Mennonite Church USA’s Executive Board and staff responded with disappointment and questions to the Aug. 22 announcement by Mosaic Mennonite Conference that its leaders are recommending withdrawal from denominational membership while continuing in partnership and collaboration.
Mennonite Church USA’s Bring the Peace awards honor a pastor who has worked to support immigrant families and a therapist who helps young adults of color develop their leadership skills.
Leaders of Mosaic Mennonite Conference, one of Mennonite Church USA’s largest conferences, are recommending withdrawal from membership in the denomination while continuing in “partnership and collaboration” with it.
The board of directors of Iglesia Menonita Hispana (Hispanic Mennonite Church) appointed Juan Montes executive director during IMH’s annual meeting April 6 in Chicago.
Virginia Mennonite Conference reaffirmed its membership in Mennonite Church USA while also extending space for three more years for VMC congregations to choose not to be considered part of the denomination at its July 18-20 summer delegate assembly at Harrisonburg Mennonite Church.
Mennonite Church USA’s Women in Leadership steering committee bid farewell recently to two founding members, Linda Gehman Peachey and Erica Littlewolf, after more than a decade of service.