Mennonite Church USA has named Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz as denominational minister for peace and justice, starting May 23.
Mennonite Church USA has named Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz as denominational minister for peace and justice, starting May 23.
Germany is home to thousands of Russlanddeutsche (Germans from Russia), many of them of Mennonite background, who immigrated since the 1970s from the former Soviet Union.
Generations of students remember him for the class History of Civilization, where he influenced careers.
While pledges of welcome to refugees of the war in Ukraine fill U.S. headlines, churches and institutions are quietly working to resettle and acclimate households fleeing other longstanding conflicts, one family at a time.
Mennonite Church USA has engaged professional facilitators to help create a comfortable and safe environment for discussions at its May 27-30 special delegate assembly in Kansas City, Mo.
