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5 unusual facts about Mennonite Central Committee


Akron, Pennsylvania

The largest business headquartered in Akron is the non-profit Mennonite Central Committee, which operates the Fair Trade retailer Ten Thousand Villages.

Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua

In 1947 the Mennonite Central Committee established a service unit in Cuauhtémoc to provide health services, recreational direction, and assistance in educational activities of German-speaking children

Ewuare Osayande

Currently, he is Anti-Oppression Coordinator with Mennonite Central Committee.

Mennonite Central Committee

Two of the volunteers withdrew with the Wrangel army, while Clayton Kratz, who remained in Halbstadt (Molotschna) as the Red Army overran the village, was never heard from again.

They arrived in the Mennonite village of Halbstadt just as General Wrangel of the White Army was retreating.


Javanese Mennonite Church

Eventually, with renewed help from Europeans and now also North Americans sent by Mennonite Central Committee they were able to resurrect one of the mission hospitals and reopen many schools and start others, including one, and later a second, theological school in Pati.


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Belize Evangelical Mennonite Church

In 1964, missionaries Paul and Ella Martin arrived in Belize and in 1969 the Mennonite Central Committee established the Mennonite Center in Belize City to govern the Mennonite agricultural colonies in the country.