For young mothers and people displaced by war, New Life offers compassion without judgment.
Welcoming visitors from North America, Ivan Kapelushniy, pastor of Nikolaipolye Mennonite Church, led his congregation of about 15 people in singing “For God So Loved Us” in Russian. “There are …
MCC boards approve five-year strategic plan. Caring for creation in the context of climate change is one of four priorities.
As the stalemated war in eastern Ukraine enters its sixth year, life goes on as normal in this city about 150 miles from the front. People here would rather not …
A plea for help from Ukraine sparked the creation of MCC in 1920. Looking to the centennial, visitors observe partners giving food, making peace as MCC’s founders did
Conference probes Mennonite complicity, wartime experiences ranging from atrocity to mercy In 2004, Joachim Wieler of Weimar, Germany, opened a small wooden box he inherited after his mother’s death. To …
2017 is the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther posting 95 theses on the doors of the churches in the city of Wittenberg, Germany, including the All Saints Church.
What does a transformative, earth-honouring Christianity look like at ground level, lived out in daily action? Reforms of personal habits – such as recycling and eating locally and shopping responsibly …
In his Friendship Group at the Mennonite World Conference assembly, Francis Ojwang found that getting to know fellow believers from distant places brought an unexpected blessing.
Love for neighbour is absolutely central to the gospel, speaker Bruxy Cavey said in the final mass worship service of Assembly 2015. This event saw the passing of a symbolic …
Nzuzi Mukawa, a Congolese Mennonite Brethren pastor and educator and the MB Mission team leader for Sub Sahara Africa, challenged his audience Thursday evening to leave Mennonite World Conference Assembly …
The 16th Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly opened July 21, 2015, in Harrisburg, Pa., with a parade of Mennonites from across the globe, with confession of past treatment of Native …
Why should I care for the environment? A lot of Christians today are asking that question, either out loud or in their hearts. We know it’s probably the right thing …
Sometimes, a single act can have enormous consequences. In the religious ferment of 16th century Europe, a small group of Christians in the Swiss canton of Zurich gathered in a …
In three presentations at the Mennonite World Conference General Council meetings May 20–27, theologians and historians revisited the Anabaptist vision in a global context and sought input from meeting participants.
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