Green burials, planting trees draw congregation near to natural cycles of life, death
Mennonite Church USA convention worship speakers Nelson Okanya, Brian Moll, Iris de León-Hartshorn, Dianne Garcia and Jon Carlson will speak on being “Transformed by the Spirit” July 3-6 in Kansas City, Mo.
A U.S. Postal Service worker who took his fight against working on the Sabbath to the U.S. Supreme Court is an evangelical Christian, but not a Mennonite, as several media reports have indicated.
Pastor Tesfay Siyum, a founder of the Meserete Kristos Church in Eritrea and 1990 graduate of MK Seminary who served more than a decade in prison for his faith, was denied burial for two weeks in April because he did not belong to a state-recognized religion.
The Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville, Pa., welcomed the Lenape (Delaware) tribe of Bartlesville, Okla., on April 12. After a potluck supper with local Mennonites, Chief Brad KillsCrow, tribal elder John Thomas, and tribal historic preservation officer Susan Bachor presented their request: land to bury their ancestors.
Hesston College outlined areas in which it needs to improve its response to reports of sexual and gender-based harassment and violence following the April 14 release of a report by an external team of investigators.
Kids’ community theater is a place where children grow in faith and friendship through musical theater.
