Mennonite World Review

Articles : Asia

June 20, 2011 issue

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  Photo by Liesa Unger/MWC

  Young Anabaptists to focus on global connections

  TAIPEI, Taiwan — The new Young Anabaptists Committee of Mennonite World Conference has made stronger international fellowship its focus for the coming year.

  Meeting May 2-9 in Taipei alongside the annual MWC Executive Committee meeting, the group completed the transition between its predecessor, the MWC Youth Task Force, which had laid the groundwork for the committee’s formation and mandate.

June 6, 2011 issue

• Pastor one of 7 activists convicted in Vietnam

  Seven Vietnamese land rights and religious freedom activists, including a Mennonite pastor, were convicted May 30 on charges of attempting to overthrow the communist government.

May 23, 2011 issue

• Concerns of South rise to top for MWC

  TAIPEI, Taiwan — The rise of Anabaptist-related churches in the global South is becoming much more than a matter of membership. At a meeting of the Mennonite World Conference Executive Committee May 4-10, actions on staffing and structures reflected that growth.

May 16, 2011 issue

• Vietnamese pastor arrested

  HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese authorities have arressted Mennonite pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh for allegedly sowing division between the government and citizens.

May 9, 2011 issue

• Evacuees in Japan find refuge

  Signs of spring offer hope in disaster-stricken Japan. But as contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant spreads through soil and air, the future is uncertain.

March 28, 2011 issue

• Worldwide prayer and long-term response needed for Japan

  Mennonite World Conference is making plans to collaborate with Japanese Anabaptists, and Mennonite Central Committee is accepting donations to aid victims after an earthquake and tsunami devasted northeastern Japan on March 11.

March 21, 2011 issue

• Japan churches, mission workers safe after earthquake

  All Anabaptist-related church communities and Mennonite workers in Japan have reported they are safe after a historic earthquake and tsunami hit the country March 11.

• No reported injuries for MMN workers in Japan

  ELKHART, Ind. — Mennonite Mission Network reported March 14 that none of its workers or associates in Japan had indicated being harmed in the magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck earlier in the day.

March 14, 2011 issue

• After tsunami, MBs start a new Thailand-focused mission effort

  The waves came fast and hard, decimating coastal communities in 14 countries along the Indian Ocean and killing thousands in just minutes.
  

• 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.

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