October 2008
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Expand CPT
It is time for top Mennonite leaders to take a dramatic new step and issue a daring new call for a vast expansion of Christian Peacemaker Teams. With only modest resources and less institutional support, CPT’s activities—and a host of other successful nonviolent campaigns in the last few decades—have demonstrated that nonviolence frequently prevents bloodshed and promotes justice. It is time for the Christian church—for the first time ever in our history—to invest large resources to test the possibilities of large-scale nonviolent campaigns ...
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Former Indiana pastor arrested in Ohio
GOSHEN, Ind.—The former pastor of a congregation that left Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference in 1995 was arrested in Lucas County, Ohio, on Sept. 10. David E. Troyer, 65, reportedly took approximately $40,000 from the Maple Grove Church in Topeka, Ind., before he disappeared. According to the Lucas County sheriff’s department, Troyer was charged with five counts of forgery and was being held in the Lucas County jail on felony charges ...
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Why Mennonites play Halo
How do you, as a pacifist Mennonite, justify playing a violent game like Halo? was the question I got through the telephone one lazy afternoon. I stopped for a moment, nervously chuckling. “Um, well, you see ..."
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