Mennonite Mission Network executive director search committee invites churchwide input and prayer
After 19 years as executive director of Mennonite Mission Network, the mission agency of Mennonite Church USA, Stanley W. Green announced his retirement effective the end of July 2020. The Mission Network board of directors has formed a six-member search committee for Stanley’s successor. The search committee is gathering information about what constituents desire as […]
Ethel Yake Metzler embodied originality, compassion, curiosity in life’s travels
Ethel Yake Metzler, who loved traveling, arrived at her eternal home on July 27, 2019. She was 95. Ethel’s life journey began Dec. 19, 1923, in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Martha Erb Eby Yake and C. F. (Clayton Franklin) Yake. She graduated from Goshen (Indiana) College in 1946 with a double major in chemistry […]
Church planters stoke gospel passions
NEWTON, Kansas (Mennonite Mission Network) – Gisselle Guity believed that while compassion and a sense of call led her into church planting, it is coaching and resourcing that would have kept her there. She and several other women discovered this the hard way. After two years of serving marginalized women in West Palm Beach, Florida, […]
Mission worker in India remembered for vulnerability and passion for learning
NEWTON, Kansas (Mennonite Mission Network) – Paul I. Dyck, who served as a mission worker in India, died on Apr. 13, 2019. He was 93. Dyck was born in Olds, Alberta, Canada, on Jan. 14, 1926. In 1952, he married Lois Bartel. After graduating with his undergraduate degree from Bethel College (Kansas), and seminary training […]
What to do with back-to-school energy when you’re not going back to school
Since you were a kid, you’ve likely learned to associate fall with fresh starts. Back-to-school mania meant shopping for new school supplies and the excitement of learning who your new teacher and classmates would be. This is the time of year when you can walk into a Target store at any given moment and hear […]
God called me to plant a church. Now what?
If you feel that God is calling you to start a peace church, the Sent Network has the tools you need to begin your journey. The launch date is coming soon and there is still room for potential peace church planters. The resources in the Sent Network are designed to help church planters carry out […]
Mission worker in India remembered for love of people, culture
NEWTON, Kansas (Mennonite Mission Network) – Paul George Kniss, who served as a long-term mission worker in India, died on July 8. He was 94. Kniss was born in Peoria, Illinois, on May 23, 1925, to Elizabeth (Luther) and Lloy Anson Kniss. Kniss was a year old when his parents moved to India to serve […]
Women leaders spark a growing blaze of Sister Care ministries throughout Brazil
NEWTON, Kansas (Mennonite Mission Network) – In January 2015, Mennonite Women USA’s Sister Care training sparked a fire that created an explosion of interest among women in Brazil. A few women from northeastern Brazil traveled several long days by bus to reach the training held in Curitiba in the south. Yet no distance was too […]
Tracing 75-year MVS timeline at MennoCon19 celebration
KANSAS CITY (Mennonite Mission Network) – Judging by stories shared at Mennonite Voluntary Service’s (MVS) 75th anniversary celebration July 4 at MennoCon19, serving others in Christ’s peace amidst a perplexing world never goes out of style, no matter what the era. During the celebration hosted by Mennonite Mission Network, storytellers reminded about 100 attendees that […]
Six MennoCon seminars you may not have attended (but you should have): 2019 Mennonite Church USA convention seminars call for hope, dialogue and reexamination
KANSAS CITY (Mennonite Mission Network) – The wealth of knowledge and experience on display at the dozens of seminars at the 2019 Mennonite Church USA convention could only be described as an embarrassment of theological riches. The toughest choices throughout the week no doubt stemming from only being able to attend one seminar at a given time. Though topics ranged from guns to prayer practices to fostering relationships that empower (clarified as “the one about […]
Launching the Sent Network to equip church planters
ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Mission Network) – The Sent Network is a new resource from Mennonite Mission Network to explore, equip and send church-planting leaders where the Spirit leads. The resource’s goal is to assess and educate aspiring church planters and give them information and tools to create new communities of faith in the United States. This […]
Colombia mission workers evoke seminar responses
KANSAS CITY (Mennonite Mission Network) – Eric and Kelly Frey Martin, serving with Mennonite Mission Network in Bogotá, Colombia, tackled topics at MennoCon19 that ranged from dismantling sexual harassment to developing games that matter for a youth group. Though diverse, their equipping seminars shared a commonality: They evoked response. For example, in their July […]