With eyes wide open about the visa challenges faced by international participants, especially youths, the Executive Committee of Mennonite World Conference (MWC) agreed on May 9... Read More
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While topics regarding sexuality have dominated the mainstream headlines in the past several weeks, Mennonite Church Canada and area church leaders have made a move that points to... Read More
May 25, 2011 | God at work in the Church | By Rachel Bergen
River levels are changing daily at Camp Assiniboia as the Assiniboine River ebbs and flows around the south and east boundaries of the camp. Unprecedented volumes of water are... Read More
May 25, 2011 | God at work in the Church | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Six graduates from Canada, are, from left, Alicia Buhler, Virginia Gerbrandt, Mark Tiessen-Dyck, Miles Reimer and Carrie Martens; Christine Kampen graduated in absentia. Photo by Steve Echols.
With words “God’s justice and God’s peace” from the first hymn in Hymnal: A Worship Book as a backdropRead More
May 24, 2011 | Web First | Mary E. Klassen
Layout and Design award for the Aug. 2, 2010 edition
The Canadian Mennonite has earned eight awards from the Canadian Church Press (CCP)Read More
May 20, 2011 | Web First | Staff report
Dr. Troy Osborne
Dr. Troy Osborne has been appointed as assistant professor of History at Conrad Grebel University College, beginning July 1, 2011, succeeding Arnold Snyder who retires in May... Read More
May 20, 2011 | Web First | Jennifer Konkle
Rev. Dr Margot Kaessmann: "It is time that religion refuses to be misused by pouring oil into the fire of war and hatred.”
The International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) formally opened here on May 18 as theologians, faith leaders and the prime minister of Jamaica welcomed some 1,000... Read More
May 19, 2011 | Web First | Staff writer
Al Hariri (above) has refused to support the appointment of Hezbollah-chosen Najib Miqati as the new prime minister.
Lebanese religious leaders have warned against growing internal divisions in their country and urged national leaders to work towards unity and tolerance, following a joint... Read More
May 17, 2011 | Web First | By Judith Sudilovsky
Sex and sexuality seemed to dominate the headlines this week, not only in North America but around the world,Read More
May 13, 2011 | Web First | Dick Benner, editor/publisher
General Secretary Larry Miller (left) and General Secretary-elect César García (right) share a light moment at the MWC Executive Committee meetings in Taipei, Taiwan. Photo by Merle Good
The rise of Anabaptist-related churches in the global South is becoming much more than a matter of membership. At this year’s meeting of the Mennonite World Conference’s Executive... Read More
May 13, 2011 | Web First | Byron Rempel-Burkholder
Young Anabaptists (YAB) helping to decide are (l to r) Melani Susanti, Indonesia; Tigist Gelagle, Ethiopia; Rodrigo Pedroza Garcia, Mexico; Kristina Toews, Canada; Sumana Basumata, India, and Carlos Alberto Alvarez Woo, Colombia. Seated are Adi Walujo, Indonesia; Edgardo Sanchez, Argentina; and Sandra Campos Cruz, Costa Rica.
With eyes wide open about the visa challenges faced by international participants,Read More
May 13, 2011 | Web First | Byron Rempel-Burkholder
Three generations of peacebuilders from Argentina are studying at SPI: Maria Karina Echazu, an attorney; her nephew Joaquin Echazu, a university student studying security issues; and Lilian Burlando (Maria Karina's mother and Joaquin's grandmother), director of a Peace Center in Teirra del Fuego. --Photo by Jim Bishop
Those entering the opening session of Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) were handed felt markers and circles of fabric. Their assignment: “Tell... Read More
May 12, 2011 | Web First | by Chris Edwards
Amy Kosari, of Ellswroth, Wis. a representative of a Presbyterian church belonging to the Synod of the Lakes and Prairies in the Twin Cities area, speaks against an amendment to eliminate the celibacy requirement for gay and lesbian clergy at the Peace Presbyterian Church in St. Louis Park, Minn. --AP Photo
Gay and lesbian advocates celebrated a landmark victory on May 10 when the Presbyterian Church (USA) entered the expanding ranks of Christian denominations that allow openly gay,... Read More
May 12, 2011 | Web First | By Daniel Burke
Cliff and Wilma Derksen
It has been a very long and incredibly hard journey, but Cliff and Wilma Derksen of Winnipeg have finally come to a bright and sunny clearing in their lives. Their journey began... Read More
May 11, 2011 | God at work in Us | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Disaster recovery studies graduate David Barker, second from right, poses with, from left, CMU president Gerald Gerbrandt and instructors Lois Nickel and Kenton Lobe.
Three years ago, in the middle of reading Roméo Dallaire’s traumatic first-hand account of the Rwanda genocide, David Barker decided his future would be in disaster response. “It... Read More
May 11, 2011 | God at work in the World | By Nadine Kampen
All indicators point to the old structures giving way to new ways of being the church, Willard Metzger told the nearly 400 delegates gathered for the 2011 annual church gathering... Read More
May 11, 2011 | God at work in the Church | By Dick Benner
A girl is carried away after the shooting spree.
The National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil has joined a national disarmament campaign to combat violent crime in the country. Launched May 6, the Disarmament Campaign of... Read More
May 10, 2011 | Web First | By ENInews Staff
Another Church has been attacked and burned down in Egypt by a mob of Muslim extremists on the basis of “a rumour” that the Church was holding captive a Christian woman who, they claim, wanted to convert to Islam
Christian and Muslim clashes in Egypt have left 12 people dead, 238 injuredRead More
May 9, 2011 | Web First | By Fredrick Nzwil
Bill Warren from Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, leading the study.
Working in a cluster of offices above a LifeWay Christian Bookstore, Bible scholars are buried in a 20-year project to codify the thousands of changes, verse by verse, word by... Read More
May 6, 2011 | Web First | By Bruce Nolan
Katharine Jefferts Schori: "the reign of God lies in the direction of more porous borders."
In a world where crossing borders is becoming a literal fact of life in economics, work and culture, U.S. and Canadian Lutheran and Episcopal/Anglican church leaders crossed the... Read More
May 5, 2011 | Web First | By Chris Herlinger
EMU professor Lisa Schirch with Pakistani graduates of EMU's masters program in conflict transformation, Ali Gohar (l.) and Jennifer Jag Jivan (right).
Pakistan-based graduates of Eastern Mennonite University say U.S. military policy in their country has fed extremism and that, sadly, such extremism may not subside with the death... Read More
May 4, 2011 | Web First | Bonnie Lofton
César García
For the first time, a leader from the global South will become the General Secretary of the Mennonite World Conference (MWC). On May 4, the MWC Executive Committee formally... Read More
May 4, 2011 | Web First | Byron Rempel-Burkholder
Safwat Marzouk
Safwat Marzouk, a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton Theological Seminary originally from Cairo, Egypt, has been appointed as Professor of Old Testament at Associated Mennonite Biblical... Read More
May 4, 2011 | Web First | Mary E. Klassen
Addition completed in time for Conrad Grebel's 50th anniversary in August, 2013.
Construction will begin in March, 2012 at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ont. on a $6.3 million addition to the academic building, particularly the library and... Read More
May 3, 2011 | Web First | Susan Fish
Residents of Aura in the Afar showed North American farmers on a food study tour to Ethiopia reserves of sorghum in their homes thanks to agricultural support and irrigation.
Hungry people around the world are once again benefitting from the generosity of people across Canada. Altogether, a total of $9.1 million was donated to Canadian Foodgrains Bank... Read More
May 2, 2011 | Web First | Emily Cain, Communications Officer