 Mennonite Central Committee logo. The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a relief, service, and peace agency representing the Mennonite, Brethren in Christ and Amish churches of North America. Image File history File links Mennonite_Central_Committee_Logo. ...
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The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after and influenced by the teachings and tradition of Menno Simons. ...
The Brethren in Christ Church (often called B.I.C. Church) is an evangelical Christian denomination with roots in the Mennonite church, pietism, and Wesleyan holiness. ...
Amish couple in a horse-drawn buggy in rural Holmes County, Ohio, the site of one of the largest concentrations of Amish in the United States Amish is a great guy in Cambridge. ...
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History
The MCC was founded in Elkhart, Indiana, USA, and held its first meeting on September 27, 1920. Its original goal was to provide food for Mennonites starving in the Soviet Union. MCC soon realized they could not only help their Mennonite brothers and sisters and began to help anyone in need. The Mennonite Central Committee (Canada) was founded in 1963. Elkhart is a city located in Elkhart County, Indiana. ...
State nickname: The Hoosier State Other U.S. States Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Governor Mitch Daniels (R) Senators Richard Lugar (R) Evan Bayh (D) Official language(s) English Area 94,321 km² (38th) - Land 92,897 km² - Water 1,424 km² (1. ...
September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ...
1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...
Currently the MCC represents 15 Mennonite bodies and the Brethren in Christ Church. The U.S. headquarters are in Akron, Pennsylvania, and its Canadian headquarters are in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Akron is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. ...
Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Area: 465. ...
Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Glorious and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Area 647,797 km² (8th) • Land 553,556 km² • Water 64,241 km² (14. ...
MCC was an early proponent of fair trade through its Ten Thousand Villages program. Fair trade products shown at XI Unctad. ...
Ten Thousand Villages is a program of Mennonite Central Committee started in 1946 that pioneered the concept of fair trade by buying crafts directly from artisans in the developing world and paying a living wage. ...
One of the many ways MCC raises funds for their worldwide relief and service projects is through Mennonite Relief Sales. Around 45 sales are held throughout the United States and Canada, raising $5 million USD annually for MCC. Many of these sales feature quilts handmade by Mennonite and Amish volunteers, auctions, artwork, crafted woodwork, homemade foods, antiques, crafts, plants, children's activities, and musical programs. Most of the goods and labor are donated, and 88% of the funds raised go directly into the field. Annually, the Mennonite Central Committee sponsors around 45 Mennonite Relief Sales throughout the United States and Canada. ...
Science quilt A quilt is a bed covering composed of two layers of fabric and a layer of batting in between, made by the technique of quilting. ...
An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. ...
Activities MCC focuses its development efforts in areas such as health, education, peace and justice, and fair trade. It responds to disaster situations, as well as focusing its efforts on the longer-term issues of economic and social policy. Development has meaning in several contexts: Science and Engineering Biological development of embryos in the context of developmental biology Child development or post-natal human development (pediatrics, etc) Software engineering, the methodology and process of development of computer software Technology development in industry, as in Software development New product development...
MCC maintains offices in both Washington and Ottawa to advocate to the American and Canadian federal governments, respectively.
Peacemaking MCC also takes an active role in advocating for peace both in North America and around the world, seeking "to be a witness against forces that contribute to poverty, injustice and violence." [1] In North America, MCC established the Mennonite Conciliation Service in 1979 to encourage Mennonites and others to actively pursue peaceful resolution of conflicts. MCS was a pioneer in the burgeoning field of conflict resolution in the 1980s and director Ron Kraybill led early mediation workshops in Northern Ireland which eventually led to the establishment of the Northern Ireland Mediation Network. John Paul Lederach took over MCS in 1989 when Kraybill moved on to South Africa, and in the years following MCC moved active peacebuilding into the forefront of its work abroard.
Responding in part to the establishment of active Mennonite-led peace centers that had emerged in the 80s and 90s, such as the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University, the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center in Lombard, Illinois, a group of peacebuilders at Fresno Pacific University, the Peace and Justice Network of the Mennonite Church and other activities, MCS was discontinued in 2004. But the Peace Office of MCC continues to advocate peace interests broadly in the US and in MCC programming abroad. Internationally, MCC partners with local organizations to reduce violence in the aftermath of conflict or war. Conflict is a state of opposition, disagreement or incompatibility between two or more people or groups of people, which is sometimes characterized by physical violence. ...
War is a state of widespread conflict between states, organisations, or relatively large groups of people, which is characterised by the use of lethal violence between combatants or upon civilians. ...
Perhaps one of MCC's more controversial activities is in advocating military exemption or alternative service for conscientious objectors in times of war. MCC runs a "conscientous objector registry" in Canada, taking statements from Canadians in the hope that they will be recognized by the Canadian government should the goverment restart drafting citizens into the military. A conscientious objector is an individual whose personal beliefs are incompatible with military service, or sometimes with any role in the armed forces. ...
The word draft (also draught) has multiple meanings: The draft is a synonym for conscription or peacetime national service. ...
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