Category - mennonite

Lutherans apologise for past persecution of Mennonites and Anabaptists

agency reporter — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:58:32 +0000

The governing body of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has approved a statement that prepares for a significant action of reconciliation with churches of the Mennonite and Anabaptist families, apologising for past persecution.

Anabaptism in the C21st

Simon Barrow — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:33:15 +0100

What role does Anabaptism have to play in renewing Christianity in the new century? How do we appropriately take our past into the future?

In the pink

Simon Barrow — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:45:32 +0100

For the Mennonite Church USA Assembly in Columbus Ohio (ending on 5 July 2009), Christians affirming of the place and ministry of lesbian, gay and transgendered people in the church have organised an imaginative witness

Cultivating tough gratitude

Simon Barrow — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:14:21 +0100

Public life demands ‘tough’ corporate attributes rather than what it labels ‘soft’ personal ones – like love and gratitude. Simon Barrow argues that the communal cultivation of loving relation is needed to help redirect the official anonymity of the social order.

Men arrested over alleged rape of Bolivian Mennonite women

staff writers — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:18:46 +0100

Seven men have been arrested over the alleged rape of 60 women or girls from Bolivia's Mennonite community. Up to 40,000 Mennonites live as farmers in Paraguay and Bolivia.

Living an Anabaptist vision

Phil Wood — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:36:16 +0000

Anabaptists were the radicals of the Reformation – pacifist but prickly – and Mennonites were the Dutch Anabaptists. Phil Wood describes his Spiritual and social journey on the dissenting margins of historic Christianity.

Towards an economy worth believing in

Simon Barrow — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:34:10 +0100

A paper summarising some recent interventions from faith bodies on the debate about economy, globally and locally. It also highlights the historic links between Christian thought/action and oikonomia (the management of the household), some different stances on markets, and Ekklesia's own research paper, Is God bankrupt? - a response to a British and Irish churches' report on 'prosperity with a purpose', published in 2005. A brief update has been included relating to the 2008 credit crunch / banking crisis.

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US churches meet to explore new paths to peace

staff writers — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:09:43 +0100

Is it possible for a broken church to act as an agent for healing in a divided society? A gathering of people from peace church denominations in the United States has met to explore the practical and ecclesial issues.

Why the church needs a new foreign policy

Simon Barrow — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:11:46 +0000

The United States and the United Kingdom are being forced this month (March 2008) to reflect on the recent heritage of their military interventions. Who or what are we trusting in when we choose the way of the sword over the way of the Cross, asks Simon Barrow. Where does salvation lie?

Kingston Jamaica to host global churches' peace conference

staff writers — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:56:35 +0000

Kingston, Jamaica, will be the host city for the World Council of Churches' International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in 2011, it has been announced - marking a decade of activity promoting practical responses to violence.