MVS Ministry Support
Elizabeth Bontrager, a member of the MVS DC Unit ministry support committee, shares how her MVS experience in Tucson has shaped her professional career.
MVS Partners—Government Accountability Project
Government Accountability Project CEO Louis Clarke explains how the MVS partnership and work of volunteer Katie Miller has been instrumental to his agency.
Love is a verb
The Mennonite Church USA Convention that recently met in Orlando, Florida, had as its theme “Love is a verb.” Some New Testament verses that capture well the sentiment expressed in that theme are found in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3: “If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I […]
Transition creates opportunities
ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Mission Network) – Surrounded by their colleagues, families and friends, three Mennonite Mission Network senior executives received gratitude and blessings as they transition from their roles, first at College Mennonite Church in Goshen, Indiana, on Aug. 3, and again on Aug. 10 at the Mission Network offices in Elkhart. Paula Killough, senior […]
Season of change at DOOR
Denver, Colorado (DOOR Network/Mennonite Mission Network) - DOOR is experiencing a season of change. Effective Aug. 31, 2017, Glenn Balzer has resigned as DOOR executive director. DOOR is sad to lose his leadership after 23 years, but celebrates all that he has given to the organization. DOOR blesses him and wishes him well as he also embraces […]
“Evil beyond telling” in Congo
KIKWIT, Democratic Republic of Congo (AIMM/Mennonite Mission Network) – Violence continues to leave suffering and destruction in its wake in Congo’s three Kasai provinces where most of the Mennonite churches are located. The situation worsens and grows more complex daily. For security reasons, no names are used in reporting. A North American with Africa […]
Mennonite Church youth volunteers benefit Valencia campuses
While preparing for the Mennonite Church USA 2017 Conference in Orlando - which would feature reflective and informational workshops as well as youth volunteer opportunities – Arloa Bontrager and Jolene VonGuten of Mennonite Mission Network contacted the Orlando Visitor’s Bureau for a list of potential organizations to partner with. Valencia College quickly rose to the top […]
Indigenous youth worship, learn, and raft together
GOSHEN, Indiana (Mennonite Mission Network) – The worship area at the Ninawachi Bible Institute in Huaticocha, Ecuador, was filled to capacity with youth and adults from the Ecuadorian rain forest. In the front row, 13 Cofán youth and two church leaders from distinct communities proudly donned their traditional dark-blue cushma shirts and red handkerchiefs. Other […]
Argentina Church celebrates 100 years of ministry
ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Mission Network) – Two North American families stepped off the S.S. Vaubar Steamship at the port in Buenos Aires on Sept. 11, 1917. Sent by Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, a Mennonite Mission Network predecessor agency, Tobias Kreider (T.K.) and Mae Hershey with their two children, Beatrice and Lester, and Joseph […]
“Girls, we’re on the way!”
Genevieve Shuppert Bertsche, 95, died May 30 at Goshen (Indiana) Hospital after a brief illness. Bertsche devoted much of her life to serving God through Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, a Mennonite Mission Network partner. Born Oct. 21, 1921, to LeRoy and Maggie (McDonald) Shuppert in St. Joseph County, Indiana, Genevieve – better known as Jenny – […]
“A whirlwind of a woman” named Mama Peace
ELKHART, Indiana (African Inter-Mennonite Mission/Mennonite Mission Network) – Africans called her Mama Malembe, but Alma Doering stirred up mission fervor in the American Midwest and in Europe. "Malembe" means "peace" in many Bantu languages. However, James Bertsche wrote that she was "a whirlwind of a woman" in his brief history of Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, It’s […]
Seminary coursework inspires collaboration with former mission partners
ELKHART, Indiana (Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary/Mennonite Mission Network) — When Bob Gerber, 80, of Leesburg, Indiana, enrolled as a Master of Divinity student at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (then Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries) in Elkhart in the spring of 1978, he couldn’t have imagined that he’d be getting his degree this spring, nearly 40 years […]