MWC General Council affirms new members, discusses name change
The General Council of Mennonite World Conference accepted two new national churches and heard that a proposal to change MWC’s name had received positive...
Believers collect water for baptism during drought
A severe water shortage in southern Ethiopia did not stop one Anabaptist congregation from baptizing new believers.
In the country’s drought prone Borena region, Meserte...
World assembly is small but full of joy
With its national motto of “unity in diversity,” Indonesia proved a fitting host for the 17th assembly of Mennonite World Conference—downsized by COVID-19 restrictions...
Rockets, rosebushes and relief in Ukraine
Before the fighting escalated in Ukraine this year, Nadiya O.* and her husband lived near the city of Uman, Ukraine. Together they grew a...
Ukrainian refugees offered transitional housing in former hotel
The work of the Ukraine Relief Coalition, of which U.S. Mennonite Brethren from Pacific Keep Church and Pilgrim Slavic Baptist Church are a part,...
ICOMB guests visit remote Amazon village
“Nineteen?” Slack-jawed, I tried to imagine birthing that many children in one lifetime. The elderly matriarch gave a gap-toothed grin. As founding chief, she...
Seeing the leaf, stem and fruit of ICOMB
“No one wants to suck on chalk,” is how ICOMB executive director Rudi Plett described the average reaction when told “structure” is important. Structure,...
ICOMB summit held in Brazil
After two years of virtual meetings, the International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) hosted a face-to-face summit May 17-22, 2022, bringing together nearly 100...