At the heart of the Mennonite religion, you’ll find an unwavering commitment to nonresistance that has endured five centuries of oppression and violent atrocities. This work is a photographic ode to ...

Since the 1800s, Old Colony Mennonites have conducted their lives far away from the rest of society. The most insular and conservative sect of the Mennonite Church, they reject mainstream schooling, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Location: Valle Nuevo, Mexico This is a Mennonite community in southern Mexico toiling the land in the name of their ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X As a boy growing up in Parkville, Jeremiah Fox saw Dec. 25 the way millions of American children see it. He loved ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The “new Panama Canal” – that’s how some are hailing a highway now under construction in South America that spans the continent, ...

CUAUHTEMOC, Mexico — As a child in his Mennonite settlement in northern Mexico, Jacobo attended a one-room school, where he did his lessons in chalk on a small black slate, and barely learned to read ...

For the past 168 years, Stauffer Pike Mennonites and Weaver Pike Mennonites have been gathering on alternate Sundays at the small, white church along the “Pike” — Route 322 just east of Hinkletown.

Pacifism is a fundamental part of the Mennonite tradition, but in Mexico, 60,000 farmers of that faith have recently found themselves in a rather surprising Mad Max-esque scenario. Well, there’s no ...

GRANDVIEW, Texas -- When Evangeline Yoder returns home from school to her family's cozy mobile home, it's quiet except for the sounds of a clock chime and of her 3-year-old brother riding his rocking ...