Articles : Jewel Showalter/Eastern Mennonite Missions
June 25, 2012 issue
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Photo by Eastern Mennonite Missions
What is a Mennonite? An Ethiopian definition
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Is the Meserete Kristos Church of Ethiopia really a Mennonite church? This is a question we frequently hear in the U.S.
In fact, I think that what we are witnessing in MKC today has more in common with 16th-century Anabaptism than with our experience as Mennonites in North America.
May 28, 2012 issue
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Ethiopians trained for cross-cultural gospel outreach
DEBRA ZEIT, Ethiopia — The Meserete Kristos (Christ Is the Foundation) Church is fanning the flame of indigenous movements to Jesus.
April 16, 2012 issue
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Church planters press into new territories in Guatemala
CAHABON, Guatemala — Before moving to Nuevo Esperanza in January, K’ekchi’ church planter Mariano Choc had been traveling four hours every week — on foot — to plant a church there.
Jan. 2, 2012 issue
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Peruvian villagers welcome health team
CUSCO, Peru — Mary Dunn and her Eastern Mennonite Missions team recently took a break from clinics and lessons about nutrition and sanitation to distribute something just as important — sweets and gifts.
Oct. 31, 2011 issue
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Holy Spirit gives power for mission
MEDAN, Indonesia — In the mountains near an active volcano, an Indonesian Mennonite had an unusually productive harvest of chili peppers last year. He used the proceeds to buy his church a van for mission trips. His pastor objected.
May 16, 2011 issue
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EMM considers changes due to mission trends and decline in giving
SALUNGA, Pa. — Eastern Mennonite Missions is in the midst of an organizational review that is looking ahead to changes in its administrative structures.
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Somali peace teacher surrendered life to Jesus
MILWAUKEE — Twice before, Ahmed Ali Haile had approached death’s door. A bout of cerebral malaria almost felled him as a teenager. Years later, a rocket mortar shattered his leg. He lived to father a third child and continue peacemaking work.
March 14, 2011 issue
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Young leaders trained through Vietnam’s new theology institute
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — As Mennonites in Vietnam experience greater religious freedom, a new leadership training program has completed its first year.
March 7, 2011 issue
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Retired pastoral couple use their gifts in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — After 35 years of pastoring Mennonite churches in Pennsylvania and Virginia, Wes and Lois Boyer felt God calling them to serve overseas at the Mennonite Guest House in Nairobi.
Jan. 17, 2011 issue
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Pioneering missionary in Albania dies
TIRANA, Albania — Paul Kropf, who pioneered church-planting work in Albania with Eastern Mennonite Missions for 17 years, died Dec. 25 of an apparent heart attack. He was 53.
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