toiling the land in the name of their Christian faith. Their agricultural prowess was once welcomed here. Mennonites first arrived here from Canada in the early 1900s, in search of land and isolation.

Mennonites who marched more than 135 miles from Harrisonburg, Virginia, to the White House had someone in mind as they walked — as they crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah Valley in 11 ...

A group with Mennonite Action traveled to Washington, D.C., to call for the release of hostages and a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Instagram/mennoniteaction My hairdresser Chrissy recently ...

ROODHOUSE, Ill. (AP) -- LaVern Yoder is used to rushing across the country to help people whose lives have been torn apart by natural disasters. So when storms came through his own town, he reached ...

Mennonites are part of the wider Anabaptist family of churches, which emerged in 1525 as the radical wing of the Protestant Reformation in Central Europe. Other Anabaptist branches today include the ...

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AURORA — This Friday and Saturday, crafts, arts and quilt lovers descend on Aurora for the Nebraska Mennonite Central Committee Relief Sale just as they do every March. But the work that goes into ...

Gost Books has published a new edition of photographer Larry Towell’s seminal work, “The Mennonites.” This book has become a bona fide classic work of longform photojournalism in the years since its ...

toiling the land in the name of their Christian faith. Their agricultural prowess was once welcomed here. But now, both ecologists and the Mexican government see Mennonites' ranches as an ...

The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of churches worldwide with varied beliefs and leadership structures — and with ...