It is fair to ask why Mennonite Central Committee has programming on Jeju island. The heartbreaking truth is that Jeju, despite it’s current popularity as a tourist destination, holds a painful history of suffering, repression, and mass murder. After World War 2, many of the people living on Jeju island were deeply disappointed and troubled…
Month: May 2026
How I became Mennonite
I am a convert to the Mennonite faith. I am not an ethnic or cultural Mennonite, as I’ve heard them described. My family lineage includes Pennsylvania Dutch and some of my family spoke Low German until my Great Grandparent’s generation, but as far as I know they had no Anabaptist affiliation. Growing up, my Mother’s…