The Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission announces the award of two archival grants: the 2017 infrastructure grant and the 2018 summer internship. 1. Mama Makeka House of Hope was awarded a…
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Elders who grew up together are capping their lives of service with a building project to carry on their work in health, peace, education I learned to know Pakisa Tshimika and Pascal…
Long-anticipated project dedicated In March 2016, the MB church in DR Congo released a K–12 curriculum on Christian ethics from an Anabaptist perspective, launched with dedication events in Kinshasa and…
Grief, Grace and Hope: The Autobiography of Pakisa K. TshimikaAuthor: Pakisa K. TshimikaLately I have read several autobiographies by people I have known personally who have overcome great obstacles to achieve their goals. Pakisa Tshimika’s story tops them all with the courage he displays in triumphing over adversity. In the introduction, Tshimika quotes Henri Nouwen: “The question is not how to avoid loss…but how to choose it as a passage, as an exodus to greater life and freedom.”
A historic international consultation on education in Mennonite schools of the Democratic Republic of Congo was held in Kinshasa, May 19–21.