Articles : June 25, 2007
Editorial
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Reinventing MCC for today’s world
Mennonite Central Committee’s organizational chart evokes a map of the solar system. Eleven regional, provincial and national MCCs, arrayed as planets, orbit a red, sun-like disk, the greater binational agency. The 12-part MCC corporate structure has a tang of science: orderly but complicated.
Feature
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Retracing the Great Trek
In 1880, A Russian military general, Konstantin von Kaufman, welcomed refuge-seeking Mennonites to Tashkent, the capital of today’s Uzbekistan. He offered good land for settlement and exemption from military service.
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Former director sees prophetic role for MCC
Robb Davis’ legacy at the head of Mennonite Central Committee — an 18-month period he describes as one of unrealized, even frustrated, potential — may be encapsulated in a single photograph.
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Visionary and tragic
Claas Epp Jr. (1838-1913) led a migration from Ukraine to present-day Uzbekistan in 1880 on “one of the most visionary and tragic adventures in all Mennonite history,” according to the Mennonite Encyclopedia.
Letters
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Grace and truth
About a year ago I was saddened to read in this column a letter from someone who revealed his bias. He was not speaking to the issue of sound, biblical theology but rather from a conservative-versus-liberal mindset, identifying one of those positions as the true Christian, Mennonite belief system.
News
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Signs point to long stay in Iraq
WASHINGTON — Debate over a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq may have implied that the U.S. presence there is likely to wind down soon. But recent comments from both the administration and military officials suggest a different scenario.
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Lutherans’ apology for persecution accepted
NEWTON, Kan. — Mennonite Church USA has accepted with appreciation an apology by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for the persecution of Anabaptists in the 16th century.
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Theft raises safety fears in Colombian churches
BOGOTA, Colombia — A break-in this month at Justapaz, a ministry of the Colombian Mennonite Church and a Mennonite Central Committee partner, is raising concerns about the safety of church leaders and members involved in human rights and peace work in Colombia.
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Teachers travel for Bible school
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Take a newly retired pastor with a passion for Christian education, a geographically large area conference with many small congregations, and four college students eager to do a summer ministry project.
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Nazareth Village attendance rises
NAZARETH, Israel — Less than a year after regional hostilities endangered the vitality of Nazareth Village, the re-creation of a first-century village set a record for attendance.
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