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Copyright 2011 Herald Press

Copyright 2010 Herald Press and Institute of Mennonite Studies

"The story of God's work in Africa did not begin with the arrival of the missionaries, but rather-from the African perspective-their arrival continued, reinterpreted, and reshaped an ancient story," begins this honest collection. Themes of the churches claiming their particular expressions of faith, of achieving self-reliance, of coping with difficult governments, of discovering their gifts despite their material poverty, thread through the book.

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Frequent wars during the past 480 years strained these Mennonite churches immeasurable, especially when their governments battled each other. This volume recounts those tortuous and formative experiences.

Seldom have the distinguishing features of the Dutch, French, the German, the Swiss, the Russian-and more recently, the UK and the Spanish-Mennonite churches been examined. These churches' cultural and historical differences are significantly unique, and they are a key part of the history told in these chapters by European Mennonite historians and church leaders. The Umsiedler, with their sheer numbers and religious vigor, are a current force included in this ongoing story.

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From the Introduction to the volume: "The story of the coming of Anabaptist-descended churches to Latin America begins no in the spanish colonial period, but in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in the period following Latin American political independence from Spain and Portugal.

The first Mennonite church to take root in latin American soil gathered for worship in 1919, in the town of Pehuajo, Argentina. It was the result of North American mission efforts and represents one major impulse for the planting of Mennonite churches in Latin America.

The second major impulse came with the settling of Mennonite colonists in Mexico, Paraguay, and Brazil, in the 1920's and 30's. The Mennonite colonists did not come to Latin America as missionaries, but rather to settle as ethnic and religious communities, seeking new life and a future.

Given the variety of Mennonites who live in Latin America, the questions, 'Who or what is a Latin American Mennonite Christian?' is a recurring theme that runs throughout our story, including the present day."

Copyright 2010 Good Books

Copyright 2003. Cascadia Publishing House

These 16 chapters plus other materials examine theological understandings in the light of current world realities. This includes reflection on the reality of globalized culture and structures of power, and on the role of national histories. Chapters also reflect on identity and context and how these shape understandings of peace. Authors look at biblical models of peacemaking but also explore the way concepts of land and place, in Christian and in other faith traditions, contribute to peace. Reflection from a variety of contexts, including Nigeria, Korea, Colombia, Paraguay, the British Isles and North America, adds richness to the collection.

Copyright 2004 Cascadia Publishing House

Copyright 2007 Cascadia Publishing House

When Dr. Gerald L. Miller left his Markle, Indiana, family practice to respond to an urgent need for a doctor at the Jamama Hospital, he faced the challenge of understanding an Islamic culture much different from his own and of dealing with medical situations unlike any he had encountered: village children attacked by a mad dog, a psychotic woman chained to a stake, infants dead from malaria, banana workers bitten by venomous snakes. Not only did Miller respond readily and with compassion, he also acted with ingenuity, discovering, for example, that the malaria organism was crossing the placental barrier.

Throughout a year of challenges, Dr. Miller had his Mennonite faith and the abiding support of Somali hospital staff and mission personnel to sustain him. Readers will be moved by the climax of this drama, a surprising outcome involving the actions of a single Somali family.

Copyright 2009 Cascadia Publishing House

Copyright 2006 Herald Press

In t he midst of this darkness, they found joy, love, lasting friendships, and hearts open to the light of God's love. They saw beauty in t he scarred landscape around them, and the tears of heaven in the torrential African rains. As they worked to help change the lives of those around them, their own lives were changed, and the miracles they witnessed increased their awe of the God they had gone to Africa to serve.

Copyright Christian Aid Ministries 2006

Florence Rheinheimer Harnish writes of rearing three children and being married to a surgeon working in a rural Tanzanian hospital; learning the Swahili language; safaris through torrential rains and washed-out roads; encountering poisonous snakes and other African Wildlife; and most of all about her relationship to the local Tanzanian women.

Copyright 2006 Florence Rheinheimer Harnish

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