Articles : March 26, 2007
Editorial
-
Anniversaries: war and a peacemaker
In four years of war in Iraq, the deaths of American troops and Iraqi civilians have continued to climb, and no effective strategy for restoring peace has taken shape. Meanwhile, thousands of American families — as well as the families of Iraqis killed in the war — have added new anniversaries to each year’s calendar, the dates on which their fathers, wives, children or other loved ones fell victim to the machinery of violence.
Feature
-
A drink of living water
NEWTON, Kan. — A program of Mennonite Women USA is helping provide church leadership training for Anabaptist women worldwide.
News
-
MDS opens New Orleans headquarters
NEW ORLEANS — Mennonite Disaster Service dedicated its New Orleans project headquarters, a building rescued from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, on Feb. 26.
-
Hutterites learn history from afar
WINNIPEG, Man. — A retired history professor at Canadian Mennonite University is helping Hutterites learn about their history by using modern technology to link them together.
-
Bishop urges more prayer for Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Danisa Ndlovu, president-elect of Mennonite World Conference and bishop of the Zimbabwe Brethren in Christ Church, is urging Anabaptists around the world to pray for the people of Zimbabwe amid new political strife there.
-
Group considers moving over objection to photos
HUNTSVILLE, Mo. — A group of Amish Mennonites opposed to having their photographs made may move to northeast Arkansas soon if a Missouri law requiring photographs on driver’s licenses does not change.
-
Bluffton baseball team to play again
BLUFFTON, Ohio — Bluffton University’s baseball team will start its season March 30, four weeks after a bus crash in Atlanta claimed the lives of seven people, including five players.
-
Fighting drove player from hockey
WINNIPEG, Man. — Willie Friesen’s Damascus Road experience came after a fight during the 1974-75 hockey season.
-
Bible quiz program takes off in India
DELHI, India — Four young adults from eastern Pennsylvania helped launch a Bible quizzing program at a school run by a partner of Eastern Mennonite Missions in north India.
-
MCC resumes shipments of food to North Korea
AKRON, Pa. — Mennonite Central Committee is shipping nearly 35 tons of food to pediatric and tuberculosis hospitals in North Korea after more than a year in which MCC was unable to send aid to the country.
Download
Download a free PDF showing the populations of
Mennonite groups and other Anabaptists.
