Category - mennonites

Mennonite Church in Vietnam given legal recognition

agency reporter — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:02:20 +0000

The government in Hanoi has legalized the Vietnam Mennonite Church, in a move that Anabaptists hope will end the tensions and difficulties of the past and open up new possibilities for the country and for Christians.

Peace protesters successfully blockade Atomic Weapons Establishment

staff writers — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:01:36 +0000

Hundreds of peace demonstrators, including Christian groups and nonviolence activists, blockaded the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston yesterday, to protest Britain's weapons of mass destruction.

Walking Alongside- Alternative Methods of Nonviolent Accompaniment in Israel/Palestine

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:52:48 +0000

Start: 27/09/2008 - 09:30

End: 27/09/2008 - 16:00

Sixty years after the creation of the state of Israel, tensions in the Holy Land continue to capture the attention of the world, and continue to divide people of all faiths across the globe.

Young Anabaptists seek to strengthen world church ties

staff writers — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:57:02 +0000

The woman heading up the Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network, which enables members of churches in different parts of the world to meet together, believes such exchanges are vital to a shared global future.

Mennonites assist peace-building for Kenya's tribes and churches

agency reporter — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:38:09 +0000

Forty pastors from five different tribes and denominations met for a peace-building seminar at the Eastleigh Fellowship Centre, located in a semi-slum area of Nairobi, recently. The centre facilitates church and community programmes.

Dutch Mennonites back hospitals and health initiatives in Tanzania

agency reporter — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:05:29 +0000

Doopsgezind WereldWerk, the Dutch Mennonite Organization for Solidarity and Peace has been sending shipments of medical supplies and hospital equipment on to hospitals in Shirati and Mugumu in Tanzania, pioneering health care institutions.

Mennonites assist relief efforts in conflict-riven Kenya

agency reporter — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:18:08 +0000

Two weeks after the country's disputed election and the violence that has followed in its wake, Mennonite relief work is continuing and the peace church reports that Kenyan Mennonite Church members are safe despite the troubles.

Gospel message needs witness for peace, say Latin American Anabaptists

agency reporter — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:57:44 +0000

Anabaptism, a dissenting Christian tradition associated with the world's historic peace churches, provides a specific way of understanding what it means to follow Jesus, a leading presenter at a major Mennonite consultation has declared.

Historic peace churches commit to healing in a violent world

agency reporter — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:06:06 +0000

Representatives of the world's Historic Peace Churches gathered in Solo, Indonesia in December 2007, to ask what "Peace in Our Land" means - through the interrelated topics of injustice, religious pluralism, and poverty.

Asian Mennonites move towards merger with world peace church body

agency reporter — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:39:44 +0000

Representatives from the Asia Mennonite Conference (AMC) have decided to move ahead on an “outline of merger” with Mennonite World Conference (MWC), strengthening relations in the 1.2 million world-wide peace denomination.