Articles : Ecumenical relations
May 13 issue
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Photo by Joanie Peters/MCC
Visits to mosque lead to Muslim friendships
EDMONTON, Alta. — A young man at the Al Rashid Mosque warmly welcomed Donna Entz and Miriam Gross and thanked them for their work within his Muslim community.
“For a young Arabic man to say that to women he doesn’t know is quite amazing,” Entz said. “I was touched by that.”
April 15 issue
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Computers, books collected for Tanzania college
Collecting books, computers and other educational supplies, Pennsylvania Lutherans and Mennonites are working together to support a Christian university in Tanzania.
Dec. 10, 2012 issue
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Second hand, not second rate
In the 46 years Willis Busenitz has lived on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in southeast Montana, he has seen many truckloads of donations emptied — including one shipment left outside a locked building for weeks after being picked through and rained on.
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Communion of saints
Because a Japanese Mennonite man was healed from leukemia after Mennonites and Catholics prayed, a new round of ecumenical dialogue on prayer is stirring up the faithful.
Nov. 12, 2012 issue
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Beyond saving souls
Evangelicals for Social Action and its founder, Ron Sider, have helped to expand Christians’ concept of their calling for nearly four decades.
April 30, 2012 issue
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Events mark reconciliation among Lutherans and Mennonites
ELKHART, Ind. — A river birch tree with three trunks but one root system, standing in front of the Mennonite Church USA offices in Elkhart, became a mark of reconciliation among Lutherans and Mennonites at a dedication service April 10.
Feb. 20, 2012 issue
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Baptists catch Anabaptist vision
Renowned evangelical pastor and author Rick Warren recently said Anabaptism has shaped him, his books and his 20,000-member church in Southern California.
June 13, 2011 issue
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German: Peace churches’ influence rises
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 10-year ecumenical peace initiative has helped the historic peace churches spread their influence, says Fernando Enns, a Mennonite leader from Germany.
Oct. 18, 2010 issue
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Lutheran visit affirms reconciliation process
WINNIPEG, Man. — Ishmael Noko, general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, visited with Mennonites during his first trip to Canada since a Lutheran apology for persecution of Anabaptists.
Sept. 20, 2010 issue
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Anti-poverty housing project draws builders to Indiana
Where fallen-down, condemned homes once lined the poverty-stricken Fountain Square neighborhood of Indianapolis, 22 homes have been made simple and decent with help from hundreds of volunteers, including Mennonites and Amish.
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