Peace and justice

Peacebuilding
Peacebuilders has been leading workshops on peacebuilding tools in different parts of the country. As we continued this work, we began to sense a deeper need: to reflect more intentionally on what Scripture teaches us about peace. In response, we launched a new course that is currently running virtually, with some in-person sessions as well. Our goal is to help Anabaptist congregations—and others interested in the work of peace—build a biblical theology of peace. Throughout the course, we are using various academic texts alongside Scripture-based reflections.
MVS
While some units have access to a vehicle, every group gets well accustomed to local public transportation and biking as means of getting around. The 2023-24 MVS Tucson unit on a weekend biking outing around the city. Left to right: Hannah Nuest, Deborah Yoder, Magdalena Wenger, Nely Cotuc, and Ally Weaver. Photo by Hanna Nuest.
Just Peace Pilgrimage
The group spent Saturday afternoon on Chapman’s Peak, a mountain with a sheer western face overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Steve Schallert, Director of International Solidarity at Iziko Lamaqabane, had the pilgrims reflect on the trip and create a roadmap for themselves for one week, one month, and one year after they return home to their normal lives.
Solidarity Pilgrimage
The pilgrimage included a tour of Monument Valley, on the ancestral land of the Navajo Nation. Monument Valley is considered sacred by the Navajo people. Despite this, it was mined for uranium in the 1940s-60s, leaving behind nuclear waste, abandoned mines, and numerous health hazards for the local Indigenous population. Photo by Myrna Krehbiel.
2026 Anti-Racism Grants
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Anti-Racism Grants
United States
Mennonite Voluntary Service
Hannah Lehman, Lleyton Stutzman and Juan Witmer are participants in the 2025-26 Tucson, Arizona, Mennonite Voluntary Service unit.
Oscar Siwali, Rev. Eulanda Mabusela, Rev. Storia Seitisho, Rev. Thoko Mbense and Sibonokuhle Ncube support SADRA's Women in Peacebuilding and other programs. Photo provided.
SADRA’s Women in Peacebuilding works to dismantle violence in South Africa
By Sibonokuhle Ncube and Oscar Siwali
South Africa
Just Peace Pilgrimage
The famous white cliffs of Dover, as seen by the pilgrimage team from the ferry they rode from Calais to the United Kingdom. Photo by Shelby Rudy.
Follow Jesus 25
From left, Oscar Siwali, director of Southern African Development and Reconstruction Agency, and ​​Sibonokuhle Ncube, Co-Regional Director for Africa and Europe.
Follow Jesus 25
From left, Bienvenue Kadja, Steve Wiebe-Johnson and Germain Coulibaly.