MVS: what about money?
It’s no secret – nobody joins Mennonite Voluntary Service for the money. 🤑 MVSers join to work toward a more peaceful and just world, all while engaging in community with their peers and a local congregation. Money on your mind? Student loan scholarships and loan deferments are available to all qualifying participants. Where will you grow next? Visit the MVS […]
Here with purpose: Gisselle Guity
Every organization has a purpose — an answer to the deceptively simple question, "Why?" At Mennonite Mission Network, the answer to that question is: to lead, mobilize and equip the church to participate in holistic witness to Jesus Christ — across the street, all through the marketplaces and around the world. In this Q&A series, […]
Action expresses priorities’
"Action expresses priorities" — Mahatma Ghandi Mennonite Mission Network aspires to be a peacemaking agency and actively works for peace in the world. According to Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, the definition of a peacemaker is "one who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance." However, if we reflect on this word in biblical terms, […]
Take your career for a test-drive with MVS!
Anna wasn’t sure where to jump to next after college. Sound familiar? 🙋♀️ A gap year with Mennonite Voluntary Service (MVS) let her test-drive a career and zero-in on her passion. Where will you grow next? Visit the MVS webpage to learn more. Apply by January 31… before the August placements are full!
Teachers become students in India
North American visitors find churches growing, even where there is persecution. Teachers from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) and Mennonite Mission Network became students of Anabaptist faith in India in October. Members of a North American teaching team who facilitated a three-day workshop in Kolkata were inspired by Indian Mennonites and Brethren in Christ who […]
Your support makes service opportunities happen!
Learn how Mennonite Voluntary Service (MVS) participants join in intentional community with peers, serve with local nonprofits, and plug into the neighborhood and a local congregation. 2022-23 Tucson MVS unit participants Michaela Esau, Cade Fisher, Jessie Landis, and Andrea Troyer share how their MVS experience helped shape their perspectives on church, work, money and peacemaking. Your […]
Your support makes missional education happen!
Learn how Robin Gingerich, mission associate with Mennonite Mission Network, joins in the educational mission of LCC International University in Klaipèda, Lithuania! Gingerich is an instructor and administrator at LCC. She works with the BA English and the MA TESOL programs, joining in the university’s mission of providing Christ-centered education and fostering community among nearly […]
Here with purpose: Sara Gurulé
Every organization has a purpose; an answer to the deceptively simple question, "Why?" At Mennonite Mission Network, that "why?" is to lead, mobilize and equip the church to participate in holistic witness to Jesus Christ — across the street, all through the marketplaces and around the world. In this Q&A series, Mission Network asks staff […]
Your support makes worldwide partnerships happen!
Learn how Christy and Peter, workers with Mennonite Mission Network, join in partnership with their colleagues and community in N’Djamena, Chad, Africa! In this bonus interview, Peter Sensenig tells a story of his colleague’s journey of forgiveness. The Harrison Sensenig family serves with Mennonite Mission Network and Eastern Mennonite Missions in N’Djamena. There, Christy works at […]
Couple experiences shalom and community across the United States
Carolyn and Enos Tice are having an adventure. They volunteered with Mennonite Mission Network’s Service Opportunities with Our Partners (SOOP) and are spending a year traveling across the United States to serve in different locations. Follow their blog here. “We love it. We are having a great time.” That is how Carolyn Tice responded when asked how […]
Your support makes theological education happen!
Joel Beachy (pastor at East Union Mennonite Church in Kalona, Iowa) and Nathan Luitjens (executive conference minister with Central Plains Mennonite Conference) talk about their conference’s partnership with Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia and Mennonite Mission Network. Conversations and visits beginning in 1990 led to Mission Network forming a partnership for work in Ecuador and Venezuela together with Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de […]
Your support makes peacemaking happen!
Day of giving: April 16Donate now! Oscar Siwali is the founder and director of SADRA Conflict Transformation (South African Development and Reconstruction Agency), an organization dedicated to building a society that embraces peaceful methods of conflict resolution and building partnership. SADRA provides training for students and communities in peer mediation, as peacekeepers during riots and works to diminish xenophobia. The […]