Peter Daniel Shetler, 65, technology director at Bethany Christian Schools in Goshen, Ind., died Sept. 26 after an accident in the school’s parking lot. Shetler
Responding to concerns about an LGBTQ-affirming resolution that Mennonite Church USA delegates approved in May, Virginia Mennonite Conference leaders issued a statement saying the conference upholds the Confession of Faith and maintains a policy of suspending the ministry credential of any pastor who conducts a same-sex marriage ceremony.
A leader from a Mennonite church in Scurry, Texas, was sentenced to life in prison Sept. 1 for sexual abuse of a child. Stanley Gerald Champ, 51, was a leader at Grays Prairie Mennonite Church, where prosecutors said he found his victims.
