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At Wheaton College, “the Harvard of the evangelical world,” Mennonites find commonalities with and distinctions from a dominant branch of American Christianity. They also bring an Anabaptist influence to Wheaton, where many of the nation’s most rigorous evangelical Protestant academics study and teach. Wheaton employs about a dozen members of nearby Lombard Mennonite Church in the Chicago suburbs. The church, in turn, attracts students from the college. READ Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary celebrates its 50-year history Community and friends from across the continent gathered April 25-26 at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Ind., to celebrate the school's 50th anniversary and dedication its new library and renovated campus center. READ Kansas church rebuilds with support from across nation Jeffrey Blackburn, pastor of Greensburg Mennonite Church, searches for words big enough to convey the gratitude for Mennonite Church USA’s support after a May 4, 2007, tornado destroyed the church. READ B.C. church floor collapse during concert injures 40 The floor of a British Columbia Mennonite Brethren church collapsed April 25 during a Christian rock concert, injuring more than 40 people. More than 1,000 people attended the concert, headlined by the band Starfield of Vancouver. READ Mennonite Weekly Review wins top award from press association Mennonite Weekly Review received the first-place award in the Best in Class competition for national or international newspapers at the Associated Church Press annual convention April 22. MWR was also honored for front-page design and Ardie Goering's column. READ MCC ships food aid to Zimbabwe amid election uncertainty As Zimbabwe's political situation remain tense after March 29 elections, MCC is shipping 77 metric tons of wheat and soybeans to Zimbabwean communities where food has become scarce due to drought and economic turmoil. READ
If U.S. citizens thought of themselves first as global citizens, the country would be better off, seven Goshen College students told a CNN anchor who came to the college April 15 for a forum with first-time Mennonite voters. The students also fielded CNN’s questions about issues in the presidential campaign and about the Mennonite peace position in the hourlong taping of the forum. CNN came to Indiana after taping similar forums in Pennsylvania and Michigan, and has sought out groups of people distinctive in each state. A CNN researcher found information about Mennonites when looking at both Pennsylvania and Indiana. READ Candidates debate on faith at Messiah College Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton squared off on how their private faiths would affect their public decisions as president in a “Compassion Forum” April 13 at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., Religion News Service reports. READ |
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 THIS WEEK'SFRONT PAGE Click HERE to download a PDF version of the current front page of MWR's Print Edition. EDITORIAL The world’s worst food crisis since the 1970s is pushing billions of people over the brink from poverty to hunger. READ New Directions Joanna Shenk reminds U.S. Mennonites of their immigrant history. READ Sunday school lessons May 18, 2008 / READ May 11, 2008 / READ May 4, 2008 / READ Classifieds Click HERE for job list- ings and other offerings. World Neighbors Column by Kathleen Kern of Christian Peacemaker Teams. READ Third Way Cafe: Read other recent MWR editorials among other reflections from Anabaptists Write us Feedback? Opinions? Suggestions? Click HERE to write MWR's editors. 
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EDITORIAL: Critique of an ‘innocent’ nation
Beneath the surface of a presidential campaign controversy lies the deeper issue of how Americans view their nation. READ EDITORIAL: Building unity at two levels Right now, two very different developments — one denominational, the other international — offer the chance to build unity as an Anabaptist body. READ |
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