The Mennonite Church USA Executive Board has appointed a Resolutions Committee and published guidelines for developing resolutions for the 2027 Delegate Assembly, to be held July 9 at the First Financial Center in Cincinnati.

The deadline for submitting proposed resolutions is Nov. 11.

“Throughout this biennium, the Executive Board has been leading a process to help us reimagine Mennonite Church USA in the year 2040,” said Resolutions Committee chair Jon Carlson, a member of the Executive Board and lead pastor of Forest Hills Mennonite Church in Leola, Pa. “The Delegate Assembly will provide an opportunity for the whole church to synthesize and strengthen this work by drawing on our diverse experiences.”

Proposed resolutions must comply with MC USA bylaws and policy and be submitted to the Resolutions Committee via the executive director of MC USA at [email protected].  

In addition to Carlson, committee members are Nathan Luitjens, executive conference minister, Central Plains Mennonite Conference; Richard Aguirre, a member of the Executive Board and Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship in Goshen, Ind.; Rosetta Landis, a member of the Executive Board and Lowville Mennonite Church in New York; and Sandra Montes-Martinez, associate conference minister, Western District Conference. — MC USA