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 […]
A conversation with Myrrl Byler — Part 2
In this second video, John F. Lapp, senior executive for International Partner Engagement at Mennonite Mission Network, continues his conversation with Myrrl Byler, executive director of Mennonite Partners in China, as part of The Hope Series. Mission Network partners with MPC. MPC has carried out a wide variety of academic exchange programs in China for […]
A conversation with Myrrl Byler
John F. Lapp, senior executive for International Partner Engagement at Mennonite Mission Network, interviews Myrrl Byler, executive director of Mennonite Partners in China, as part of The Hope Series. Mission Network partners with MPC. MPC has carried out a wide variety of academic exchange programs in China for nearly 40 years.
Responding to a renewed peace commitment
When they launched the Brooklyn Peace Church and Center in New York City this past January, Jason and Vonetta Storbakken and Ruth Yoder Wenger did not know that two months later a pandemic and protests would threaten to stop them in their tracks. Rather than stopping them, however, the COVID-19 lockdown and protests over the […]
En respuesta a un compromiso renovado con la paz
Cuando en enero inauguraron la Iglesia y el Centro de Paz de Brooklyn en la ciudad de Nueva York, Jason y Vonetta Storbakken y Ruth Yoder Wenger no sabían que dos meses después una pandemia y múltiples protestas repentinamente amenazarían con inmovilizarlos. Sin embargo, en lugar de paralizarlos, la cuarentena por el COVID-19 y las […]
El recién nacido de Dios renueva una congregación más antigua
Poco después de Navidad del año pasado, Naun Cerrato, un participante de la capacitación sobre plantación de iglesias de la Red Sent (Enviados) de la Red Menonita de Misión, estaba listo para el lanzamiento de la Iglesia Menonita Piedra Viva, una congregación de paz hispana nueva en Elkhart, Indiana. Pero sin seguridad financiera para alquilar […]
The newborn of God renews older congregation
Shortly after Christmas last year, Naun Cerrato, a participant in Mennonite Mission Network’s Sent Network church-planting training, was primed to launch Iglesia Menonita Piedra Viva (Life Stone Mennonite Church), a new Hispanic peace congregation in Elkhart, Indiana. But without rental finances, his fledging community feared there would be "no room at the inn" in which to be born. At about […]
A conversation with José Oyanguren and Maria Alfonsina Finger
Alfonsina Finger and José Oyanguren and their family live in Castelli in the Argentine Chaco where they work with indigenous churches and communities. Their sending church is Iglesia Menonita Bragado in central Argentina, and two Ohio congregations, Sonnnenberg (Kidron) and Pike (Elida), partner through Mennonite Mission Network. This video emerged through an initiative from Sonnenberg […]
A conversation with Deb Byler
Deb Byler is an international partner for Mennonite Mission Network. She serves in Guatemala, focusing on spiritual growth and leadership development among the women leaders in the Kekchi Mennonite Church. Latin America Area Director Linda Shelly interviews Deb as part of The Hope Series.
Latin America workers, partners show faith-based resilience in unraveling times
NEWTON, Kansas (Mennonite Mission Network) — Mennonite Mission Network partners in Ecuador and Peru are transforming financial aid into the "loaves and fishes" of groceries and rent assistance for their members suffering from impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of $4,000 is empowering Mennonite churches in Iquitos, Peru, and the Quito Mennonite Church in […]
Hopi Community hub reaching next generations
Four-year-old Kamryn sang with his preschool classmates at Peace Academic Center during a concert last November on the Hopi Reservation in Kykotsmovi, Arizona. When he saw his mother, Yvonne Kaye, blowing him kisses, he stopped singing, wildly waved his joy, and blew kisses back to her. The strong tug of love between them pulled audience […]