Herramientas para la Plantación de Iglesias
En la primera parte de este manual, Julián Guamán hace una presentación del contexto histórico y actual de las misiones entre las distintas comunidades indígenas del Ecuador, con el fin de ayudar a situar el trabajo de plantación que nos toca llevar adelante ahora. En la segunda parte, Mauricio Chenlo, con la ayuda de otros […]
Service Adventurers forge peace from war
We are called to community A message from Marisa Smucker, Interim Executive Director As Christians, we are called to a different standard than the rest of the world. We seek to follow the way of Jesus and believe that strength and wisdom is provided through the Holy Spirit. God reaches out to each of us, […]
A windmill becomes a windfall
Living out our calling together A message from Marisa Smucker, Interim Executive Director At Mennonite Mission Network, we believe that all our activities should be rooted in our shared calling. Engaging with cultures and contexts in a constantly changing world makes us look at how we live, as individuals and as a […]
Making our way
Gratitude and blessings A message from Karen Horsman As I reflect on the past year, my heart is filled with gladness and gratitude for how God has been working in and through Mennonite Mission Network to share all of Christ with all of creation. You, our donors, have provided unwavering generosity and encouragement. […]
Hope and peace shine through in difficult times
We are being transformed By Mike Sherrill The only constant in the world is change, which most humans tend to resist. Change can be devastating — or it can be transformative. Sometimes change can sneak up on a society, like the multi-year pandemic that has sadly upended — and ended — lives all around the […]
Christian service and global citizenship
Technology brings information from all over the world into our lives around the clock. There is no doubt that each of us is becoming more and more globally connected. However, global connectivity is not the equivalent of global citizenship. At its heart, global citizenship is about active learning on a global scale and responding responsibly […]
Transforming for our time
The miracle we are becoming By Laurie Oswald Robinson The metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly has become an almost ho-hum symbol of transformation. And yet, there is nothing mundane about a belly-crawling bug that takes to the skies in a multicolored dance of wings. It is a true miracle when an […]
Remembering forward
Centennial festivities began in Argentina in 2017 to celebrate the arrival of the first Mennonite missionaries sent to Latin America. They were sent by Mennonite Board of Missions (MBM) — a predecessor agency of today’s Mennonite Mission Network. Two years later, in 2019, Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Argentina (IEMA, Argentina Mennonite Church) commemorated the centennial anniversary of its […]
Unless a Grain of Wheat
For six decades, North American Mennonites have walked alongside African Independent Churches (AICs) as they have navigated their faith journey between the ancient traditions of the ancestors and the newer claims of Christ upon their lives. The story of these relationships is a fascinating pilgrimage in partnership, offering hope for a mutuality that slips the […]
Refrigerator pictures prompt prayers
Mary Raber, who recently retired from serving in Ukraine with Mennonite Mission Network, feels deeply grateful that her prayer card found a place on a refrigerator in Kansas. "A woman kindly wrote to me and told me my photo is on her fridge and that she prays for me every time she reaches for […]