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President Obama on Tuesday (Sept. 25) gave a forceful speech at the United Nations, in which he challenged much of the world's assumptions about free speech and religion. Here are... Read More
September 26, 2012 | Web First | Lauren Markoe
The Church of the Brethren requests prayer for college communities in Kansas and Virginia following three separate and unrelated tragedies: McPherson ( Kan .) College and... Read More
September 25, 2012 | Web First |
When Ralph Reed, the former head of the Christian Coalition in the US, was discovered to have raked in millions of dollars from the super lobbyist — and eventually convicted felon... Read More
September 24, 2012 | Web First | news sources
Amish bishop Samuel Mullet was convicted Thursday (Sept. 20, 2012) of federal hate crimes and conspiracy for exhorting followers to forcibly shear the hair and beards of those who... Read More
September 21, 2012 | Web First | James F. McCarty for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland.
Funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 23, for Elsie Cressman , former Eastern Mennonite Missions worker in East Africa, who died Sept. 11, in New Hamburg. Cressman was known... Read More
September 20, 2012 | Web First | Linda Moffett
An ecumenical leader in the Netherlands has called on the country's churches to examine their role in the history of slavery, ahead of next year's 150th anniversary of the Dutch... Read More
September 19, 2012 | Web First | By Andreas Havinga
At a place called Antietam , 23,000 soldiers died in the bloodiest day of the American Civil War. More than 150 years later, 20 different religious traditions will gather on this... Read More
September 17, 2012 | Web First | By ENInews Staff
Coptic Christian leaders in the United States distanced themselves from an anti-Muslim film that has sparked protests in more than 20 countries, and denounced the Copts who... Read More
September 17, 2012 | Web First | Daniel Burke
I had an experience of God’s presence at St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota, in July at the Bridgefolk conference. “Bridgefolk is a movement of sacramentally-minded... Read More
September 12, 2012 | Young Voices | Michael Turman
This past August, my friend and I hosted our 10-year high school reunion. It was fun to reconnect with a number of the 60 people we graduated with from Westgate Mennonite... Read More
September 12, 2012 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
On June 10, Gabriella Neufeld, Sarah Pries, and I were put to work preparing supper for 100 people in Pauingassi First Nation (PFN). It marked the start of a three-day fishing... Read More
September 12, 2012 | Young Voices | Melanie Kampen
Months after earning their undergraduate degrees from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in 2011, Jessica Sarriot (Silver Spring, Md.), Larisa Zehr (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and William C... Read More
September 12, 2012 | Web First | Steve Shenk
The flat lands of Manitoba’s wide Red River valley would seem to have little in common with northern China—unless you’ve seen the expansive silkscreen prints of Chinese artist... Read More
September 12, 2012 | Back Page |
This painting by Ray Dirks tells the story of Agatha Harms Reimer who escaped from the Soviet Union with three sons after World War 2. It is part of the “Along the Road to Freedom” collection which opens at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery on Sunday, Oct. 14. Agatha, the grandmother of Dirks’ wife, lived to be 103.
Ray Dirks, curator and artist, has embarked on a project to paint as many as twenty canvasses to tell the stories of Mennonite women who brought their families out of the Soviet... Read More
September 12, 2012 | Artbeat | By Harold Jantz
Alan and Eleanor Kreider, recently “retired,” have had a full life of ministry, mostly in the United Kingdom, but with influences throughout the world. Working in post-Christendom... Read More
September 12, 2012 | Artbeat | By Dave Rogalsky
As the son of Russian Mennonites who arrived in Canada in 1924 and 1926, I have a positive bias towards this book which takes the 26 letters of the alphabet and picks one event,... Read More
September 12, 2012 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Fred Redekop
Prime-time television news, amplified guitar riffs and deep-throated traditional drums announced to the city of Mbuji Mayi that Communauté Evangélique Mennonite au Congo (... Read More
September 12, 2012 | God at work in the World | By Lynda Hollinger-Janzen, with reports
At the corner grocery in our Jabal al-Webdah neighbourhood of Amman, a Syrian man in his early 20s now runs the meat and cheese counter. Ahmed (not his real name) is one of more... Read More
September 12, 2012 | God at work in the World | By J. Daryl Byler
More than 35 people from seven countries gathered at Goshen College on August 5-8 for an international consultation on the theme, “Bearing Witness: A New Martyrs Mirror for the... Read More
September 12, 2012 | God at work in the Church | By Kaeli Evans
Vacation Bible School (VBS) at Hanover Mennonite Church has been an inspiring ecumenical endeavor year after year, but the dramas of the MennoMedia curriculum were always a... Read More
September 12, 2012 | God at work in the Church | By Dave Sararus
Religious rights activists are hailing the release over the weekend of an Iranian pastor accused of apostasy and a Pakistani girl who was charged with blasphemy. Pastor Youcef... Read More
September 11, 2012 | Web First | Adelle M. Banks
A delegation of religious leaders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is visiting the U.S and Canada as part of a tour seeking to build awareness of a re-emerging war at... Read More
September 10, 2012 | Web First | By ENInews Staff
Arli Klassen , formerly executive director of the binational Mennonite Central Committee before its reorganization earlier this year into a Canadian and US entity, will serve as... Read More
September 10, 2012 | Web First | news release
The World Association for Christian Communication ( WACC ) said it welcomes a plan by Argentina's National University of Entre Rios to oversee a seminar on "subjective... Read More
September 10, 2012 | Web First | Maria Teresa Aveggio