Category - mennonites

Colombian court accepts conscientious refusal of military service

staff writers — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:29:58 +0000

Human rights campaigners have welcomed the decision of the Colombian Supreme Court to allow citizens to opt out of obligatory military service because of religious, moral or philosophical objections.

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.

Vietnamese Catholics in large street protest against harrassment

staff writers — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:49:59 +0100

Half a million Catholics have joined street protests over attempts to stop a parish holding services in the grounds of a church bombed in the Vietnam war and confiscated by the government.

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.

Mennonites back peacemakers in India's troubled Orissa state

agency reporter — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:47:01 +0100

In the wake of widespread violence against Christians in India's Orissa state, the North American relief, development and peace agency Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is helping to provide training to peacemakers in the region.

Colombia's Mennonites seek prayer and solidarity from USA and Canada

agency reporter — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:00:17 +0100

Colombia's Mennonite churches are calling on congregations in Canada and the United States to join together in a unified cry for justice, peace and healing in the war-torn South American country.

Colombia's Mennonites seek prayer and solidarity from USA and Canada

agency reporter — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:00:17 +0100

Colombia's Mennonite churches are calling on congregations in Canada and the United States to join together in a unified cry for justice, peace and healing in the war-torn South American country.