Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Oct. 15, 2007

Editorial

• From loyalty to love

  In a TV ad a few years ago, a distinguished gentleman declared that at his investment firm “we make money the old-fashioned way. We earn it.” This principle fits Mennonite churches today, but with a twist: “We attract people the new way. We earn them.”

Feature

• Diverse media messages go far

  WINNIPEG, Man. — Sixty years ago, some Mennonite college boys launched a radio program that eventually grew into a Christian media agency with programs aired around the world.

• Amish leaders concerned movement might grow

  LANCASTER, Pa. — Wearing the bushy beard and black vest common to Amish men, Steve Lapp stood near the pulpit of a Pentecostal church on a recent Sunday night and offered his services as a healer.

• Woman describes life inside ‘Amish-Jewish cult’

  GOSHEN, Ind. — Patricia Hochstetler hopes her story of escaping a backwoods religious cult in southern Tennessee will help prevent even one person from falling prey to such a group.

• Amish forgiveness continues a year later, professor says

  GOSHEN, Ind. — A year after five Amish schoolgirls were shot to death in Nickel Mines, Pa., Amish forgiveness of the killer continues to fuel discussion, according to a Goshen College history professor.

• Couples weigh options when choosing marital names

  Brooke and Justin Rothshank of Pittsburgh wanted to have the same last name after marrying in 2002 but didn’t want to choose only one of their family’s names.

• Gift of Bible inspires student’s conversion, baptism

  GOESSEL, Kan. — The graduation gift of a Bible to a German exchange student inspired not only a spiritual conversion but a return trip to the United States to be baptized.

• Menno-Hof director recalls Tennessee commune leader

  SHIPSHEWANA, Ind. — Joseph Yoder was 16 in 1958 when Mack Sharky wandered in and out of his family’s life.

• Genealogist uncovers passion for Mennonite heritage

  WINNIPEG, Man. — Alf Rede­kopp strains to slide the large, flat box off a sturdy steel shelf in the vault and gestures for the help of someone nearby.

• Chuch aims to stop membership decline

  The number of congregations in Mennonite Church USA has dropped by 150 in six years. Membership has shrunk by 11,000. Cause for alarm in a church that aims to be “missional” and thus to grow?

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