Evangelical Anabaptist. Catholic Anabaptist. Pentecostal Anabaptist. I have used all these phrases in different contexts to explain my identity as a follower of Christ. In those sentences, the first word…
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Between Oct. 17 and 21, 2016, intense rainfall caused severe flooding along Colombia’s Pacific coast in the Chocó area, seriously damaging the homes of more than 20,000 people.
It was September 2013. We were visiting El Progreso, a church plant by the Mennonite Brethren conference of Colombia in partnership with MCC. It’s located in Cazucá…
To eradicate illicit crops, May 10, the Colombian government fumigated the Choco region without warning, destroying most, if not all, food crops in the region, including those of Weaving Hope.…
Every morning, our group piles into a van that drives us to the MCC Colombia office. Every morning, we laugh in disbelief at the way traffic flows: steadily moving bumper…
After decades of armed conflict, many Colombians, including representatives from Anabaptist groups, are cautiously optimistic that upcoming talks will help build sustainable peace in the country. On Aug. 27, 2012,…
A Mennonite church in this small mining town in western Colombia is reaching out to children affected by ongoing violence in the region.
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Prime Minister Harper and I mark the new Canada–Colombia Free Trade Agreement
by ContributorPrime Minister Stephen Harper and I were recently in Colombia. We visited youth programs in a marginalized urban neighbourhood, met with business leaders, and talked with Colombians about the new Canada–Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which went into effect Aug. 15, 2011.
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Thanksgiving Day through the eyes of a Colombian MB
by ContributorMy first memories of TV are in black and white. Like many Latin American children, I loved to watch North American programs. I learned very interesting things about North America. There were strange humans, such as The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, and Man from Atlantis. Cartoons showed us mice, birds, cats, and dogs who could speak.
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A trailblazing book about pioneering missionaries
by Karla BraunAs a missionary in Colombia during the 1990s, Dorothy Siebert saw the dearth of materials available to Spanish-speaking pastors and church leaders. A dream was born to provide a resource for MB leaders and church members throughout Latin America, starting with Albert Enns’ biography.
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