'Amazing journey' for an Amish girl By Marty Lehman
I was born and raised in the Northern Indiana community of Topeka, as part of an Amish family. My parents were dairy farmers, which meant my siblings and I were also dairy farmers--whether we liked it or not ...
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Rick Warren: The Anabaptist were right
By John D. Roth California pastor Rick Warren and Anabaptist historian Abraham Friesen were the featured speakers at the third annual "Anabaptism and Contemporary Baptists Conference" held on the campus of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas on Jan. 30-31.
Warren, the well-known pastor of the Saddleback congregation and author of The Purpose-Driven Life, was effusive in his praise for the impact of Anabaptist thought on his ministry ...
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Kenya Mennonite make history by writing it
By Debbi DiGennaro of Eastern Mennonite Missions
Nine Kenyan delegates and three editors gathered to gether at the Mennonite Guest House in Nairobi the last week in January.
 Their task: to proof the manuscript of a history of the Kenya Mennonite Church. The idea for this book, chronicling KMC's 50-year history, was birthed in 2003 at the Mennonite World Conference summit in Zimbabwe ...
Read more ...Caren Okello (left) and author Francis Ojwang holding his son. Photo by Debbi DiGennaro.
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College Corner: Goshen unites to raise money for employee Habitat house By Jacob Maldonado Nofziger and Alysha Landis
As non-profit organizations struggle to cope with dwindling funds from the government, Goshen (Ind.) College is stepping in to help one of its own employees build a house through Habitat for Humanity ... Read more ...From left: Goshen President James Brenneman, Zoila and Eddie Mayorga, DaVonne Harris, and sophomore Isaac Fast break ground at the site of the Mayorga's new Habitat house on Jan. 24. Photo by Jordan Kauffman. |
Tim blog: A week with three deaths By Tim Nafziger On Feb. 4, Charletta and I had just left a day-long church meeting when we got word from her father that their pastor, Mick Murray, had been killed in a car accident. Mick was pastor at the Kalona (Iowa) Mennonite Church where Charletta's family has attended for 16 years ...
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