Photo: Ervin Beck (left), professor emeritus of English at Goshen (Indiana) and member of The Mennonite-Amish Museum Committee, and David Pottinger (right). Photo provided. In 1989, David Pottinger
A forgotten piece of Mennonite immigration history has gone viral on social media. “Banning travel or immigration into a country is not new,” begins the post by archivist Conrad Stoesz on the Facebook page of the Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives in Winnipeg, Man.
BLUFFTON, Ohio — A decade after five members of the Bluffton University baseball team died in a bus accident, more than 150 people gathered around the campus’ Circle of Remembrance to reflect, remember and continue to move forward.
Conversation about changing the name of Mennonite World Conference has moved beyond the Executive Committee. At meetings the week after the Feb. 12 MWC Renewal 2027 event in Augsburg, Germany, the committee approved a document from the Faith and Life Commission outlining a discernment process on a potential name change.
