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Menno Simons Sermon Prize awarded to American pastor
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (308+ words) Center for Peace Church Theology The Center for Peace Church Theology at the University of Hamburg in Germany has awarded the 2026 Menno Simons Sermon Prize to Kate Andr, pastor of the Mennonite Congregation of Boston. Andr's sermon, "Gathering in the…...
Five things Friday roundup: The Kurds
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (339+ words) Andrea De Avila | For Anabaptist World Among the Kurds, there are Yazidi, Islamic and Christian religions. There are also a small number of Jewish Kurds. They are very tolerant of other religions and races. Their schools are among the only…...
It's fancy, but it's home
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (1358+ words) Tim Huber | Anabaptist World Committed to urban outreach, a conservative Mennonite church and school buys Catholic complex in Baltimore A minor Reformation has come to Baltimore, where a Mennonite church purchased a Catholic church and school in April. More than…...
Ascension Day: A surprising day of rest
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (467+ words) Andrew Hudson | For Anabaptist World Three years ago, on an apparently average Thursday in May, I found out the Farm and Garden store just outside of Elkhart, Indiana, was closed. This was highly unusual. The store was run by Plain…...
MC USA casts a vision for 2040
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (567+ words) Camille Dager | Mennonite Church USA A guiding question " What will the world look like in 2040? " shaped the first in-person meeting of Mennonite Church USA's Structure Review Committee April 15-16 in Chicago. Eric Massanari, executive conference minister for Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference,…...
Working for peace, Europeans fear a drift toward conflict
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (147+ words) Nearly two dozen peace workers from 10 countries gathered for collaboration and encouragement March 26-29 at the European Peacebuilders" Roundtable hosted at the Paris Mennonite Center in France. Convened by Mennonite Central Committee, the gathering drew participants from beyond Europe to share…...
Faith leaders go door to door in Congo preaching peace amid renewed war
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (832+ words) Tonny Onyulo | Religion News Service As gunfire and explosions echo across eastern Congo's hills amid the ongoing violent conflict, another sound moves more quietly through the neighborhoods of Goma and surrounding displacement camps: the knock of faith leaders moving from…...
What my chickens and seeds taught me about God's cycles of creation
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (613+ words) Brendan Mc Clenahan | For Religion News Service Is anyone else tired of being told to use less, waste less and shrink your footprint in a society that seems increasingly built to create more trash? Christians have been taught to think…...
Fire damages Maryland church
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (131+ words) A May 5 fire caused an estimated $400, 000 damage to a church building owned by Mount Airy Mennonite Church in Maryland. Fox45 News reported the one-story brick church was not actively being used by the congregation, but the property was maintained. The blaze…...
When it comes to war and peace, you get what you pay for
1+ week, 3+ day ago (258+ words) Bridget Moix | For Religion News Service Representing a wide range of faiths, backgrounds and life experiences, people urged lawmakers to choose peace at a critical time for our country and world. In doing so, they reflected both the persistent power…...