Despite own trauma, Nepalis help others after quakes

Jun 15, 2015 by and

Nepali village residents come to central distribution centers and carry supplies back to their homes because transportation is difficult after April and May earthquakes. A group of Nepali Anabaptist fellowships is reaching out to communities affected by earthquakes, with a goal of assisting 2,000 families. — Eastern Mennonite Missions

Binay Church Council, a group of Nepali Anabaptist fellowships, is reaching out to communities affected by the April and May earthquakes in Nepal with a goal of assisting 2,000 families. “These earthquakes...

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EMM worker finds his heart among Karen people

Jun 11, 2015 by and

Members of the Karen community in Lancaster, Pa., work in their garden, located on the farm of Nelson and Janet Habecker. —Jonathan Charles/EMM

LANCASTER, Pa. — Eastern Mennonite Missions worker Sean FitzGerald finds himself deeply impacted by his recent service among and ongoing relationships with Karen refugees from Myanmar, formerly Burma, living...

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Real estate project in Kenya to fund mission work

May 11, 2015 by and

An artist’s rendering shows the Mennonite Board in Eastern Africa’s plan for condominiums in Nairobi, Kenya, to fund evangelism and mission work in East Africa. — Eastern Mennonite Missions

NAIROBI, Kenya — A real estate development, including dozens of condominiums, is coming to the property of Amani Gardens Inn, formerly the Mennonite Guest House, in Nairobi. The Mennonite Board in Eastern...

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East Africans strengthen training for rural pastors

Apr 27, 2015 by , and

Bishop Albert Randa teaches church polity to candidates for ordination in the Tanzanian Mennonite Church in Mwanza. — EMM

MWANZA, Tanzania — Mennonite bishops in Tanzania and Kenya are striving to meet the need for local, affordable training for village pastors. They are working with Eastern Mennonite Missions workers Joe and...

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New York churches assist new immigrants

Mar 16, 2015 by and

Garifuna immigrants from Honduras line up outside the Community Center of Evangelical Garifuna Church, a Mennonite congregation in the Bronx, to receive legal and medical assistance. — Omar Guzman/Mennonite Garifuna Church of Manhattan

NEW YORK — Mennonite Garifuna churches of New York City have been assisting numerous Garifuna immigrants who have arrived since June. To date, they have assisted about 140 families, helping them with food,...

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EMM workers return to West Africa after Ebola crisis

Feb 16, 2015 by and

EMM worker Mike Baker splashes water on his children and their friends in the village of Catel in Guinea-Bissau. — Karen Baker/EMM

SALUNGA, Pa. — Four and a half months after leaving West Africa because of safety concerns connected to the Ebola crisis, a team of workers from Eastern Mennonite Missions is returning to their...

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Faith shines amid Central America’s violence, poverty

Dec 8, 2014 by and

EMM President Nelson Okanya holds a model of a ship the first EMM missionaries in Honduras used to travel up and down the Caribbean coast, while standing in front of the first Mennonite church in Honduras, established in Trujillo in 1950. — EMM

Churches in Honduras and Guatemala are growing and thriving even in challenging contexts of violence and poverty, Eastern Mennonite Missions leaders observed Sept. 20-27. At Project MAMA, a community...

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EMM sends its first U.S. YES team in a decade

Nov 24, 2014 by and

Esther Choi, in red jacket, and Evan Courtney, in black jacket, play with neighborhood children during an outreach event in Baltimore. — EMM

BALTIMORE — This fall Eastern Mennonite Missions sent its first U.S.-based YES team in 10 years. The team, made up of four young adults between the ages of 18 and 21, is partnering in mission with Wilkens...

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‘Brother, you are forgiven’

Oct 20, 2014 by and

Adalid Romero, left, president of Iglesia Evangelica Menonita Hondureña, and Carlos Marín Montoya, president of Amor Viviente, embrace at the 2013 Holy Spirit in Mission Conference in Singapore. — Javier Soler

LA CEIBA, Honduras — After decades of misunderstanding and little collaboration, the two largest Anabaptist groups in Honduras have publicly reconciled. In August 2013, leaders from the groups — Amor...

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Kenyan births peace churches in wake of violence

Oct 13, 2014 by , and

Pastor George Nyaundi looks over the sunset in the Rift Valley in Kenya. — Taylor Weidman/EMM

SOTIK, Kenya — One man has transformed the warring town of Sotik into a community of reconciliation and peace. George Nyaundi, a Mennonite pastor and church planter, has worked for peace in Sotik ever since...

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Russian video seminary addresses religious pluralism

Apr 28, 2014 by and

David Shenk lectures in front of students and videographers for “What Difference Does Jesus Make in a World of Many Religions?” at the Trinity Video Seminary in Kursk, Russia. — EMM

KURSK, Russia — Trinity Video Seminary recorded a new video course taught by David Shenk, global consultant for Eastern Mennonite Missions, in March. “What Difference Does Jesus Make in a World of Many...

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Teaching as mission jumpstarts education careers

Feb 3, 2014 by and

Rebecca Martin and Malinda Stoner served together through EMM as teachers at Promesa, a bilingual Christian school in Cusco, Peru. — Photo by Jessica Heindel

LANCASTER, Pa. — While some young adults trained in education struggle to find work as teachers, Rebecca Martin and Malinda Stoner found experience teaching in Peru gave them a distinct advantage in the...

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