Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Europe

Jan. 9 issue

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  Photo by Amy Schmid

  Building in Spain is a first for Protestants

  With the help of a North American grant, an Anabaptist congregation in Burgos, Spain, is constructing a new building, a rare move for a Prot­estant church there.

  “This is the very first new Prot­estant building in our city of 200,000 people,” said Connie Byler, who serves with Mennonite Mission Network in Burgos.

Dec. 5, 2011 issue

• MWC leaders attend pope’s peace gathering

  ASSISI, Italy — Invited by Pope Benedict XVI, religious and humanist leaders gathered Oct. 27 in Assisi, home of the 12th-century Catholic friar and preacher, St. Francis, known for his commitment to peace.

Nov. 21, 2011 issue

• Tree symbolizes deeper relations with Lutherans

  WITTENBERG, Germany — Mennonites planted two trees in the Luthergarten in early October to mark the deepening of Mennonite-Lutheran relations.

Nov. 14, 2011 issue

• Delegation from MWC joins Dutch celebration

  ELSPEET, the Netherlands — In a visit punctuated by humor and joy, a five-person “koinonia” delegation of Mennonite World Conference got to know their Dutch brothers and sisters in September.

• Hope for orphans in Ukraine

  In much of Ukraine, hopelessness among adults has darkened the future of its youth.

Nov. 7, 2011 issue

• Spanish now offer lay leadership training

  BURGOS, Spain — Anabaptists in Spain are experimenting with a new way to train lay church leaders. They’re doing it with help from a Mennonite Mission Network worker, a seminary in Switzerland, a grant from Mennonite Central Committee Europe and a Jesuit priest turned Breth­ren in Christ pastor.

Oct. 10, 2011 issue

• After Soviet Union’s demise, a Christian witness

  KLAIPEDA, Lithuania — As the Soviet Union crumbled in 1991, the newly independent Lithuanian government invited Christians to start a liberal arts college.

• Dutch celebrate church history

  Dutch Mennonites have found ample reason to celebrate their history this year.

Aug. 22, 2011 issue

• Bernese Anabaptist Exodus commemorated

  LIESTAL, Switzerland — The Bienenberg Theological Seminary will hold a historical colloquium about the Bernese Anabaptist Exodus Sept. 1-2 in Liestal.

Aug. 15, 2011 issue

• Austrians claim Anabaptist past

  A 15-meter galley ship tucked into the ruins of a castle in Austria restores to public memory a dramatic episode in Anabaptist history — a piece of a past nearly forgotten in that country.

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