Category - MCC

Mennonite summer camps foster practical peacemaking skills

agency reporter — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:36:26 +0100

The North American Mennonite relief and development agency MCC is supporting summer 'peace camps' which bring young black people together to find out more about being creative peacemakers in their neighbourhood and aas leaders.

Mennonites assist peacebuilding in Ethiopia

staff writers — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:28:11 +0100

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and the Evangelical Churches Fellowship of Ethiopia have brought together 40 community leaders – Muslims, Ethiopian Orthodox and Evangelical Christians – affected by the country's violence.

Colombian attackers target church justice and peace work

staff writers — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:23:45 +0100

A pre-dawn break-in earlier this month (June 2007) targetted two computers containing sensitive information at the office of Justapaz, the Christian Center for Justice, Peace and Nonviolent Action, on-the-spot reports reveal.

Churches urged to light a lamp for peace with Iran

staff writers — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:50:12 +0100

Participants in a Christian delegation to Iran in February are urging congregations to light oil lamps as a reminder to pray for peace and for the people of Iran.

An optimism too far for Palestine-Israel?

Timothy Seidel — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:01:43 +0100

Peace and justice means more than political expediency, argues Timothy Seidel - and behind the fashionable rhetoric of 'two states' for Palestine/Israel lie some highly dubious agendas.

Canadian Mennonite agency presses for action on refugees

staff writers — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Threats, intimidation, assassinations and massacres have forced about 3.5 million Colombians to flee their homes and relocate to other areas in the country - writes Gladys Terichow of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), the North American peace church relief and development organisation.

Peacemakers bring hope amid Darfur devastation

staff writers — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:26:06 +0000

Peacemakers are helping communities resolve differences and recover from violence in Sudan's Darfur region despite a devastating four-year-old war that has killed hundreds of thousands of civilians and is continuing to escalate - writes Tim Shenk of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), the North American peace church development organisation.