Iglesia Menonita Hispana (Hispanic Mennonite Church), Mennonite Church USA’s Hispanic constituency group, is postponing its 2025 biennial assembly due to the risk of raids, riots and surveillance.

IMH comes together every two years to make decisions, learn, share and renew commitment to God’s mission.

The IMH executive board decided June 13 to postpone the in-person gathering scheduled for Aug. 28-31 in Dallas. IMH will instead hold a virtual assembly Aug. 30 online.

IMH board member Sergio Nava, a member of the pastoral team at Resplandece Church in Pembroke Pines, Fla., said in MC USA’s MenoTicias Spanish newsletter that the virtual assembly is intended to be a space for prayer, formation, discernment of next steps and renewal of Hispanic leadership.

“This time is also an opportunity to question our dependencies, rethink strategies and trust more radically in the God who sustains us,” he said. “You need to unlearn the idea that your success depends exclusively on others. It’s time to cultivate a spirituality that renews your hope and inspires you to bear the burdens of others, as Galatians 6:2 teaches.”