The Lindell Detweiler family spent 21 years with Mennonite Mission Network in Benin, Liberia and South Africa.

The Bible Missionary Church, a member of Mennonite World Conference since 2009, moves toward a more thorough Anabaptist identity.

Mission Network using JoinHands grant to help Latin American churches construct their own houses of worship.

Barbara Reber, a 14-year mission worker to Japan and co-founder of the SOOP program, died Tuesday. She was 86.

The former mission worker to India was an able organizer and champion for peace.

Reflections by Keith Kingsley, a 14-year mission worker among the Toba in northern Argentina.

A Mennonite Men grant is helping one Spanish congregation turn its dream of building a new church into reality.

Virginia Mae Claassen, a 40-year mission worker to Japan, died Saturday, Oct. 22, in Newton, Kan., after living with cancer for nearly five years. She was 78.

Kniss family members will return to India to participate in two celebrations: the 100th anniversary of Mennonite churches, and the 50th anniversary of Nav Jivan (New Life) Hospital.

Despite a warm, sunny afternoon in Colombia's Valle de Cauca region, the words of Juan's poem, titled "If I die before you do," sent chills down my spine and tears to my eyes.

Kenneth Steider, a 27-year mission worker in Taiwan, died Sept. 15 in Hesston, Kan. He was 85.

GOSHEN, Ind. — Laurence Milton Horst, whose kind, upbeat demeanor epitomized the gentle, yet wise servant leader and mission worker, died Sept. 7 at Goshen General Hospital. He was 96.

La Casa Grande in Benin provides a haven for children, and education and health resources to the community.

Mennonite Church USA staff member Kuaying Teng’s meeting with the Laotian ambassador to the United States was a vital step in securing crucial government support for his ministry of reconciliation among Laotians, both in North America and in Laos.

Wise elders usually expected to be listened to and served––not taught.

Sam Moyer left his Colorado home to "build bridges" in the U.K.

Language can distort our theology, global mission partners, Gilbert Ansre and Shekhar Singh, told MCUSA leaders.

Mennonite Mission Network partners and supporters around the world joined together Wednesday for Mission Network’s Day of Prayer, creating a 24-hour prayer chain to support God’s work in the world.

South Africa’s Anabaptist Network provides stories of good news ignored by traditional media.

Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, a member of a recent partnership delegation to Argentina, led a workshop on restorative justice at the Bragado Mennonite Church in Bragado, Argentina, in February.

Seven German volunteer serve with Mennonite Mission Network programs this year.

Nearly 700 Bolivian children in seven communities caught a "glimpse" of God in Bible school.

Twelve North Americans with strong ties to Congo helped begin building the welcome center that will house the Congolese Mennonite Church centennial celebration in July.

Dhamtari Christian Hospital, begun by Mennonite Mission workers 100 years ago, celebrates anniversary with fireworks and singing.

Mission leaders at the annual meeting of the Council of International Anabaptist Ministries reflect on Anabaptist mission after the "fall of the Wall."

Ukrainian seminary graduation ceremony represents years of effort, sacrifice.

Young adults from the DOOR program discern their futures at a retreat in Chicago.

Argentinian mission workers to Chile find Bible study to be a powerful way of overcoming class distinctions.

Network of organizations and network of communities gather for a one-day event

After a lifetime of serving the church on three different continents, David Arthur Shank, 86, died Oct. 20 at his home in Goshen.

Dave and Karen Mast embark on a new life of voluntary service through Mission Network's SOOP program.

Will bring together strengths in publishing, video, radio, internet.

West African women share their faith by telling the Bible's great stories, despite the personal risks.

Partnership Council moves South African organizations and North American mission agencies toward increased collaboration.

For two Pennsylvania churches, Ghana is a common link.

Native Assembly celebrates indigenous history and healing.

Richard Friesen died in Formosa, Argentina, on August 11, 2010, and was buried in a Toba cemetery two days later.

Amish and Ecuadorian creativity combined in the form of a quilt that is bringing God's people together across continents.

World Cup soccer mania didn’t distract South African churches from ministry.

Military Counseling Network helps soldier receive discharge

Nearly 200 people gathered in Elkhart to bless the site for Mennonite Church USA's new, energy-efficient office building.

Mission Network is not focused on relief, but the connections from decades of ministry have helped local congregations and aid organizations respond to a Chilean earthquake.

For Grael Miller, short-term service in Bolivia and a semester-long assignment paved the way for long-term connections.

The e-mail was routine. So was the response. The result: a new church in Brazil.

Should Christians work in casinos, or in other gambling jobs? What if that's the only way to get ahead? Believers at Macau Mennonite Church face these and other challenges daily.

Beatriz Escobar's songs of faith once incensed Daniel, her husband. Now they sing them together as they learn to lead a 1-year-old Mennonite church in the Ecuadoran Andes.

Fremont Regier, long-time mission and development worker, died on May 27, 2010.

Forty meet in Stockholm to share ideas, formulate core convictions

Colombian refugees find support at Quito Mennonite Church.

Shaping Families can now be heard in Newton, Kan. This week's topic: A new life after drugs.

An overflow crowd filled Whitestone Mennonite Church, Hesston, Kan., on Jan. 23, to mark Irene Weaver's century of mission.

When the May 2008 earthquake largely destroyed the church in Mianzhu, China, church members were among the first to help their neighbors. The Mianzhu church has grown tenfold in less than two years since the quake.

"Mission without conquest", a new book by three former long-term members of the Mennonite team in the Argentine Chaco/Mision sin conquista. Acompamiento de comunidades indgenas autotonas como practica misionera alternativa.

After 30 years of dreaming about it, Barbara and Darrell Jantz are the newest host couple at London Mennonite Centre.

Gifts to the Joining together, Investing in hope campaign resulted in $150,000 grant to Global Mission Fellowship.

From November 19-21, 2009, Korean Anabaptist pastors and leaders met together to share stories and ideas from their ministry.

Blessing the world means expanding outside of neighborhoods. Members of partner congregations from Argentina and Pennsylvania gathered to deepen their relationships so they might, in turn, increase their involvement with the world.

A partnership between Benin Bible Institute, Mennonite Mission Network and congregations in North America blesses churches in three countries during visit of Beninese delegates.

Despite thousands of miles and national borders between them, indigenous groups that gathered in Paraguay and Argentina discovered shared stories of oppression, colonization and spiritual strength.

For three days, Mennonite pastors and lay leaders gathered to re-visit the question originally posed to Jesus by a teacher of the law: Who is my neighbor?

Some congregations need a spark to start. Others need to be resparked and turned around. Karl McKinney and Sally Schreiner Youngquist agreed that both processes require common tools, as well as a few specific to the jobs.

An initiative in South Africa is gathering people, churches and other Christian organizations into a web of mutually beneficial relationships.

Cleo Koop wanted to learn more about missional leadership. He found a lesson in a South African shantytown. Robin Miller needed rest and renewal. He found it serving others in London.

Governmental discrimination and financial insolvency threatened to close Colegio Americano Menno, a 12-grade school, 15 years ago. However, the dedicated leadership of Guillermo Vargas rescued this floundering ministry of the Colombian Mennonite Church.

For decades of dedication to urban ministry and peace education in Chicago, B. Elaine Bryant received the 2005 George and Pearl Kauffman Urban Leader Award during the annual Urban Leaders Network meeting in Indianapolis Nov. 15.

Korea Anabaptist Center staff dreamed of a strong response when they announced the opening of Connexus, an English language ministry, in October 2004, but were surprised by what God had in store.

Jesus Village Church celebrated 10 years of ministry Jan. 14-15 with a potluck meal, video remembrances, a historical book, personal sharing and many bows, handshakes, and hugs.

A doctor in her hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan, Dolores Logan checked eyes, ears and vital signs while answering questions and testing for diabetes and other conditions in Borabu, Thailand.

A Goshen College film team collaborated with Mennonite Mission Network to document how South African churches help transform a society moving from apartheid to healing.

The missional church movement is more than just language. Speakers at the April Missional Leaders Meeting said aligning the church with the movement of the Holy Spirit in mission offers purpose, direction and hope.

As North American workers prepare to leave Hong Kong, others are comfortably assuming leadership roles in local churches and outreaches.

August brings the release of a new Mission Mosaic prayer directory that highlights broad ministries, international partners and provides opportunities for prayer.

Efforts from Puerto Rican children will help mission workers working to translate the Bible for indigenous Christians in Argentina.

Educators know learning is important. Mennonite service workers know it is also powerful--it is a tool God uses to build the kingdom.

The six Mexican Mennonite conferences had met before for administrative work and business. The gathering in Cuauhtmoc August 3-8 was special for the fellowship of the people.

A second-generation Anabaptist, in a society where re-baptizers are rare, will get her feet wet by helping lead a Canberra, Australia, Baptist congregation.

From July 20-26, 2009, after Mennonite World Conference Assembly Gathered in Paraguay, Mauricio Chenlo and Edgardo Sanchez will lead a tour focusing on church-planting and mission in Argentina.

The Chatenay Mennonite Church in Paris celebrated the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of their building from Oct. 17-19 with Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech as the theme.

Margaret De Jong, serving in Senegal through Mennonite Mission Network and Friends of the Wolof, received training for ministry through worshipping with Haitian Christians.

Every five months, a new group of women graduate from the Soup of Success program, equipped with computer skills, bursting with business experience and wrapped in the support of a new community.

A group of Pennsylvania children's support for mission was all wet. Not for them, but for the recipients of the water balloons they sold to raise money for work in Ecuador.

Nearly 30 Mennonites living and ministering in indigenous contexts in the United States and Canada are preparing to visit indigenous Paraguayan Mennonites following Mennonite World Conference in July.

Volunteers serving with the DOOR (Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection) Dwell program in Chicago during fall 2009 will bring a new focus on business and advocacy for faith-based justice.

What would Easter week have sounded like to today's radio reporters? Listen to the archived, four-minute Easter radio specials from the 1960s now available for listeners and congregations online at Third Way Cafe.

The biblical message came alive when Siamou-speaking Christians and traditional musicians composed the first known Christian music in their language in a January workshop in Orodara, Burkina Faso.

Friends of the Wolof celebrated an ending and a beginning at their annual banquet. For the first time in a decade, there were no North American FOW workers in Senegal. The group's current task is to be trans-Atlantic brothers and sisters united by Jesus.

A member of one of the first Mennonite mission teams to Colombia was known for her love of music and of others. Janet Solder Nussbaum, 90, died April 9.

In a struggling economy, Mennonite Mission Network received consistent support and validation from constituents in 2008-2009. Still, because costs continue to rise, the agency must reduce spending by more than $1 million over the next two years.

A century after Mennonite mission workers first arrived in China, many observers see the Eastern power as atheist and Communist. Xiyi Yao disagrees.

For the first time in its 13-year history, the Macau Mennonite Church has a local pastor. Treasure Chow was ordained at Macau Mennonite Church in a June 7 ceremony, then assumed the pastorate the following week.