Two organizations with Mennonite roots in Fresno, Calif., that assist adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities have merged.
Two organizations with Mennonite roots in Fresno, Calif., that assist adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities have merged.
The outbreak of measles in under-vaccinated communities has its beginnings in the conservative Mennonite community of Texas. In contrast to hesitancy today, these traditional and separated communities have had a close relationship to vaccines since the early 1800s.
A Mennonite Man in Mexico died April 3 from complications related to measles as documented cases in Mexico climbed over 920. Health officials believe the actual count is far higher.
Garden Spot Communities in New Holland, Pa., received the Koinonia Award from Mennonite Health Services Association March 18 at the MHS Assembly in Pittsburgh.
A second unvaccinated Mennonite child has died from measles complications as the viral outbreak continues to grow in Texas and spreads to surrounding states.
Texas health officials confirmed the state’s worst outbreak of measles in nearly 30 years is concentrated in a “close-knit, undervaccinated” Mennonite community in Gaines County.
A Virginia couple planning to serve at a Mennonite hospital in Taiwan will renew a connection between Taiwanese and North American Christians.
Charlottesville Mennonite Church in Virginia dedicated its new ministry house Oct. 13.
Friends Services Alliance and MHS Association have begun exploring the possibility of forming a new, combined health and aging services entity.
