Mennonite World Review

Articles : Europe

June 11, 2012 issue

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  Photo by Merle Good/MWC

  MWC leaders strengthen connections in global body

  BASEL, Switzerland — Anabaptist historical and theological roots were a strong undercurrent for the triennial gathering of the Mennonite World Conference General Council May 20-26 at the St. Chrischona Conference Centre near Basel.

  The venue’s symbolism loomed large. Basel was a crossroads for persecuted and migrating early Anabaptists, and for a century and a half Mennonites and other theological heirs of the Anabaptists have come here for training in ministry.

May 28, 2012 issue

• The quiet in the Scandinavian land

  On a farmstead outside Skövde in southern Sweden, a group of Anabaptists is regularly mistaken for wayward Amish.

April 16, 2012 issue

• London congregation takes worship outside with ‘walking church’

  The last Sunday of every month since January, Wood Green Mennonite Church in London has been worshiping outdoors and on the move. They call it “walking church.”

March 12, 2012 issue

• Europeans mark end of 50-year Intermenno cultural exchange

  For nearly 50 years, European Mennonites shared their lives and culture with young North Americans through the Intermenno program.

Jan. 9, 2012 issue

• Building in Spain is a first for Protestants

  With the help of a North American grant, an Anabaptist congregation in Burgos, Spain, is constructing a new building, a rare move for a Prot­estant church there.

Dec. 5, 2011 issue

• MWC leaders attend pope’s peace gathering

  ASSISI, Italy — Invited by Pope Benedict XVI, religious and humanist leaders gathered Oct. 27 in Assisi, home of the 12th-century Catholic friar and preacher, St. Francis, known for his commitment to peace.

Nov. 21, 2011 issue

• Tree symbolizes deeper relations with Lutherans

  WITTENBERG, Germany — Mennonites planted two trees in the Luthergarten in early October to mark the deepening of Mennonite-Lutheran relations.

Nov. 14, 2011 issue

• Delegation from MWC joins Dutch celebration

  ELSPEET, the Netherlands — In a visit punctuated by humor and joy, a five-person “koinonia” delegation of Mennonite World Conference got to know their Dutch brothers and sisters in September.

• Hope for orphans in Ukraine

  In much of Ukraine, hopelessness among adults has darkened the future of its youth.

Nov. 7, 2011 issue

• Spanish now offer lay leadership training

  BURGOS, Spain — Anabaptists in Spain are experimenting with a new way to train lay church leaders. They’re doing it with help from a Mennonite Mission Network worker, a seminary in Switzerland, a grant from Mennonite Central Committee Europe and a Jesuit priest turned Breth­ren in Christ pastor.

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