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A gift of peace from the persecuted

Mennonite World Conference's Global Youth Summit 2015 discussed gifts and calling July 17-19. One participant shared his church’s story of giving gifts of peace in

Elina Ciptadi-Perkins

July 24, 2015

Mukawa calls for reconciliation with God, others

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Nzuzi Mukawa, a Congolese Mennonite Brethren pastor and educator and the MB Mission team leader for Sub-Saharan Africa, challenged his audience to leave Mennonite World Conference assembly on July 23 as men and women who are reconciled with God and with others.

Mukawa’s text was 1 Sam. 25:1-35 . . .

Connie Faber | For Meetinghouse

July 24, 2015

At MWC assembly, MCC cans vegetables for first time

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Mennonite Central Committee’s mobile meat canner went vegan for the Mennonite World Conference assembly, switching for one week from pork, beef and

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 23, 2015

Testimony of a church-conflict casualty

HARRISURG, Pa. — Remilyn Mondez of the Philippines warned about the perils of church conflict and then sprung a surprise.

Speaking July 23 at the morning worship service of the Mennonite World Conference assembly, Mondez told the story of a girl named Lenlen. When Lenlen was 2, her parents switched from a liberal Mennonite church to a conservative one. She grew up wearing a cape dress and a head covering.

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

July 23, 2015

Praising in painful times

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Yukari Kaga, a pastor from Hokkaido, Japan, admitted Peter’s praise in his letter to the early church seems “a little strange to

Anna Groff | For Meetinghouse

July 23, 2015

Lord I want to be in that number

Doubtless you have heard the song, "When the Saints Go Marching In." We did a rousing version of it today at Mennonite World Conference assembly,

Lori Guenther Reesor

July 23, 2015

Speakers share doubts from their settings, journeys

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Three speakers — one each from Kenya, Canada and Ethiopia — shared stories of doubt in their local contexts at Mennonite World

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 22, 2015

Tenderly inviting all to God’s banquet

For long decades now I’ve dreamed of a setting in which we could learn how — offering each other the tenderness for which every human

Michael A. King

July 22, 2015

MWC assembly opens with call for walking together

The 16th Mennonite World Conference Assembly opened July 21 in Harrisburg, Pa., with a parade of Mennonites from across the globe, with confession of past treatment of Native Americans in Pennsylvania, with music and with calls for walking with God together.

A group of Native Americans from Pennsylvania marched in, led by a Barry Lee, drumming and singing. Jessica McPherson and Lee recounted . . .

Gordon Houser | For Meetinghouse

July 22, 2015

New policies put colleges ‘at variance’ with MC USA

Two Mennonite Church USA colleges expanded their nondiscrimination policies July 20 to include employees in same-sex marriages, putting them at variance with the denomination’s education

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015