Scott Hartman is convention planning coordinator for Mennonite Church USA. For more information about convention, visit http://convention.mennoniteusa.org/. In the summer of 2017, the Mennonite Church USA
MORTON, Ill. — About 60 people gathered Jan. 24 at First Mennonite Church to learn about their Muslim neighbors from Eastern Mennonite Missions Christian/Muslim relations consultant Jonathan Bornman of Lancaster, Pa.
Mennonite Church USA membership has decreased about 17 percent over the past year, and a large part of the drop is due to updated reporting of Lancaster Mennonite Conference congregational involvement in the denomination.
GOSHEN, Ind. — Inside Goshen College’s athletics building, metallic “pings” pricked the air as bat-wielding kids hit — and missed — balls thrown by Goshen baseball players. Murmurs of conversation gurgled in the background. Then Erik Kratz stepped to the plate.
