A globe-shaped metal sculpture was unveiled July 12 at the Mennonite Central Committee Connections Thrift Shop and MCC Material Resources Center in Kidron, Ohio.

I write today on behalf of Inclusive Mosaic Pastors to tell you: Yes . . . and no.

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The board of Mosaic Mennonite Conference is recommending the conference end its membership in Mennonite Church USA. Delegates will vote on the proposal Nov. 1.

There is something spectacular about sunflowers! Gaze upon one in your mind’s eye or linger with the photos here for a moment . . . . Breathe in their beauty.

We can get into, “It’s OK for you, but not OK for me” attitudes where we extend grace to our people, but when it comes to ourselves, grace is too much, or we feel we are undeserving.

Novel explores a life confined by impossible standards of sin and virtue

When immigrants detained at Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center, well known for overcrowding and harsh conditions, ask for prayer, volunteers from El Refugio don’t hesitate.

Mennonite Disaster Service Canada has appointed Reynold Friesen to be its next executive director. He will succeed Ross Penner, who has served as executive director since 2015 and will retire in March.

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In the wake of his fatal shooting, Charlie Kirk leaves behind a vast network of politically active religious leaders that will likely continue to influence politics for years to come.

Nearly 700 people gathered Feb. 16 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Boliviana (Bolivian Mennonite Evangelical Church).

Africa must be an architect of its own ecological future, said the continent’s Catholic bishops as they took part in the Second Africa Climate Summit, which took place Sept. 8-10 in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

Hesston College will inaugurate its 10th president, Mark Landes, during Homecoming activities Sept. 26-28.

Mennonite Church USA has given its 2025 Bring the Peace award to Joe Roos and Ciela Acosta.

Marcos Hernandez says he has spent most of his life running. Mostly trying to get away from God.

Sixty-one Mennonites from the mid-Atlantic region were arrested Sept. 9 outside Virginia Sen. Mark Warner’s congressional office in Washington, D.C., for their peaceful refusal to stop singing.

Doug Penner, Bethel College president from 1995 to 2002, died Aug. 29 after an extended illness. He was 77.

Mennonite Mission Network has appointed Juan Pacheco Lozano of Goshen, Ind., as regional director for Latin America. He succeeds Linda Shelly, who served since 2002.

With a total of six decades of ministry between them, Liz Ríos and Liz Mosbo VerHage were not surprised to learn that the vast majority of women ministers have faced misogyny.

Mennonite Central Committee U.S. executive director Ann Graber Hershberger has announced her planned retirement in July.

Two events conspired last summer to convince Brandon Ambrosino to write a book on theodicy, or why God allows evil.

In a nation fractured by war, where women’s bodies have become battlegrounds and bulldozers have destroyed houses in the name of “development,” Ethiopia’s Meserete Kristos Church faces a reckoning.

Here are the five unintended positive outcomes of persecution.

Question: What would you fight for? Answer: Nothing. Jesus said his followers would not fight, because his kingdom was not of this world (John 18:36). So, I literally won’t fight for anything, and using the word “fight” metaphorically often has dangerous connotations.

The Bible contains over 3,100 unique, named characters. And we get intriguing stories about unnamed characters, too.

In a year of big anniversaries — Anabaptism’s 500th, Mennonite World Conference’s 100th, Mennonite Disaster Service’s 75th — here’s a small one: Anabaptist World is 5 years old this month.

I’ve learned that my conduct is the most important part of the fight

Goshen College fights for the safety of its immigrant students

In an age of misinformation, we fight for truth

He texted me that night: We had to leave home; the bombing was too intense. The Israelis are using total destruction, block by block in Gaza City, and they had just moved into the area of our home. They will destroy it all.

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Trainings are ‘war games’ for nonviolent direct action

As a yearlong drought dried up crops across southern Africa, Mennonite Central Committee partners distributed food to more than 3,500 families in Zimbabwe and Zambia in 2024 and 2025.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, led a prayer vigil on Aug. 14, where he read the name of every child who has died in the conflict between Israel and Hamas since the start of the war in the Holy Land two years ago.

In a video posted to its X account July 28, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned “EVERY CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN IN AMERICA” that the U.S. Border Patrol’s special operations group was coming to hunt them down.

Two organizations with Mennonite roots in Fresno, Calif., that assist adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities have merged.

Gleaners’ food-rescue program diverts surplus produce from farms to people in need

For a year and a half, Abundance Canada — formerly known as Mennonite Foundation of Canada — has been dealing with the aftermath of financial misconduct by Rick Braun-Janzen, a senior staff member.

For a year and a half, Abundance Canada — formerly known as Mennonite Foundation of Canada — has been dealing with the aftermath of financial misconduct by Rick Braun-Janzen, a senior staff member.

Mennonite World Conference has announced the theme and dates for its 2028 global assembly in Ethiopia: “Christ Unites Us,” Jan. 11-15. Mennonite World Conference - MWC CMM

To celebrate Everence’s 80th anniversary, employees surpassed their goal of doing 80 acts of service, reaching the milestone months ahead of schedule in July.

"This summer I’ve had a Sabbath from cooking on Sundays as my kids have taken over the kitchen!" - Heather Wolfe

The Anabaptism celebrations held earlier this summer marked five centuries since a radical movement began.

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Over the course of two days, thousands came to celebrate The Budget.

Congregations work to support families torn apart as asylum requests are dismissed.

What began as a simple gesture in the 1970s has grown into a cross-country friendship spanning decades, generations and nearly 3,000 miles.

Four years ago, Matt Conner presented his congregation with a stark reality: Newell Presbyterian Church had about 18 months of financial solvency ahead. The time had come to seriously consider its future.

On the anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago, faith-based peace activists gathered at the Pentagon and the White House to call for nuclear disarmament and an end to war.