Campaign will seek to revive peace witness

Jul 13, 2020 by and

The Peace and Justice Support Network is collaborating with Mennonite Church USA staff, area conferences and peacemakers to create a movement: Mennonites Against Militarism. The planning stages of this...

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Peace gathering builds partnerships

Jul 29, 2019 by and

Jamie Rye of Millersburg, Ohio, shares ideas with Melissa Florer-Bixler of Raleigh, N.C., during “Journey Forward: Peacemaking,” July 2 at the Kansas City Convention Center preceding the Mennonite Church USA convention. — Laurie Oswald Robinson/MMN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jason Boone, Mennonite Mission Network minister for peace and justice, believes 21st-century peacemaking is not about leaders setting the agenda. Rather, it’s about people in the...

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On Election Day, allegiance to Jesus

Oct 17, 2016 by and

On Nov. 8, churches across the U.S. will participate in Election Day Communion, a national movement to unite Christians of all denominations, despite political differences. “The practice of communion is an...

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Sunday school materials connect vets, peace churches

Dec 15, 2014 by and

Developers of a new Sunday school curriculum say it goes down a seldom-walked path — where pacifists accompany veterans toward peace. “Returning Veterans, Returning Hope: Seeking Peace Together” was...

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Network seeks to mobilize Israel-Palestine peacemaking

Aug 12, 2014 by and

Mennonites have been building relationships in Israel-Palestine longer than many other Christian denominations but lack the churchwide efforts to work for peace in the Middle East that some denominations...

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