There’s a framework that sometimes creeps into conversations about Mennonite Church USA — one that treats the denomination like a membership association. Pay your dues, get your benefits and opt out if the value proposition no longer makes sense. It’s a tidy model. It’s also the wrong one for the church.
Michael Danner
On Feb. 11, Mennonite Church USA joined with 26 other religious groups in a lawsuit against the federal government. The suit challenges the Trump administration’s decision to reverse the Department of Homeland Security’s “sensitive locations” policy that had restricted Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting immigration raids at houses of worship.