Mennonite World Review

Articles : Europe

Jan. 23, 2006 issue

• Private land development deal raises concerns among some Mennonites

  A speculative land deal in the works in southern Ukraine is causing concern among North American Mennonite groups with ties to the former Soviet state.

• Student’s path leads back to Belarus

  KLAIPEDA, Lithuania — Being a college student is an experience Suzanna Krivulskaya never takes for granted.

Dec. 19, 2005 issue

• Center ministers to Ukraine youth

  KRIVOY ROG, Ukraine — The imagination, passion and dedication of one family are changing their city for the better, thanks to a project supported by a Mennonite Brethren ministry.

• Theology seminar shows Swedes’ interest in Anabaptism

  ÖREBRO, Sweden — A seminar on the ideas of Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder demonstrated a growing interest in Anabaptist thought and practice in Sweden.

Nov. 14, 2005 issue

• Soviet Christians’ witness remembered

  OTTAWA — News about the Oct. 18 death in Moscow of Alexandre Yacovlev reminded me of my one encounter with him. It was in the early 1980s when he was the Soviet Union’s ambassador to Canada.

Oct. 24, 2005 issue

• Ukrainian conference holds its first meeting

  Ukraine’s conference of Mennonite congregations held its first meeting May 20-22, a year after the group was founded.

Oct. 17, 2005 issue

• Surviving conjoined twin doing well a year after surgery

  A German girl born conjoined to her identical twin is doing well a year after the dramatic surgery that separated the pair.

Oct. 10, 2005 issue

• Ukraine pastor’s act of love points way to God

  KHERSON, Ukraine — On a recent morning in a small village in this mostly Russian Orthodox country, a Mennonite pastor offered words of comfort at the funeral of an alcoholic who had committed suicide.

Sept. 19, 2005 issue

• Northern Ireland workers come home changed

  BELFAST, Northern Ireland — In September 2004, Derek and Sherrill Keefe began a one-year Mennonite Mission Network assignment in a part of the world infamous for its religious and political tensions.

Sept. 12, 2005 issue

• Dutch, Tanzanian youth build unity

  LEEUWARDEN, the Netherlands — Twenty-five youth strengthened a connection between Mennonites in Tanzania and the Netherlands this summer.

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