refugees

Saanich Community Church is a small Anabaptist-evangelical Mennonite Brethren community just north of Victoria, B.C. We strive to be the type of neighbours Jesus speaks about in Luke 10 who …

Refugees and Ambassadors: Mennonite Missions in Brazil Victor Wiens Self published Reviewed by Eckhard Goerz What is the subject? An examination of Mennonites in Brazil, arriving initially as refugees largely …

(Heard from Syria, Afghanistan, Germany, Canada…) We listened to the stories of our parents. You were faithful, you protected and saved them from desperate circumstances in lands far away You …

“The church must do its job, offering people charity and spiritual teaching, so that a person may be transformed,” says Safari Mutabesha Bahati. Mennonite Association for Peace and Development (MAPD) …

Venezuelan migrants received with care and compassion After fleeing two thousand kilometres from their home in Venezuela to escape political and economic turmoil, Carmen Sanchez and her family found themselves …

MCC’s 40 years of refugee resettlement in Canada More than 12,500 refugees have been resettled in Canada by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) since negotiating an agreement with the government on …

Five years ago, when Westside Gathering, Montreal, pastor David Manafo invited local pastors to pray weekly about the results of a demographic study on West Island, “a vision of how …

Worldwide there are 23 million refugees and 1.2 million in need of resettlement outside of their home country or region. Last year MCC helped groups resettle 442 people through the …

Worldwide there are more than 65 million displaced people—nearly double the population of Canada. The United Nations says this number is unprecedented and the need for humanitarian assistance is only …

“I didn’t want to be alone…. I wanted to live with people,” says Abdul.* Two years ago, Abdul fled his home country and sought refuge in Canada. He left behind …

MCC partners in Colombia are walking with people affected by more than 50 years of violence, months after a peace accord was signed between the government and the country’s largest …

  The world is watching Do you have a love-hate relationship with anticipation? It is often exciting to wait for a birthday package to arrive in the mail or a …

Title: At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors & Refugee Neighbors Author: Russell Jeung At Home in Exile is a “spiritual memoir” about incarnational mission.