BROOKFIELD, Vt. — Amid the backdrop of whining power drills is the soothing sound of young women singing hymns as they paint. The women are volunteers from the Mennonite Disaster Service who willingly ...

There are more Mennonites below the equator than above. How did that happen? And what are the beliefs of Mennonites in the Global South? What do they think about polygamy, homosexuality or divorce?

Groups of Mennonites, seeking inexpensive land far from modern life, are carving out new colonies in the Amazon. They are also raising fears that they are adding to the deforestation of the vital ...