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 […]
An open door to hospitality
Where do you see hospitality? Join Horace McMillon, pastor of Open Door Mennonite Church in Jackson, Mississippi, and learn what hospitality means to the Open Door community. This video is a part of Mission Sunday 2021, a resource series that helps equip churches to learn about and celebrate mission in the month of November. To […]
Refrigerator pictures prompt prayers
Mary Raber, who recently retired from serving in Ukraine with Mennonite Mission Network, feels deeply grateful that her prayer card found a place on a refrigerator in Kansas. "A woman kindly wrote to me and told me my photo is on her fridge and that she prays for me every time she reaches for […]
The wind blows where it wishes
In March 2020, two anniversaries were celebrated in Ecuador. One anniversary marked 30 years of Mennonite Mission Network’s presence in Ecuador. The other marked 20 years of the partnership formed for ministry in Ecuador, which includes Mission Network, Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia (IMCOL–Colombia Mennonite Church), and Central Plains Mennonite Conference (CPMC), an area conference of Mennonite […]
Two-way Mission update
Jerrell Ross Richer gives an update of the two-way mission they are a part of in Ecuador. Jane, Jerrell and their children work half the year with indigenous church leaders as well as children, youth and families in the Ecuadorian rain forest, and half the year as educators in the U.S. Their ministry reflects one of […]
New Executive Coordinators for AIMM introduced — Part 2
The second video in a two part series. Sharon Norton and Steve Wiebe-Johnson, co-directors for Africa and Europe, introduce John Fumana and Bruce Yoder who are the new Executive Coordinators for Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission (AIMM). They share a brief history of AIMM, missiological insights they have, and give their vision for the future of the […]
New Executive Coordinators for AIMM introduced — Part 1
The first video in a two part series. Sharon Norton and Steve Wiebe-Johnson, co-directors for Africa and Europe, introduce John Fumana and Bruce Yoder who are the new Executive Coordinators for Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission (AIMM). They share a brief history of AIMM, missiological insights they have, and give their vision for the future of the […]
Small grants bring hope to people in Ukraine
Sharon Norton, co-director for Africa and Europe ministries for Mennonite Mission Network, interviews long-term worker, Mary Raber. Mary tells stories of how even very small grants have made a difference in the lives of people in Ukraine. She is currently working from her home in the U.S. and hopes to return to Ukraine next spring.
A tale of two worlds and one God of abundant hope
The COVID-19 pandemic threw Mennonite Mission Network into a Charles Dickens-like "tale of two cities" during its previous fiscal year, spanning Aug. 1, 2019 – July 30, 2020. To paraphrase Dickens, it was the best and worst of times … it was the spring of hope and the winter of despair. During the final four […]
Walking together
In East St. Louis, Illinois, in 1929, Joseph Raglin set the world record for bricklaying, by laying 3,472 bricks in 60 minutes — an astonishing rate of 58 bricks per minute. Raglin’s record remains, as do many of the brick roads he expertly and painstakingly built alongside the Conley brothers: William, John and Elijah. Bricklayers […]
Story 1: Distributing care packages; reformatting ministries
Directors of Mennonite Mission Network’s service programs reflect on how service opportunities pave a stronger pathway for the future Anabaptist church. On March 24, at the outset of the shut-down in the United States, Mission Network’s Executive Cabinet released thousands of dollars of emergency funds to help its partners throughout the world. Mission Network […]
Story 2: Providing an emotional-spiritual “vaccine” for isolation
Jason Boone, coordinating minister for Mennonite Mission Network’s Peace and Justice Support Network (PJSN), woke up March 17 with the COVID-19 pandemic heavy on his heart. He sensed a call for Mission Network to provide a new ministry of hope during harrowing times that could connect people of faith who are isolated from public worship and […]