Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Ferne Burkhardt/Mennonite World Conference

Dec. 13, 2010 issue

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  Editor retires after 40-plus years with five publications

  Strasbourg, France — J. Lorne Peachey had long held a secret wish to work for Mennonite World Conference some day. Still, the invitation in 2001 to become editor of MWC’s three-language magazine surprised him.

  “I knew next to nothing about editing a publication produced in three languages for readers across many cultures in many countries,” said Peachey, of Scottdale, Pa.

June 21, 2010 issue

• Paraguayans share gift from MWC

  Presidents of the eight conferences that hosted the 2009 Mennonite World Conference assembly have decided to share equally a $50,000 gift from MWC.

May 24, 2010 issue

• Death of young African leader shocks MWC community

  Sithabile Ndlovu, a 2008-09 Anabaptist youth exchange program participant from Zimbabwe, died May 9 in Johannesburg, South Africa, after a brief illness.

May 3, 2010 issue

• Campaign engages churches around Colombia displacement crisis

  BOGOTÁ, Colombia — At Teusaquillo Mennonite Church, Colombia’s crisis of internally displaced people is not abstract.

April 5, 2010 issue

• Power to build the kingdom

  Fresh, clean water is pooling in a new well in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

• Ohio, Honduras churches connect

  MILLERSBURG, Ohio — After its first 10-day visit, an Ohio church has sent a group to Honduras almost every year.

March 22, 2010 issue

• Dutch leaders speak out for peace

  Dutch Mennonites are expressing their views against war in a variety of ways, including by opposing an extension of Dutch participation in the war in Afghanistan.

March 15, 2010 issue

• New MWC group builds partnerships

  STRASBOURG, France — Mennonite World Conference leaders are engaging work in mission and youth involvement.

Jan. 4, 2010 issue

• Cuban MWC leader dies

  STRASBOURG, France — Rafael Curbelo, a Brethren in Christ leader from Cuba who served on the Mennonite World Conference General Council, died of an apparent heart attack on Dec. 13 while traveling in Germany. He was 69.

Nov. 23, 2009 issue

• Assemblies: how often? MWC asks

  ST. JACOBS, Ont. — Mennonite World Conference officers are weighing how often to hold global assemblies.

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