‘500-year-old Bible study’ resumes

Jun 24, 2019 by and

Mennonite representatives John D. Roth, César García and Thomas Yoder Neufeld and Reformed pastor Peter Detwiller cross the Limmat River in Zurich, Switzerland, to visit Reformed and Anabaptist sites. — J. Nelson Kraybill/MWC

ZURICH, Switzerland — Five centuries after Swiss reformer Ulrich Zwingli suggested Anabaptists be “cast to the ravens,” Anabaptists from Mennonite World Conference are joining spiritual descendants of...

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MDS stretches to keep up as severe weather strikes

Jun 17, 2019 by and

Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers clean up damage from an EF-1 tornado that hit Pendleton, Ind., May 27. About 75 homes were damaged by the storm, which sustained winds of about 100 mph and advanced into Ohio, where it and other storms caused 5 million people to lose power. — Darin Bontrager/MDS

From tornadoes and hurricanes to rain that seemed to fall for 40 days and 40 nights, many areas experienced severe weather in the first half of 2019. Mennonite Disaster Service is tracking it all and...

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