Mennonites News

Thousands of Mennonites are gathering in Columbus, Ohio, this week for the biannual convention.

College students Katrina Goering, 19, left, and Emily Thomas, 18, are among those organizing a holiday cookout for the homeless Downtown on Saturday.

In a quiet act of defiance, gay and lesbian Mennonites dressed in bright pink gathered outside the church's official convention in Columbus on Thursday and criticized its leaders for trying to push them out.

Gay and lesbian Mennonites dressed in bright pink have gathered with others outside the church's biannual convention in Columbus to criticize its leaders for trying to push them out.

Mennonites should be more accepting of gay and lesbian members, according to a campaign being waged by some members during the denomination's national conference in Columbus this week.

First of all, what a dumb headline. I doubt that poor kid tried to or wanted to hit that truck.

When my wife Debi and I moved to this area in 2001, one of the more familiar aspects of the York-Lancaster region was the Amish and their communities.

In the first few years after Sumas Lake was drained in the 1920s to create what is now the Sumas Prairie, the first Mennonite farmers came to settle on the rich land.

A Mennonite family in Kings County is picking up the pieces after the blaze destroyed a large warehouse on its apple farm.

Seven men have been arrested over the alleged rape of 60 women or girls from Bolivia's Mennonite community.

Eight members of a Mennonite community were jailed Wednesday in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, accused in the rapes of about 60 women in the municipality of Manitoba and its surroundings, said public prosecutor Freddy Perez.

SEVEN members of a religious Mennonite colony in Bolivia have been arrested for the alleged rape of 60 women in their community over the past few months.

The Mennonite Brethren Church, now known as Bridgeway Community Church was founded 75 years ago.

Who is a Mennonite? According to the Third Way Cafe, a Mennonite information Web site at www.thirdway.com : * There are more Mennonites living in Africa than any other continent.

By MICHELLE REITER STAFF WRITER BLUFFTON -- Lynn Miller is not a typical Mennonite.

This summer, a record number of Goshen College students - 33 - will participate in the college's three inquiry programs.

This summer, a record number of Goshen College students - 33 - will participate in the college's three inquiry programs.

Past and present, artistry and social action intertwine in a special exhibit at the Seaway Trail Discovery Center.

On the Hoover farm in Milo, Yates County, tomato plants growing in the ground are covered with full-size green fruits, expected to start ripening next week.

A new web site has appeared that focuses on Mennonites. It is still in the beginning phase, but it is an attempt to collect documents, photos and biographies of Mennonites from private and public sources.