Northern Ireland
Mobilizing for planting peace churches

About Northern Ireland

​Mennonite missions began in the Republic of Ireland in 1978, extending to Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom) in 1987.

Beginning in the 1990s, workers in both the Republic and the North focused on reconciliation and peace ministries, including developing a reconciliation studies program for the Irish School of Ecumenics (Belfast) and Trinity College (Dublin), and working in a cross-community (Protestant and Catholic) project of a Methodist church in West Belfast.

Currently serving

Seth and Stephany Rudeen
Seth and Stephany Rudeen
Guatemala
Caleb and Stephanie Schrock-Hurst
Taiwan
Christy Harrison and Peter Sensenig
France
Katherine Widmer
France
Toni and Matthew Krabill
Toni and Matthew Krabill
Ghana
Joseph and Rachel Givens
France
Delicia Bravo Aguilar and Peter Wigginton
Ecuador
Robin Gingerich
Lithuania
David and Rebekka Stutzman
Germany

Service opportunities

United States
Northern Cheyenne Mennonite Camps at Crazy Head Springs
SOOP
Ages 25+
Canada
Camps with Meaning
SOOP
Ages 25+
Canada
Camp Squeah
SOOP
Ages 25+
United States
Camp Mennoscah
SOOP
Ages 25+
United States
Camp Ithiel
SOOP
Ages 25+
United States
Habitat for Humanity Projects Assistant
Habitat for Humanity
Mennonite Voluntary Service
Ages 20+
United States
Camp Friedenswald
SOOP
Ages 25+
United States
Camp Deerpark
SOOP
Ages 25+
Canada
Brightwood Ranch
SOOP
Ages 25+
United States
Black Rock Retreat
SOOP
Ages 25+
United States
Beaver Camp
SOOP
Ages 25+
United States
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
SOOP
Ages 25+

Ministry partners

Mennonite Church South Korea
Rescue Network Nepal
United Mission to Nepal
Tokyo Anabaptist Center
Sinode Jemaat Kristen Indonesia
Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia
Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa
Fraternité Evangélique du Senegal
Nigerian Anabaptist Resource Center
Ghana Mennonite Church
Meserete Kristos Seminary
University of the Christian Alliance of Abidjan

Northern Ireland stories

  • News
Bob Tolle
Beloved donor representative, Service Adventure leader enters heavenly home
  • Blog
Peacebuilders has been leading workshops on peacebuilding tools in different parts of the country. As we continued this work, we began to sense a deeper need: to reflect more intentionally on what Scripture teaches us about peace. In response, we launched a new course that is currently running virtually, with some in-person sessions as well. Our goal is to help Anabaptist congregations—and others interested in the work of peace—build a biblical theology of peace. Throughout the course, we are using various academic texts alongside Scripture-based reflections.
Responding with Integrity in Times of Darkness
  • News
By Brandt Waldemar on Unsplash
Advent calls for belief, revolutionary courage and community
  • News, Video
While some units have access to a vehicle, every group gets well accustomed to local public transportation and biking as means of getting around. The 2023-24 MVS Tucson unit on a weekend biking outing around the city. Left to right: Hannah Nuest, Deborah Yoder, Magdalena Wenger, Nely Cotuc, and Ally Weaver. Photo by Hanna Nuest.
MVS: Where volunteering leads to a vocation
  • Blog
First Mennonite Church of San Francisco
MVS celebrates 50 years in San Francisco
  • Video
The group spent Saturday afternoon on Chapman’s Peak, a mountain with a sheer western face overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Steve Schallert, Director of International Solidarity at Iziko Lamaqabane, had the pilgrims reflect on the trip and create a roadmap for themselves for one week, one month, and one year after they return home to their normal lives.
A pilgrimage of learning … and unlearning
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