In preparation for the Mennonite World Conference assembly in July, the event was co-sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Brethren in Christ . . .
“I don’t know anything about farming,” Brown said, during the “Frontier Luncheon” in late May at Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute. “I watched Youtube videos.”
He hasn’t let this knowledge deficit stop him from seeking a life of service, however.
Brown started First Fruits Farm in Louisburg, N.C., in 2013 after deciding to leave behind a successful NFL career.
Buller Films and the Anabaptist Center for Religion and Society at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., are in the early stages of a project that will explore American Mennonites’ impact on society and society’s impact on Mennonites.
Producer Burton Buller’s goal is to understand the role Mennonites have played in American political, social and economic culture, all through the lens of peace.