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During its May 2013 meeting in Akron, Pa., MWC Executive Committee members planted a tree at the Mennonite Central Committee Welcoming Place. From left to right, taking their turn placing sod around the tree, are: Cisca Mawangu Ibanda, Democratic Republic of Congo; Ron Penner, Canada; and Adi Walujo, Indonesia.

“An excellent car, but little fuel.” This is how treasurer Ernst Bergen described the situation currently facing Mennonite World Conference (MWC) when the Executive Committee met... Read More
July 3, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Ron Rempel
A group of Old Order Mennonite families who moved from southern Ontario to rural Manitoba just over six years ago, to escape the encroachments of society, have run headlong into... Read More
July 3, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Sometimes a court opinion is more than just a court opinion. Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 26-page decision Wednesday (June 26) striking down a federal ban on same-sex marriages... Read More
June 26, 2013 | Web First | Kevin Eckstrom
A group of Old Order Mennonite families who moved from southern Ontario to rural Manitoba just over six years ago to escape the encroachments of society have run headlong into the... Read More
June 26, 2013 | | Evelyn Rempel Petkau

The house on the bottom right corner belongs to Erinne Wolfe, a member of Trinity Mennonite Church. She is scheduled to leave for Europe on Thursday but can’t get into her house to retrieve her passport. They tried to get through yesterday but weren’t successful, according to Rita Janzen.

Editor's Note: With our Alberta correspondent, Donita Wiebe-Neufeld , on sabbatical, we asked Rita Janzen to give a first person account as an update to after-flood conditions in... Read More
June 25, 2013 | Web First | Rita Janzen
A woman who has lived legally in this country (US) for more than 30 years was granted her request to become a naturalized United States citizen Thursday (June 20) after initially... Read More
June 21, 2013 | Web First | By KIMBERLY WINSTON

At 31, Ryan Anderson has become one of the leading millennials debating gay marriage. Photo by Benjamin Myers

Ryan Anderson has planted himself on arguably the most unpopular stance for his generation: opposing gay marriage. At 31, Anderson has become one of the leading voices in the “... Read More
June 21, 2013 | Web First | By SARAH PULLIAM BAILEY
Exodus International, a group that bills itself as “the oldest and largest Christian ministry dealing with faith and homosexuality,” announced late Wednesday (June 19) that it’s... Read More
June 20, 2013 | Web First | By SARAH PULLIAM BAILEY
A new study by the Pew Research Center finds that the already high level of restrictions on religion in the Middle East and North Africa – whether resulting from government... Read More
June 20, 2013 | Web First | Researchers

Martin Luther, founder of Germany’s Protestant (Lutheran) Church, nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg. Religion News Service file photo

Lutherans and Catholics have pledged to celebrate together the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017, with both sides agreeing to set aside centuries of... Read More
June 19, 2013 | Web First | By ALESSANDRO SPECIALE
Long, voluminous hair has long been regarded as an archetypal feminine trait. Anna-Marie Janzen, 25, currently has long curly blonde hair, but she won’t have it for much longer... Read More
June 18, 2013 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
In addition to being smart, funny, politically conservative and an entrepreneur, Jude (a pseudonym) is also same-sex-oriented, a secret he has kept from his parents and most of... Read More
June 18, 2013 | Young Voices | Laura Tait
In North American society, where most people have been blessed with an abundance of resources, many see short-term missions as a way to use what we have to help others. But is... Read More
June 18, 2013 | Young Voices | Bethany Daman

Jamie Arpin-Ricci, pastor of Little Flowers Church, left, and Janet Conrad take part in the I’m Sorry campaign at this year’s Gay Pride Parade in Winnipeg on June 2, to express regret for the way Christians have not shown love to their LGBTQ neighbours.

For the second year in a row, a group of Christians gathered in Winnipeg to say “I’m sorry.” They joined the crowds on the sidelines of the annual Gay Pride Parade in downtown... Read More
June 18, 2013 | Back Page | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau

Max Wiedmer’s Peace Maker film, created in ‘portrait’ format, rather than as a conventional ‘landscape,’ was shown seven times over seven hours on May 17 in Basel’s Theodorskirch as part of the city’s first Night of Faith Festival.

More than a thousand people saw the movie Peace Makers at the Theodorskirch during the first Night of Faith Festival that took place in Basel on May 17.Read More
June 18, 2013 | Artbeat | By Michael Sommer
Three former staff members of Mennonite Pioneer Missions and Native Ministry, the predecessor organizations of Mennonite Church Canada Indigenous Relations, passed away in April... Read More
June 18, 2013 | God at work in Us | Mennonite Church Canada

James Jakob Fehr of the German Mennonite Peace Committee, left, presents Judy da Silva, a member of the Grassy Narrows First Nation in northwestern Ontario, right, with the 2013 Michael Sattler Peace Prize for her environmental advocacy work against multinational logging companies in her community.

Judy da Silva, a member of the Grassy Narrows First Nation in northwestern Ontario, was this year’s recipient of the Michael Sattler Peace Prize from the German Mennonite Peace... Read More
June 18, 2013 | God at work in the World |

Syrian refugees are pictured in an informal settlement in Lebanon known colloquially as ‘a gathering.’

“Every night I go to bed thinking about what I will feed my family in the morning,” says a Syrian woman who fled with her family to a refugee settlement in Sidon, south of Beirut... Read More
June 18, 2013 | God at work in the World | By Emily Cain

‘Act justly,’ from Micah 6:8, was one of the three theme days at this year’s Walk, Witness, Worship Youth Retreat, held at Silver Lake Mennonite Camp on the May long weekend.

Our youth group from Petitcodiac Mennonite Church in New Brunswick had the opportunity to travel to Silver Lake Mennonite Camp, Hepworth, Ont., on the May long weekend for the... Read More
June 18, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Mika Driedger
Will native son and national hero Nelson Mandela survive his latest bout with illness? That is the single question dominating headlines, speeches, Twitter and conversation... Read More
June 18, 2013 | Web First | by Zaheer Cassim and Catherine Featherston, USA Today
Quebec's decision to ban Sikh religious headgear on the soccer field is having national repercussions. Last week, the Canadian Soccer Association suspended the Quebec Soccer... Read More
June 17, 2013 | Web First | Ron Csillag

Cris Derksen and choir

East Vancouver is one of the city's most culturally diverse areas. Thus, it was entirely fitting that Tim Corlis brought his Vancouver Peace Choir there to give a very special... Read More
June 14, 2013 | Web First | Lorne Brandt
Nearly 35 years after conservatives launched a takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, a new divide is emerging — this time over the teachings of 16th-century Reformer John... Read More
June 7, 2013 | Web First | Greg Horton
A discussion among us thirty-something Mennonites has been heating up online. It’s a discussion that cuts to the heart of nearly everything the church worries about us. The... Read More
June 5, 2013 | Young Voices | Peter Epp
Zoe Matties describes the four months she spent taking groups on tours between Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Georgia and Antarctica with One Ocean Expeditions as “holy moments... Read More
June 5, 2013 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen

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