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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

We still need to talk about Ferguson

I know, I know. The news cycle on this is over, and thoughts are elsewhere. But, Ferguson’s story happens in some form every day in

Amy Yoder McGloughlin

October 10, 2014

Becoming a church of the servant

And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,

Micah Bales

October 9, 2014

Why privileged people love quoting MLK

If you’re outspoken on the issue of race, chances are, at one point or another, you’ve had a conversation with a self-proclaimed pacifist who has cited

Andy Gill

October 8, 2014

Freedom of fear

The fear of the Lord isn’t a popular concept these days. The church has discovered the practical difficulties of attempting conversion by threat of lightning

Meghan Good

October 7, 2014