What’s it like to be a Service Adventure leader?
What is being a Service Adventure leader like? Just ask Shelby and Travis! Together, they’re the unit leaders for the Colorado Springs, Colorado, team. Go to the Service Adventure webpage for current participant and leadership openings in places across the United States.
What makes a good Service Adventure leader?
A leader doesn’t have it all "figured out."🙅♀️ Instead, they’re willing to keep growing and learning with others! Find out how Rachel has grown through being the leader of a Service Adventure unit. Check out the Service Adventure webpage for current participant and leadership openings.
Service Adventure leaders help units grow!
What does being a Service Adventure unit leader look like? For Rachel, it’s cultivating a space where participants can grow and ask questions. 🌻 Check out the Service Adventure website for current participant and leadership openings.
Shared Voices
Shared Voices: Mennonite Mission Network guidelines for anti-racism and anti-sexism communication exemplifies Mennonite Mission Network’s commitment to antiracist, anti-sexist and anti-oppressive action and awareness. More than 20 years of international experience gives us a measure of expertise. However, we acknowledge that our organization remains on a journey as we promote the way of peace, justice […]
South African peace leaders determined to be nation’s light
The four-hour power outage that occurred just seconds before the conflict mediator training session began added irony that illuminated the group’s purpose and resolve. The rain and darkened clouds would not dim the light they all knew they must bring to solve dire social problems in their communities. “The Bible speaks about caring for the […]
Marisa Smucker assumes interim executive director position at Mennonite Mission Network
Mennonite Mission Network (Mission Network) Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Mike Sherrill, Ph.D. resigned from his position effective March 1. The Mission Network board appointed Senior Executive of Ventures Marisa Smucker to serve as interim executive director and plans to conduct a national search for a permanent leader. About Mike Sherrill An ordained educator, scholar, […]
Mission director of world’s largest Mennonite denomination shares strategy
Abayneh Anjulo Wanore, director of missions, evangelism and church planting for Meserete Kristos Church, called Mennonites to global church unity. Feb. 9, Abayneh Anjulo Wanore, director of missions, evangelism and church planting for Meserete Kristos Church (MKC) in Ethiopia inspired Mennonite Mission Network staff. Employees of Mission Network who work from offices in Elkhart, Indiana, […]
Sesiones del Enviados
Enviados es un recurso educativo elaborado para reclutar, capacitar y preparar a los plantadores de iglesias para desarrollar su tarea. Enviados está organizada en tres etapas independientes: explorar, capacitar y enviar. 1. Explorar 1.1 El llamado Objetivo: examinar su llamado personal a plantar una iglesia o ser partícipe de una iniciativa de plantación de iglesias. Este […]
New expressions of church
Audio en español. Watch the 2022 Sent Conference The 2022 Sent Conference celebrated how today’s context has pushed church leaders and planters to create unique and exciting ways of doing church together. Distinguished speakers included Leonard Dow, who spoke about his former days as a pastor and how he learned that there’s a season for […]
Resilience in the face of loss
As a part of the AMBS Pastors & Leaders Deep Faith 2022 seminar, Sharon Norton and Linda Shelly coordinated a workshop with an international panel of global partners sharing their stories of faith and resilience in the face of personal loss and community suffering during the pandemic. Panelists included Karen Sethuraman of SoulSpace in Belfast, […]
Remembering forward
Centennial festivities began in Argentina in 2017 to celebrate the arrival of the first Mennonite missionaries sent to Latin America. They were sent by Mennonite Board of Missions (MBM) — a predecessor agency of today’s Mennonite Mission Network. Two years later, in 2019, Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Argentina (IEMA, Argentina Mennonite Church) commemorated the centennial anniversary of its […]
Unless a Grain of Wheat
For six decades, North American Mennonites have walked alongside African Independent Churches (AICs) as they have navigated their faith journey between the ancient traditions of the ancestors and the newer claims of Christ upon their lives. The story of these relationships is a fascinating pilgrimage in partnership, offering hope for a mutuality that slips the […]