Just Peace Pilgrimage—Group tours explore peace and justice issues
Mennonite Mission Network invites you and your congregation or group on pilgrimages that explore what God is doing to bring about justice and peace in the world and ways in which we can participate in such movements. Mission Network invites your Sunday School class, youth group and friends to join us as we learn together […]
The Doctrine of Discovery continues to exploit
This article first appeared in Anabaptist Climate Collaborative’s The Climate Pollinator newsletter. Members of Waterford Mennonite Church in Goshen, Indiana, are baptized in a small pond behind the church that is home to beavers, fish and many species of insects. The Waterford Wetlands, a 55-acre area of undeveloped land along the Elkhart River, is a […]
All are welcome at the Lord’s table
This blog first appeared on the Mennonite Church USA website. And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.” — Matthew 8:11 (NLT) In June 2017, I was in transit from […]
Choosing community in a globalized world
This story is the second in a three-part series that explores a vision for the Anabaptist church from Julián Guamán, an Indigenous Mennonite author in the Ecuadorian Andes. Read the first story. This article first appeared in Anabaptist Climate Collaborative’s The Climate Pollinator newsletter. Julián Guamán is an Indigenous Kichwa man from the mountains of […]
It starts with language
This story first appeared in Anabaptist Climate Collaborative’s The Climate Pollinator newsletter. On July 7 at MennoCon23 Youth Climate Summit, experts in climate change, spiritual activism and social justice will explore ways that youth and young adults ages 14-25 can put their faith to work to address this crisis. It will be a day of worship, […]
Mennonite Mission Network now scheduling autumn Just Peace Pilgrimages
Mennonite Mission Network is scheduling trips for groups and individuals to participate in new educational, eight- to 10-day pilgrimages in the United States, during which they will explore what God is doing to bring about justice and peace and ways to participate in such movements. Mission Network invites your family, friends, Bible study class and […]
Fe y política, hacia la política de Jesús
Este es el primer folleto de una serie centrada en la formación de líderes cristianos en las huellas de Jesús. La Red Menonita de Misión junto con la FEINE ha desarrollado estos materiales para líderes evangélicos indígenas en Ecuador. Julián Guamán muestra y explica el contexto de la realidad política de las iglesias indígenas y […]
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 […]
Service Adventurers forge peace from war
We are called to community A message from Marisa Smucker, Interim Executive Director As Christians, we are called to a different standard than the rest of the world. We seek to follow the way of Jesus and believe that strength and wisdom is provided through the Holy Spirit. God reaches out to each of us, […]
Meserete Kristos pastor denied prompt burial due to faith
Tesfay Siyum, a pastor and one of the founders of the Meserete Kristos Church in Eritrea, spent 10 years in jail for his faith. When he died, he was refused a prompt burial. I wasn’t able to fall sleep on April 19 until I wrote this blog, expressing my deep sadness about the suffering Pastor […]
Mission and Education
When various Anabaptist groups joined the global Protestant mission movement in the nineteenth century, their outreach efforts soon included education. To take one example, in the late 1800s a small group of mission-minded young people from Pennsylvania met to discuss how they might reach out to their neighbors through Sunday schools and service projects. This […]