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Kathryn Lymburner appointed publisher of Canadian Mennonite
Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service (CMPS) has chosen Kathryn Lymburner to serve as the next publisher of Canadian Mennonite, starting April 1. Lymburner will replace Tobi Thiessen, who started in 2017 and is planning to retire. As a former chair and board member of CMPS, Lymburner comes to the role with a knowledge of both the…
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Pastor reports amid violence in DR Congo
Speaking from his home in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 23, Josué Seleman told of the turmoil in the city after M23 paramilitary rebels entered Bukavu on February 14, three weeks after capturing nearby Goma in the east of the country. Seleman is a medical doctor and pastor of a church that is…
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Sitting in the struggle
Tany Warkentin’s experience on a recent learning pilgrimage in South Africa has inspired her to deepen the connections and relationships she’s forming in her own life and work. “I don’t know if I’ve experienced one week that has caused so much reflection in so many different areas of my life,” Warkentin said.Warkentin, 45, is in…
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MCC opens cannery
Dylan Yantzi can’t wait to start canning. He is the newly minted meat cannery manager at Mennonite Central Committee Ontario (MCCO), and his enthusiasm for the work ahead was palpable when he took me for a tour of the then-unfinished meat cannery at the MCC Resource Centre (The Hub) in New Hamburg, Ontario, in December.…
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Publisher-pastor
Maxwell Kennel and I often engaged in friendly theological debates as students at the same high school, so it was not a surprise his career has taken him where it has. In 2022, Kennel became the director of Pandora Press, and in October 2024, he also took on the additional role of pastor for Hamilton…
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Mennonite Church USA joins multifaith coalition
WASHINGTON, DC – The Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) at Georgetown Law has filed a lawsuit on behalf of over two dozen Christian and Jewish religious denominations and associations in response to the Trump Administration’s rescission of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “sensitive locations” policy that had restricted Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Fired couple reach agreement with MCC
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) has reached a financial settlement with John Clarke and Anicka Fast who were terminated in August 2023. MCC will pay the couple $180,000 in exchange for Clarke and Fast withdrawing complaints filed with the Quebec labour board and assuring that no other legal action will follow. The January 22 agreement was…
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Celebrating 500 across Canada
While there have been no reports of baptisms taking place in Canadian Mennonite churches on January 21—the 500th anniversary of the first Anabaptist baptisms—Mennonites across the country marked the start of this quincentenary in a variety of ways. Vancouver-area congregations gathered for a joint service at Peace Mennonite in Richmond, B.C., on January 19. The…
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A pastoral letter for Anabaptist-Mennonites in DR Congo
Beloved brothers and sisters, We received a request for prayer from our leaders in DR Congo. Pastor Jean-Pierre Muya, president of MWC member church Communauté Mennonite de Congo (CMCo), writes: “This is a difficult time in our country. Please continue to pray for the restoration of peace and for the injured.” We recognize how the…
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News briefs for February 2025
Mennos demonstrate at Magellan AerospaceOn December 12, 50 people gathered outside Magellan Aerospace in Winnipeg to protest its manufacturing of parts for fighter jets used by the Israeli military. The Mennonite Church Manitoba Palestine-Israel Network organized the event. Ernie Wiens, from La Salle, Manitoba, delivered a letter to the security guard, citing the group’s concerns.…
