Mennonite Brethren in India selected new leaders in October, giving hope that long-simmering conflicts can be put in the past.
Mennonite Brethren in India selected new leaders in October, giving hope that long-simmering conflicts can be put in the past.
In 2015, when a resolution called “Seeking Peace in Israel and Palestine” was proposed at the Mennonite Church USA convention, many of my Latino and Latina brothers and sisters went to the microphone to express their support for Israel. I was not surprised.
The Mennonite Church USA Executive Board, meeting by Zoom on March 15-16, affirmed a strategic plan that seeks to reimagine church.
Five congregations in Mosaic Conference of Mennonite Church USA gathered March 17 in Lansdale, Pa., to share grief and hope and to pray for the people of Israel and Palestine as the humanitarian crisis in war-ravaged Gaza worsens.
The events of Oct. 7 — the largest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust — still dominate Israeli consciousness.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced on March 3 the awarding of nearly $14 million to Mennonite General Hospital in Puerto Rico for repairs to facilities in Aguas Buenas, Cayey, Cidra and Guayama.
Bluffton University and the University of Findlay on March 20 announced plans to merge the two institutions.
