Sixty-one Mennonite Christians were arrested outside the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., on Tuesday, stemming from a peaceful protest aimed at getting Warner to commit to end ...

“M” is for Mennonites. The Mennonites of South Carolina are a Protestant group descended from the Anabaptists of the Reformation. They believe in a conscious choice to join the church (adult baptism), ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. On February 25, a child died in Seminole, Texas, in a community of Mennonites. The cause was measles. John Dueck, the editor of ...

LUNDA NORTE, Angola — Not long ago, the field where Charlotte Itala picks corn with her friends was a hunting ground where people in her small African village caught antelope, boar and forest buffalo.

Eight families of Mennonites have moved from Mexico to Angola, in southern Africa, raising fears among some Angolans that they will be squeezed out by the new arrivals. Eight families of Mennonites ...

Rodney Duerksen, 84, of Yukon, Okla., formerly of Goessel, passed away at home on May 9, 2025. He was a twin to Randall who died at three days. He was the oldest child of Ferd and Hilda Duerksen.

At least 327 measles cases have been confirmed in Texas. When the first measles cases were confirmed in western Texas, health officials said the infections primarily affected the Mennonite community.

This story has been updated to correct a title. EDNEYVILLE - On Oct. 2, Cherie Norton was using a small wooden plank to get to work. It was the only way out of her home and to U.S. Route 64 after ...

What’s in a name? For Anabaptists, baptism is an essential part of their name, history, and practice. Come for an afternoon of sharing and demonstration of the Baptismal History of the Bible ...

A special train of ten day coaches pulled into Manhattan’s Pennsylvania Station one afternoon last week. Out of it trooped 400 men, women and children. The women wore plain, straight dresses with ...