Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is appealing for donations to significantly scale up its humanitarian assistance in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine
Ukraine has a long history of unrest. Countless men and women have fled west, seeking refuge from brutal abuse and bloodshed. In 1919, it was young Marichen, who was covered …
It was a new day as 70 years of Communism came to an end. The new words sparked formation of a new ministry to answer that gospel hunger. Logos International …
My German Baptist mother from Volhynia, Ukraine, was a strong woman, a woman of great faith and a compelling storyteller. Of the many stories she shared with me before her …
Stories from MB Mission workers abroad
John and Evelyn Wiens had successful careers and only a few years left in the workforce when they chose to spend 10 years in Zaporozhye. Garry and Evelyn Verhoog were training …
“My mother never talked about it,” Ed Penner remembers. “She didn’t want to pass on the terror that [her family] had endured in Russia at the hands of the KGB …
It has been almost a century since the Russian revolution and civil war initiated a Mennonite diaspora, and nearly as long since Mennonite Central Committee organized to begin relief operations …
- Arts & CultureCrosscurrentsfilm/theatre
Moviemaker forgoes macabre for missionary memoir
by Karla BraunWhat do a horror film about the Antichrist and a documentary about a Russian-Mennonite missionary have in common? Filmmaker Mike Klassen. Being in the Way the Lord Led Me, a …
At 16, Henry H. Regehr saw his entire family killed before his eyes. He fled Ukraine, immigrating to Canada, where he became a pastor at Steinbach (Man.) MB Church. Despite …
- Arts & CultureCrosscurrentsfilm/theatreMB Herald
Decades-old film speaks to modern issues
by Karla Braun“It’s a timeless piece,” says David Dueck, producer of And When They Shall Ask. “It’s not just a Mennonite story; it’s a human rights issue.” The feature-length docu-drama about Mennonites, …
The Kutuzovka Church is a small fellowship made up mostly of Ukrainians from Molochansk and Tokmak; friendly people who are accustomed to the visits of nostalgic Canadian Mennonites who talk …
Susanna Hildebrand’s husband disappeared in 1929. During the 1933 famine, she was arrested picking up corn cobs on the road. Sentenced to seven years jail, she died in prison. Paul, …
Two Grade 11 students from MBCI in Winnipeg were the winners of this year’s Henry E. Plett Memorial Award for writing a family history.
Puppets aren’t “just for children,” Barb Hunter says; “adults can’t seem to get enough of them.” She has led The Armed Forces, a puppet ministry at Mountain Park Community Church, …