Monday, March 5, 2012

Sheltered workshop a boon to community

Cuauht�moc, Mexico

In contrast to coverage in the Chihuahua Herald of a "drug bust," which the paper suggested brought shame to many in the Mennonite community, Mennonites in Colonia Reforma are demonstrating the "grace and peace" mentioned in a number of New Testament letters.

After several years of ministry in the town of Anahuac with the Conference of Mennonites in Mexico, Centro Evang�lico Menonita de Teolog�a Asunci�n (CEMTA) graduates Isaac and Maria Bergen felt drawn to begin an outreach program in one of the most violent and poverty-stricken areas of Cuauht�moc-the "Reform Colony."

A lot was purchased to construct a church. Upon seeing the work the Bergens …

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