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Mormonism fast-growing faith in US

Even though their Mecca is the Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, one non-Mormon observer says they are growing fast because "the way they organize themselves makes for more congregations."

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney may or may not become the first Mormon to move into the White House next year, but a new study shows that Mormonism is moving into more parts of the country than any other religious group, making it the fastest-growing faith in more than half of U.S. states.

92 grads of Outtatown

92 graduates comprise the largest class ever.

Family and friends of 92 graduates from the 2011-2012 Outtatown program gathered April 14-15 on the Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) campus to celebrate their experiences in Africa and South America. They shared their experiences through stories and music during their two-day event.

Confessing our fossil fuel sins

Earth Day Tent Revival at Memorial Park, in front of the Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Sunday, April 22 350 people of all ages attended. 200 participated in a walk to the event. Brother Aiden John (aka Aiden Enns), in the hat, delivered the sermon and altar call. Charleswood Mennonite Church and Hope Mennonite Church were among the sponsors.

Christians are taught that taking a Sabbath from work is an important spiritual discipline, but some Mennonites in Winnipeg organized a Sabbath from consumption.

MCC: power shift from Akron to Winnipeg

Will Braun: "But MCC is something beyond organizational structures or national borders."

The four-year, $2.5-million Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) review process is over, and the single most significant outcome is a power shift from MCC's Akron, Pa., office to its office in Winnipeg.

‘Who is the self in Mennonite Garb?’

Sue Clemmer Steiner

We Mennonites are not going to run out of stories anytime soon!

How could we, after the resplendent feast of Mennonite creative writing enjoyed by 170 of us in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley over Palm Sunday weekend.

Voluntary Service: still thriving in northern Alberta as a ‘presence’

David Kubovsky is talking about Fair Trade products from Kenya to a student group.

During World War II, the Historic Peace Churches in the U.S. negotiated “Alternate Service” options for Conscientious Objectors (“COs”). As followers of Jesus, they saw military service as disregarding his example of nonviolence, and his clear admonition to “love your enemies.”

Pastor says SBC should repudiate and/or replace Richard Land

An influential black pastor says the Southern Baptist Convention should repudiate remarks about race by the head of its ethics commission, and if Richard Land does not repent he should be fired.

Paetkau succeeds Bechtel at MCEC

Henry Paetkau

Henry Paetkau, former president of Conrad Grebel University College, has been named area church minister for Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, succeeding Muriel Bechtel, who is retiring after 12 years in that role.

Schultz succeeds Petker at Rockway

Ann L. Schultz

Ann L. Schultz will assume the role of Principal at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, commencing January 2013, succeeding outgoing Principal Betsy Petker who will be retiring this June, according to the board of directors.

F-35s: 'We told you so'

F-35 alone

It doesn’t help a bit, but we all take satisfaction from time to time in saying, “We told you so.”

Dalai Lama awarded 2012 Templeton Prize

The Dalai Lama, already a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is the recipient of the 2012 Templeton Prize, often called the most prestigious award in religion.

Ugandan church leaders recall encounters with Kony

'Kony 2012' has gone viral on the web.

Although the Internet video "Kony 2012" is bringing world attention to an infamous Ugandan warlord, calling for his arrest this year, it doesn't mention much about the church leaders who continue to work for peace in Northern Uganda and central Africa and recently recalled their encounters with Joseph Kony.

Chaco Mennonites come under fire for deforestation

The United Nations has initiated a program to begin paying developing countries to stop cutting down their forests. --Photo from REDD

A major US newspaper reporter has pointed the finger, once again, at Mennonites in the Paraguayan Chaco for massive deforestation, clearing the land for grazing large herds of beef cattle, a major export for the small country. Simon Romero of the New York Times picked up the story March 24 begun by the Guardian newspaper of the United Kingdom two years earlier.

Christ at the Checkpoint: Hope in the Midst of Conflict: 2012

Bashara Awad right and Munther Isaac at opening ceremonies.

A major breakthrough in the evangelical world took place in Bethlehem through a gathering of over 600 international and local Christians, including renowned evangelical leaders

WCC-CWME invokes new understanding of mission and evangelism

Since 1982 there has been only one official statement of the World Council of Churches (WCC) on mission and evangelism. Now in 2012 the WCC's Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) is preparing another statement to invoke new understanding of mission and evangelism amidst changing world and ecclesial scenarios.

Forest burials gain popularity among German Christians

For the last decade, some Germans have tapped into their nation's feelings for its ancient forests and chosen a final resting place in a woodland gravesite. Churches used to frown on the practice but now "friedwald" ("peaceful forest") rites are becoming more accepted.

Kony 2012: Now that we have your attention

John Siebert, executive director of Project Ploughshares

No sense just piling on.

Report: Christians are half of world's migrants

Christians comprise half of the world's 214 million migrants, those who have moved from their country of birth and are now living permanently in a different country, a new study has concluded.

Mormons warned against baptizing Holocaust victims, celebrities

Anne Frank, Simon Wiesenthal's parents, Gandhi, Daniel Pearl, Elvis. Mormon leaders are fed up.

Congolese explosion kills 200, destroys church

A series of ammunition explosions in the city of Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo on March 4 killed more than 200 people and destroyed a Roman Catholic Church.

Kathryn Sherer, longtime professor of music, dies

Kathryn Sherer

Kathryn Sherer, a pianist who instructed hundreds of students and together with her violinist husband performed around the world, died at home on Feb. 28 after a long illness. She was 79 years old and an associate professor emerita of music at Goshen College.

Christian self-understanding in context of indigenous spirituality

Concerns of Indigenous Peoples were one of the topics for the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in Jamaica, 2011.

With the help of participants from several regions of the world a World Council of Churches (WCC) consultation recently looked at Christian self-understanding in the context of indigenous spiritual traditions.

Anglican breakaway confronts new power struggle

ACNA Archbishop Robert Duncan welcoming them back into the fold.

Founded by breakaway U.S. Episcopal priests who left their former denomination because they felt it was too liberal, the Anglican Mission in the Americas is now in the middle of another ugly church feud.

Religion often contributes to war

Fernando Enns of the Mennonite Church in Germany speaking at the IEPC in Kingston, Jamaica, 2011.

It must be admitted by people of faith that “religion is not just a solution to war and violence. Too often, it can be part of the problem,” Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse told a consultation on world peace and human security convened by the World Council of Churches.

Food problem 'acute' in Egypt

Egyptian Christian humanitarian leaders say while politics and religion are garnering the most attention in their country right now, Egypt's serious humanitarian problems will soon have to be addressed.

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