News & Stories
Six Vancouver Mennonite congregations launched the new year by singing, praying and worshipping together in three languages. The service, held at Sherbrooke Mennonite Church on... Read More
January 25, 2023 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
From Dirk Willems loving his enemy in 1569 to Colombian Mennonites building peace today, Anabaptists have offered a bold peace witness. But being a peace church is complicated... Read More
January 25, 2023 | News |
Erin Koop Unger has travelled the world, but these days it’s Manitoba and the Mennonites who live there that have captured her imagination. Koop Unger is the creator of Mennotoba... Read More
January 25, 2023 | News | Aaron Epp
Trudy Enns and Tim Albrecht of the Christian Benefit Shop in St. Catharines highlight Raw Carrot soup packages in the store. (Photo courtesy of Tim Albrecht) Thrift stores sell a... Read More
January 25, 2023 | News | Maria H. Klassen
During the pandemic, Christian churches across various faith traditions have disagreed with public health orders restricting in-person gatherings. Some church leaders challenged... Read More
January 13, 2023 | Web First | Dan Dyck
Congregational needs for worship resources and support skyrocketed when the pandemic roared into full swing and people struggled to create meaningful worship experiences in an... Read More
January 11, 2023 | News | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe
One might be able to live on bread alone, at least according to Jacquie Loewen. The resident of Winnipeg’s West End neighbourhood has spent the past year building a stone oven,... Read More
January 11, 2023 | News | Emma Siemens
The youth group at United Mennonite Church of Black Creek were thinking about Christmas stockings in December, but not what they would find in their own. They were all about... Read More
January 11, 2023 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
“Why are you a Mennonite?” That’s the question panellists were asked at the third instalment of Canadian Mennonite’s online discussion series. People on 47 different screens tuned... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe
Like many of their peers in Mennonite Church Canada congregations, the youth pastors in Leamington were wondering how to react to declining Sunday school participation and overall... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News | Barry Bergen
Ed Willms had high hopes when he organized a Sept. 13 event for about 45 pastors and other leaders from the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (ONMB) to talk about... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News | John Longhurst
A Mennonite Church Eastern Canada congregation is among five Canadian churches that received grants this fall from the 2022-23 Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada Spirit of... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News | John Longhurst
After two years of online learning during the pandemic, Andrew Enns is finally experiencing in-person learning on the University of Manitoba campus. Enns, a third-year student in... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News | Gladys Terichow
One of the most outstanding Christmas traditions among communities in Kenya is having vigils popularly know as “Kesha” on Christmas Eve. Most worshippers come together to... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News | Valary Otieno
Like other Canadians, many Mennonites watch or play hockey. But in the wake of Hockey Canada’s recent sexual-assault scandal, some Canadian Mennonites are considering what it... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News | Emma Siemens
Every 10 years Stats Canada collects religious data. Recently, World Vision and WayBase —another Christian organization—partnered to distill the numbers related to changes in... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News |
In the Christian tradition, the story of Christmas is grounded in the truth that God took on human form and came to live among us. Isaiah 7:14 says: “Therefore, the Lord will give... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News | Emily Summach
“We raise a cry of alarm to the different faithful members of the Mennonite church around the world,” writes Reverend Alphonse Kisubi Kassa, a leader of Communauté des Églises des... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News |
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Karen Ridd was struck by how many people around her immediately called for military troops to be sent. “In those moments it becomes really... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) is now accepting applications for a new doctor of ministry degree—the first of its kind. Not only is the seminary’s doctor of... Read More
December 21, 2022 | News | Annette Brill Bergstresser
The Mennonite Heritage Centre (MHC) Gallery is featuring Ray Dirks’ exhibit, Thankful: moments, memories, and some art , in which the gallery founder and retired curator reflects... Read More
December 21, 2022 | People | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe
Sandy Plett of Morden, Man., is the new climate action coordinator for Mennonite Church Canada. Having started the half-time role on Nov. 28, Plett shared some thoughts with... Read More
December 21, 2022 | People | Amy Rinner Waddell
In his 15 years as executive minister of Mennonite Church B.C., Garry Janzen ordained, preached, led, coordinated and worked to inspire the pastors and congregations of the... Read More
December 21, 2022 | People | Amy Rinner Waddell
Christian Palestinians have asked the global church to stand with them, and Mennonites in Canada have now asked their government to do the same. In September, Mennonite Church... Read More
December 7, 2022 | News | Emma Siemens
This image—entitled “Before Grace”—and the one opposite—entitled “Endless Cycle”—tell of artist Lynda Toews’ experience growing up in a violent home. They were part of the exhibit, ‘Breaking the Silence on Domestic Abuse,’ at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery a year ago. (Photo courtesy of Lynda Toews)
Research shows that rates of domestic abuse are just as prevalent in religious communities, and even higher in more conservative forms of religion, says Val Peters Hiebert,... Read More
December 7, 2022 | News | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe