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Mennonite World Conference - MWC CMM has decided not to appoint a Mennonite Church USA conference minister to a representative role after three MWC member denominations raised concerns.
MWC drops MC USA member from consideration for representative role | Anabaptist World
Mennonite World Conference has decided not to appoint a Mennonite Church USA conference minister to a representative role after three MWC member denominations raised concerns.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Mennonite World Conference - MWC CMM has decided not to appoint a Mennonite Church USA conference minister to a representative role after three MWC member denominations raised concerns.
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When friends mention some new Christian artwork, movie or novel, I confess my first thought is usually, “I wonder how bad it is.”
Tolkien, Lewis and the problem of 'Christian' art | Anabaptist World
When friends mention some new Christian artwork, movie or novel, I confess my first thought is usually, “I wonder how bad it is.”
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November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
When friends mention some new Christian artwork, movie or novel, I confess my first thought is usually, “I wonder how bad it is.”
Two Pennsylvania schools, Dock Mennonite Academy in Lansdale and Lancaster Mennonite School, hosted Anabaptist leaders from Ethiopia in October.
Pa. schools host Ethiopian leaders | Anabaptist World
Two Pennsylvania schools, Dock Mennonite Academy in Lansdale and Lancaster Mennonite School, hosted Anabaptist leaders from Ethiopia in October.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Two Pennsylvania schools, Dock Mennonite Academy in Lansdale and Lancaster Mennonite School, hosted Anabaptist leaders from Ethiopia in October.
Terence Lester, wearing a black hoodie and a beanie, sat atop a tall, black curbside refrigerator in the Atlanta suburb of College Park, Georgia, on a sunny Tuesday afternoon in November in hopes of bringing attention to the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP benefits.
Sitting atop fridge to protest SNAP cuts, faith leader models Jesus' 'proximity' to the poor | Anabaptist World
Terence Lester, wearing a black hoodie and a beanie, sat atop a tall, black curbside refrigerator in the Atlanta suburb of College Park, Georgia, on a sunny Tuesday afternoon in November in hopes of b...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Terence Lester, wearing a black hoodie and a beanie, sat atop a tall, black curbside refrigerator in the Atlanta suburb of College Park, Georgia, on a sunny Tuesday afternoon in November in hopes of bringing attention to the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP benefits.
Mennonite Central Committee - MCC meat canners started the 2025-26 canning season in October with strong motivation.
Malawi just one of the destinations reached by MCC meat-canning efforts | Anabaptist World
Mennonite Central Committee meat canners started the 2025-26 canning season in October with strong motivation.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Mennonite Central Committee - MCC meat canners started the 2025-26 canning season in October with strong motivation.
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas announced Nov. 1 that one of its priests, a Kenyan national, has been detained by immigration officials despite working in the state legally.
Texas Episcopal diocese says one of its priests has been detained by ICE | Anabaptist World
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas announced Nov. 1 that one of its priests, a Kenyan national, has been detained by immigration officials despite working in the state legally.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas announced Nov. 1 that one of its priests, a Kenyan national, has been detained by immigration officials despite working in the state legally.
The Church of the Brethren and other members of Church World Service condemned White House efforts to abandon the U.S. Refugee Program in an Oct. 22 statement.
Church of the Brethren and others condemn changes to refugee program | Anabaptist World
The Church of the Brethren and other members of Church World Service condemned White House efforts to abandon the U.S. Refugee Program in an Oct. 22 statement.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Church of the Brethren and other members of Church World Service condemned White House efforts to abandon the U.S. Refugee Program in an Oct. 22 statement.
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AW call for submissions: The future of Anabaptism | Anabaptist World
After commemorating 500 years of Anabaptist history, let’s consider what’s to come. What do you think Anabaptism will look like in the future, either short- or long-term?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Mennonite Church USA launched a “Reimagining MC USA” web portal Nov. 4 with an invitation for constituents to engage in dialog about the future of the church and give input via a churchwide survey.
MC USA launches “Reimagining” initiative with discussion guide and churchwide survey | Anabaptist World
Mennonite Church USA launched a “Reimagining MC USA” web portal Nov. 4 with an invitation for constituents to engage in dialog about the future of the church and give input via a churchwide survey.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Mennonite Church USA launched a “Reimagining MC USA” web portal Nov. 4 with an invitation for constituents to engage in dialog about the future of the church and give input via a churchwide survey.
Ethiopia is a multiethnic, multilingual and multireligious nation. As the second most populous nation in Africa, it is home to over eighty diverse ethnic groups.
Five things Friday roundup: Responding to ethnic violence in Ethiopia | Anabaptist World
My journey exploring faith leaders’ responses to ethnic-based violence revealed a spectrum of approaches, from nonresistance and nonviolence to self-defense, aggression and confusion. Understanding th...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Ethiopia is a multiethnic, multilingual and multireligious nation. As the second most populous nation in Africa, it is home to over eighty diverse ethnic groups.
Community, on a nut crust (plus an invitation to rent-free living)
Community, on a nut crust (plus an invitation to rent-free living) | Anabaptist World
While Joyfield Farm isn’t unique, we are countercultural. Are you part of this counterculture, too? It’s simple. Be willing to need someone.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Community, on a nut crust (plus an invitation to rent-free living)
Anabaptists in Jamaica and Cuba are continuing to determine the impact of Hurricane Melissa in early November after the Category 5 storm’s catastrophic wind and flooding damaged several churches.
Caribbean hurricane devastates Jamaica, Cuba | Anabaptist World
Anabaptists in Jamaica and Cuba are continuing to determine the impact of Hurricane Melissa in early November after the Category 5 storm’s catastrophic wind and flooding damaged several churches.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Anabaptists in Jamaica and Cuba are continuing to determine the impact of Hurricane Melissa in early November after the Category 5 storm’s catastrophic wind and flooding damaged several churches.
I came for peace and stayed for simple living and community
‘Are you a real Mennonite?’ | Anabaptist World
I grew up in a Presbyterian church in Seattle. The war in Vietnam was in full force. My husband knew he would be drafted, so he applied to be a noncombatant. He would serve in the military, but he wou...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I came for peace and stayed for simple living and community
At the 14th General Assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance, held in Seoul, South Korea, the last week of October, Jack Sara pondered what he called a generational and geographical shift in the global evangelical Christian landscape.
Global evangelical Christianity is shifting eastward, says Palestinian minister | Anabaptist World
At the 14th General Assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance, held in Seoul, South Korea, the last week of October, Jack Sara pondered what he called a generational and geographical shift in the glo...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
At the 14th General Assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance, held in Seoul, South Korea, the last week of October, Jack Sara pondered what he called a generational and geographical shift in the global evangelical Christian landscape.
🌽🌽🌽Maize maze amazes🌽🌽🌽
Canadian corn maze celebrates martyr, 500 years of Anabaptism | Anabaptist World
Visitors to Youth Farm Corn Maze in Rosthern, Sask., had the opportunity to lose themselves in Anabaptist history in October.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🌽🌽🌽Maize maze amazes🌽🌽🌽
In a Home Depot parking lot beside a freeway on-ramp in this city northeast of Los Angeles, a woman sang to a small crowd in Spanish over her band’s rocking cumbia rhythm, “How I love my people, for being more than brave.”
Latino pastors look to refit preaching and pastoral care to trauma of mass deportations | Anabaptist World
In a Home Depot parking lot beside a freeway on-ramp in this city northeast of Los Angeles, a woman sang to a small crowd in Spanish over her band’s rocking cumbia rhythm, “How I love my people, for b...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
In a Home Depot parking lot beside a freeway on-ramp in this city northeast of Los Angeles, a woman sang to a small crowd in Spanish over her band’s rocking cumbia rhythm, “How I love my people, for being more than brave.”
Once I fixed my gaze upon the brave and innocent. Now I was drawn to the thief-catcher.
My virtue, their villainy? | Anabaptist World
I converted to Christianity and received baptism in the Mennonite church in Japan on May 14, 1989. Arriving at Goshen College three months later, I felt euphoric. I was suddenly surrounded by all thin...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Once I fixed my gaze upon the brave and innocent. Now I was drawn to the thief-catcher.
Mosaic Mennonite Conference delegates on Nov. 1 voted nearly 3-to-1 to leave Mennonite Church USA and to be a partner with it and other Anabaptists.
Mosaic Conference leaves MC USA, seeks partnership | Anabaptist World
Mosaic Mennonite Conference delegates on Nov. 1 voted nearly 3-to-1 to leave Mennonite Church USA and to be a partner with it and other Anabaptists.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Mosaic Mennonite Conference delegates on Nov. 1 voted nearly 3-to-1 to leave Mennonite Church USA and to be a partner with it and other Anabaptists.
Before Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica and Haiti on Oct. 28, faith-based disaster relief groups were already making plans to respond.
Faith-based disaster relief groups mobilize to respond to Hurricane Melissa | Anabaptist World
Before Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica and Haiti on Oct. 28, faith-based disaster relief groups were already making plans to respond.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Before Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica and Haiti on Oct. 28, faith-based disaster relief groups were already making plans to respond.
Pastor Philip Thornton strode onto the platform of his Legacy Faith Church in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 28 with an AR-15-style rifle strapped to his chest, an American flag emblazoned on the magazine.
'In Guns We Trust' challenges white evangelicals to rethink their alliance with firearms | Anabaptist World
Accidental deaths by gun are the No. 1 killer of children in this country, more even than car crashes, which, to me, is incredible.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pastor Philip Thornton strode onto the platform of his Legacy Faith Church in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 28 with an AR-15-style rifle strapped to his chest, an American flag emblazoned on the magazine.
Mennonites, Muslims are partners as well as neighbors
Costly tolerance pays well | Anabaptist World
In the mountain village of Tempur, Indonesia — a region of Central Java famous for its coffee and cool climate — all the Christians are Mennonite. Yet they are a tiny minority. In 2021, Tempur had 3,5...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Mennonites, Muslims are partners as well as neighbors
Across the globe, many are celebrating harvest festivals. When we zoom out and look at the contours of so many traditions, a few themes emerge.
Remembering our ancestors and forerunners | Anabaptist World
As I approach my first Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) with no living grandparents, I think about how I will not share a meal with them again until I join them. This leaves me reflecting on what ...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Across the globe, many are celebrating harvest festivals. When we zoom out and look at the contours of so many traditions, a few themes emerge.
A sheriff in Virginia would like to implement a high-tech solution to deadly crashes involving horse-drawn buggies.
Virginia looking into wireless traffic warning system for Amish buggies | Anabaptist World
A sheriff in Virginia would like to implement a high-tech solution to deadly crashes involving horse-drawn buggies.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A sheriff in Virginia would like to implement a high-tech solution to deadly crashes involving horse-drawn buggies.
It has been called many things — a protest, a movement, a civic awakening — but at its core, the “No Kings” moment in the United States has been something deeper: a moral rebellion against idolatry.
The 'No Kings' moment is a moral rebellion against idolatry | Anabaptist World
It has been called many things — a protest, a movement, a civic awakening — but at its core, the “No Kings” moment in the United States has been something deeper: a moral rebellion against idolatry.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It has been called many things — a protest, a movement, a civic awakening — but at its core, the “No Kings” moment in the United States has been something deeper: a moral rebellion against idolatry.