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Merwyn De Mellow spent 15 years as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner

Merwyn De Mello has been appointed by Christian Peacemaker Teams to the position of CPT Co-Director, along with Carol Rose, starting in January 2012. De Mello brings a wide range... Read More
September 13, 2011 | Web First | CTP Canada news release
$105,000—that’s how much was donated by Manitobans to Canadian Foodgrains Bank on September 9 through CBC Radio Manitoba’s fundraiser for east Africa drought relief. “We are... Read More
September 13, 2011 | Web First | Emily Cain
The majority of Canadians surveyed in a new Ipsos Reid poll say religion creates more questions than answers in the search to explain life and the world around them. In addition,... Read More
September 13, 2011 | Web First | Brigette Foisy, public relations

More people go to church on Sunday in China than in the whole of Europe.--AFP photo

Many of China's churches are overflowing, as the number of Christians in the country multiplies. In the past, repression drove people to convert - is the cause now rampant... Read More
September 12, 2011 | Web First | By Tim Gardam

In 2012, the present "blue" Worship Hymnal will be 20 years old. It contains 668 hymns.

Congregations throughout Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada are being asked this fall, winter, and spring to keep track of all the songs they sing. Their research... Read More
September 9, 2011 | Web First | Steve Shenk

Should to Shoulder formed following debates over an Islamic center near the former site of the destroyed World Trade Center in lower Manhattan and a Florida pastor's threats to burn the Quran.

Three days before the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, religious leaders gathered to remember the victims, foster interreligious unity and speak out in... Read More
September 9, 2011 | Web First | By Josef Kuhn
Three Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) alumni have launched an independent digital press and are currently selling their first electronic book (e-book). The youth adventure... Read More
August 31, 2011 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
Even in Christian circles, murderers, rapists, child abusers and hardened criminals are viewed as some of the most reprehensible people in society. They are left to rot in jail... Read More
August 31, 2011 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Being in relationship is one of the best things we can ever do, and yet it is often one of the hardest. If only we could be in perfect relationship with each other and with God I... Read More
August 31, 2011 | Young Voices | Kirsten Hamm
As Mennonites living in the peace and prosperity of Canada, we sometimes wonder how to keep the stories of our past alive. We wonder whether our children and grandchildren will... Read More
August 31, 2011 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Barb Draper
“So you want to kill some Nazis?” Dr. Erskine asks the short, skinny asthmatic wanna-be war hero in this summer’s big superhero film. “I don’t want to kill anyone,” comes the... Read More
August 31, 2011 | Artbeat | Review by Vic Thiessen

Johanna and Sophia Nast-Kolb with two of their rabbits. (Photo by Evelyn Rempel Petkau)

Nestled in the bend of the Brokenhead River at the very end of a country road is a small Christian community trying to live responsibly and faithfully. Four family units are... Read More
August 31, 2011 | God at work in Us | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau

A banner on the shore of JeJu Island reads, ‘Stop the naval weapons base! No more relocation [of the base] to the beautiful village of Gangjeong!’

“The sad thing is, the churches are too quiet,” says Kyong-Jung Kim, director of the Korea Anabaptist Center, in Seoul, South Korea. “Either they don’t pay attention to this or... Read More
August 31, 2011 | God at work in the World | By Dan Dyck

Noémie Jean-Bourgeault encouraged the L’Église évangélique Mennonite de Joliette, Que., congregation to be creative in transforming an old ladder into a new object, saying, ‘This is not a ladder.’

At the general meeting of the members of L’Église évangélique Mennonite de Joliette , Que ., on June 12, the pastor’s mandate was not renewed. The congregation was shocked and... Read More
August 31, 2011 | God at work in the Church | By Dave Rogalsky

The 75,000 square-foot building, once a thriving intellectual nerve center of the Mennonite Church USA (later Canada), employed 175 writers, editors and production staff at its high point in serving the Mennonite Church

The former longtime Mennonite publishing building in Scottdale , Pa., will re-open as a church facility. MennoMedia , the newly merged church agency based in Harrisonburg, Va .,... Read More
August 22, 2011 | Web First | Steve Shenk

Participants in the SDA-MWC conversations (left to right): William Johnsson (SDA co-chair); Tom Yoder Neufeld (MWC), Robert (Jack) Suderman (MWC); Danisa Ndlovu (MWC); Henk Stevers (MWC); Valerie Rempel (MWC); Teresa Reeve (SDA); Patricia Urueña (MWC); and John Graz (SDA). Missing are: Denis Fortin (SDA); Bert Beach (SDA); Gary Councell (SDA).

Representatives of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the Mennonite World Conference held the first of several theological conversations June 28 to July 1, 2011... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Web First | Staff reports
Many people can identify with being hungry, but cannot understand what it is like to be among tens of thousands who are on the verge of death because of hunger, with little hope... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
From The New York Times to the Mennonite Brethren Herald, emerging adulthood has become a topic worthy of many printed pages and even more blog posts. As increasing numbers of... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Young Voices | Julia Thiessen

Gordon Kaufman was a conscientious objector during World War II.

Two religious giants died within one week of each other recently. One was liberal theologian and mentor Gordon Kaufman, 86, a Mennonite who rose through the academic ranks at... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Web First | Dick Benner
Like rings on a tree, or carbon layers in ice, Elise Epp hopes that when people look back on her music it will mark the events of her generation. “Saying it’s representative of... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Young Voices | Emily Loewen
Recently I stood in line-ups for two different kinds of “Mennonite” foods. In one line I waited, along with many others, for my order from the annual Laotian Mennonite spring roll... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Marlene Epp

Andrew Dyck, left, learned a lot about building and repairing things from Alfred Driedger, who also learned the art of patience during their weekly times together over a three-year period. (Photo by Barry Bergen)

Alfred Driedger and Andrew Dyck share a love of fixing things, and the fact that they are separated by 60 years or so only makes repair work more interesting. This seemingly... Read More
August 17, 2011 | God at work in Us | By Barry Bergen

Ahada Kusoco Hassan, 23, cooks breakfast for her family in the Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya.

Mennonite Central Committee ( MCC ) has surpassed its initial target of raising $1 million for the East Africa drought and is now expanding its response to the continuing crisis... Read More
August 17, 2011 | God at work in the World | By Gladys Terichow

Kornelsen

On Oct. 16, James Kornelsen wants people to fast—for change. “Fasting is a way to change yourself, change your relationship to God, and change the world,” says Kornelsen , who... Read More
August 17, 2011 | God at work in the World |

A typical ration for one adult for one day—as outlined by the World Health Organization—includes 460 grams of cereal, 50 grams of pulses, 50 grams of oil and five grams of salt.

Two new projects supported by Mennonite Central Committee ( MCC ) Canada and the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee—Canadian Foodgrains Bank member agencies—have been added... Read More
August 17, 2011 | God at work in the World |

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