September. Gingerich, editorial

John Longhurst

October 13, 2014

Philadelphia churches offer sanctuary for immigrants

Two Mennonite churches in Philadelphia have joined a sanctuary movement aiming to support people fearing deportation from the United States. The congregations are members of

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

Indentured servants embraced Mennonite faith

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — If not for great-great-grandparents who became indentured servants of Amish Mennonites in the early 19th century, Stan Bohn would probably not be a Mennonite today.

Bohn, a retired pastor, said he is one of a number of Mennonites who are discovering they have non-Mennonite branches in their family tree that were “grafted” into Anabaptism when indentured servitude was common in colonial America.

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite World Review

October 10, 2014