The pandemic has pushed 130 million people into extreme poverty and food insecurity. Mennonite Economic Development Associates’ annual convention highlighted how this has set back global poverty-reduction efforts by years and increased gender-based violence, prompting MEDA to focus on a mix of attending to small details and planning for long-term impacts. The post MEDA navigates pandemic challenges appeared first on Anabaptist World ..read more

Mennonite Hospital Km 81 in Paraguay is celebrating its 70th anniversary with a project to fund a new shoe shop. The post Paraguay leprosy hospital planning a new shoe shop appeared first on Anabaptist World ..read more

“There is a lot of fear in the air.” That’s the way one Mennonite Brethren pastor in British Columbia described the reaction to a letter sent by the provincial MB conference asking pastors and other church leaders to recommit themselves to the denomination’s Confession of Faith. The post Church leaders question MB request to reaffirm Confession appeared first on Anabaptist World ..read more

Face-to-face with the person who sold him out to the authorities, Zebron Mwale could have said any number of venomous things. Instead, he seized the opportunity to seek reconciliation. The post Peace begins behind prison bars appeared first on Anabaptist World ..read more

The very small theoretical risk of vaccination side effects is readily justified by the large known risk of COVID-19 infection and the proven benefit of vaccination. The post Don’t tell me what to do! appeared first on Anabaptist World ..read more

Felipe Preciado y Diana Cruz son una pareja colombiana que prácticamente ha dedicado sus años de juventud al servicio, antes como solteros y ahora como casados.  Se hicieron novios en los Estados Unidos, cuando eran voluntarios de IVEP, y contrajeron matrimonio después de volver a Colombia.   Quien no los conoce, pensará que la pasión que  […] The post ¡CÓMO NO TIENEN UNA MESA! appeared first on Anabaptist World ..read more

Recipients of Mennonite Church USA Thrive Church-Planting Grants include an LGBTQ-inclusive ­online congregation, a “missional replant” in Nebraska and an outdoor church in California. The post MC USA church-planting grants assist congregations redefining expectations appeared first on Anabaptist World ..read more

Without this spiritual prelude, it is not possible to embrace the full meaning of the Savior’s birth. The post Contemplation before celebration appeared first on Anabaptist World ..read more

As the days grow shorter in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun shines less and we enter the season of Advent. Setting our sights on the birth of our Savior, Advent’s liturgical movements flex our spiritual and theological muscles. They call us to our prophetic (extremely difficult at times) practice as Christians: hope in the face […] The post What Advent sprouts await? appeared first on Anabaptist World ..read more

Can Anabaptist Christians be contemplative? Is there any relationship between our practical, active discipleship — helping others, making peace, seeking justice — and the contemplative practices finding favor in some churches today? Are contemplatives really disciples? The post Before the doing is the being appeared first on Anabaptist World ..read more