Pope Leo XIV arrived in Angola on April 18, touching down in the capital, Luanda, to begin a three-day visit expected to focus on economic inequality, youth unemployment and governance in one of Africa’s most resource-rich nations.
Edmund Janzen, 88, president of Fresno Pacific University from 1975 to 1985 during a teaching career that included a stint at Tabor College and other church leadership roles, died April 14 at his home in Fresno, Calif.
From 1962 to 1991, Mennonite-related organizations operated residential schools for Indigenous people in northwestern Ontario. On March 6-8, 30 survivors from those schools gathered in Dryden, Ont., to tell their stories and begin their healing journeys.
As Sandra Shenk volunteered at the Mennonite Relief Center in Hinton, Va., during its annual chicken canning project in late February, she recalled the verses that were part of her Sunday school class earlier that week.
David Chow, a Mennonite Brethren pastor from Calgary, Alberta, has been appointed Mennonite World Conference regional representative for North America.
When President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, one of his first actions was to abruptly block migrants from seeking asylum in the United States through the southern border. Immediately, hundreds of thousands of people seeking refuge lost a legal pathway forward.
Interest in leaving the U.S. military increased dramatically in March after the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began.
Church of the Brethren delegates will consider at this summer’s Annual Conference a resolution on immigration urging civil disobedience when government policies conflict with biblical teachings.
Thulani Conrad Lewis Moore, 71, a longtime antiracism educator and organizer who played key roles in the Damascus Road and Roots of Justice training programs, died Feb. 17. He lived in Tucker, Ga., with his wife and young daughter.
The Budget received honors at the Osman C. Hooper Awards, hosted by Ohio News Media Association, on March 26. Non-daily newspapers in the state of Ohio submitted over 600 entries, which were judged by a blue-ribbon panel of experts in the fields of design, photography, advertising and journalism.
The digitization and online release of records of millions of Germans who joined the Nazi Party will make research on Mennonite involvement in the Third Reich more accessible for researchers.
Oak Flat’s injunction has been denied. The United States now initiates land transfer to Resolution Copper. We the people still pray and fight for sacred land.
Everence has concluded its $2.5 million Pastoral Financial Wellness Program after 10 years of partnership with Lilly Endowment Inc. through the National Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders.
The board of directors of Mennonite Central Committee U.S. has named Rukshan Fernando as the next MCC U.S. executive director.
There’s a framework that sometimes creeps into conversations about Mennonite Church USA — one that treats the denomination like a membership association.
A Mennonite Brethren church made up primarily of Congolese congregants near Cincinnati has closed and reopened following allegations of sexual misconduct by the pastor.
Bethel College President Jon C. Gering will leave his position at the end of June. He has served as president since January 2018. Gering and the Board of Directors announced his resignation March 23 in joint statements.
The letter is short and to the point. It says he has a “firm, fixed and sincere objection to participation in war in any form or the bearing of arms.” That’s the Pentagon’s definition of conscientious objection. The letter also notes his openness to alternative service.
The cross is a vocation to eliminate suffering. It calls us to address systems so there are fewer crosses in the world.
Mennonite World Conference’s 2028 global assembly will be in Tanzania. The Executive Committee announced March 19 it had accepted an invitation from the member churches of that country.
The film’s textured, almost tactile, animation is combined with a soundtrack that blends folk music with sweeping orchestration to tell a story about unmerited grace — the idea that humans are saved not by their good deeds but by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
