Roll Over Menno

The following is another sad article that describes the unbecoming, unbiblical behavior of some Mennonite leaders:

03/06/2008
Mennonite Leaders Behave More Like Bigots Than Men Of God
By: Herb Denenberg , The Bulletin
http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=19365530&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=8

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Here is an excerpt from this article:

“Consider the views of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) on the Middle East, who now become the church champions in putting out anti-Israel and anti-Semitic poison.

Incredible as it might seem, the Mennonites…won’t even pretend to recognize Israel’s right to exist. They deny Israel’s right to exist, clearly and repeatedly. Of course, they have about as much right to do that as I would have to deny the Mennonite Church the right to exist.”

The complete article may be read at one of the above links.

The following article is about the Mennonite Central Committee and Israel:

The Mennonites’ Mission
-http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=118&x_article=1452

When it comes to attacking Israel’s legitimacy, the Mennonite Central Committee hits way above its weight class. The MCC bills itself as a relief development and peace agency for adherents of the Anabaptist tradition, and is supported by North American churches and congregations totaling only 150,000 members, but its output of anti-Israel propaganda exceeds the volume of disinformation produced by much larger church groups.
For example, at the height of the Second Intifada, the MCC produced three videos - more than an hour’s worth of imagery and sound - devoted to the Middle East, all of which portrayed Israel as the primary source of suffering in the region.

Meanwhile the MCC has produced no videos whatsoever about violence in Central Africa which has killed several million. Apparently, for MCC , the deaths of a few thousand inhabitants of the Middle East is worthy of more attention than the deaths of several million black Africans. This disparity cannot be blamed on the MCC’s ignorance about African violence. According to MCC’s annual reports, the organization has just over 50 volunteers in the Middle East, and three times that many in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, the scene of extensive bloodshed.

What really sets the MCC apart from other American church organizations is its avowedly anti-Zionist agenda…

The rest of the article may be read at the above camera.org link.

Here is some additional recommended reading for those who are interested in this topic:

The Theological Background of Christian Zionism Part 1:
http://www.christiansstandingwithisrael.com/theological-background-christian-zionism-reflection.html

The Theological Background of Christian Zionism Part 2:
http://www.christiansstandingwithisrael.com/theological-background-christian-zionism-reconciliation.html