Building shalom in the Philippines
Joji Pantoja and her husband Dann serve in the Philippines as Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers. Following the September 11, 2001, attack in New York City, Dann in particular felt called as a Christian to work at building peace with Muslims. Speaking at the Mennonite Church Eastern Canada offices on April 4, 2018, Joji explained…
European Mennonites anticipate diverse gathering
European Mennonites gather every six years for worship and fellowship. This spring, the European Mennonite Conference will be the most diverse gathering yet. Organizers anticipate that about 1,500 Mennonites from across Europe will gather May 10 to 13, 2018, in Montbéliard, France. That total could swell to 2,500 when other visitors are welcomed to the…
New network to encourage, support and connect peacebuilders
Mennonite World Conference (MWC) member churches around the world act out of the belief that the Spirit of Jesus empowers them to become peacemakers who renounce violence, love their enemies, seek justice and share their possessions with those in need through local congregations, national churches and related ministries. “The 105 member churches that form MWC…
Humboldt Broncos tragedy has Mennonite connections
The horrific collision that claimed the lives of 15 people, most of whom were players and coaches with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team, had several Mennonite connections. The accident occurred at the intersection of Highways 35 and 335, some 238 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, when a semi-trailer collided with a chartered bus carrying the hockey…
Open letter on Syria
“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it” (I Cor. 12:26). In February, we were part of a Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) delegation to Syria, including Damascus, Homs, Hama and Aleppo. We witnessed the devastation of war and heard testimonies of faith from people who have been living in difficult circumstances now for seven…
Music selection for new hymnal shaped by new table of contents
The work of the Mennonite Worship and Song Committee is slow and joyful and involves a lot of singing. The 14-person committee, working as the “Resonate Team,” sang and processed more than 200 songs at its February gathering in Union, Mich., a year after it started the selection process. The group continues to discern what…
Plans begin for French-language Anabaptist theological centre
A shortage of French-language Anabaptist literature and training motivated 21 participants from eight countries on three continents to gather in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Sept. 27-29, 2017, in search of a solution. They worked toward creating a consortium of theological schools and partner institutions to develop an online training program in Anabaptist theology for French-speakers in…
MCC celebrates 75 years of service work in India
This year, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is celebrating 75 years of relief, development and peace work in India, making it one of the oldest international aid organizations in the country. MCC began work in India in 1942, in response to severe famine in Bengal province in which more than two million people died from starvation,…
Telling Anabaptist stories old and new
The two nights of the 2018 Bechtel Lectures at Conrad Grebel University College were connected by David Weaver-Zercher and focussed on Mennonite stories and how they are used in the media and elsewhere. The professor of American religious history at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, Pa., is probably best known for explaining to the worldwide media…
More about Oscar Romero
This online supplement accompanies the viewpoint, “Evangelical social justice,” about Archbishop Oscar Romero, in which Will Braun considers Romero’s message for Mennonites. Oscar Romero’s sermons English transcripts of his sermons and Spanish audio of many of them are available at http://www.romerotrust.org.uk/homilies-and-writings/homilies Henri Nouwen comments on Oscar Romero Oscar Romero is a humble man of God. His…
