A conservative movement of congregations may depart the Church of the Brethren this year in what the recently named Covenant Brethren Church says is an effort to help churches prioritize biblical authority and maintain Brethren identity.
A conservative movement of congregations may depart the Church of the Brethren this year in what the recently named Covenant Brethren Church says is an effort to help churches prioritize biblical authority and maintain Brethren identity.
NEUWIED, Germany — Germans commemorated an infamous historic date during the annual meeting of European Mennonite leaders.
Mennonite schools are returning to routines after earthquakes struck Albania in November and Puerto Rico in January.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. — In the late 1980s, Marilyn Houser Hamm, Ken Nafziger and Marlene Kropf began Laurelville’s Music and Worship Leaders Retreat when they gathered singers and musicians to test songs and resources for possible inclusion in what became Hymnal: A Worship Book.
Statements of regret, confession and grief for harm done to LGBTQ people punctuate the report of the Membership Guidelines Advisory Group. Mennonite Church USA policies “have done violence to the personhood of LGBTQ people,” says the report, released Jan. 27.
A Mennonite Church USA advisory group is recommending “retiring” the denomination’s Membership Guidelines and adopting a “healing practice of nondiscrimination” regarding LGBTQ people.
NEW HAMBURG, Ont. — Ten Thousand Villages Canada announced on Jan. 21 the closure of its corporate operations, including the head office and distribution center in New Hamburg, as well as wholesale operations, 10 company stores and its Canadian online store.
The executive directors of Mennonite Central Committee U.S. and MCC Canada sent the following letter Jan. 9.
Mennonite World Conference sent a delegation in December to Hong Kong to hear church members’ concerns and show solidarity amid political unrest and social shifts that can lead to differences of opinion within families.
Laura Brenneman, a chaplain and a member of First Mennonite Church of Champaign-Urbana, Ill., has found the image of the church as a shield meaningful over the past six months.
A Nigerian Church of the Brethren district secretary and ecumenical leader was executed by Boko Haram militants on Jan. 20, Church of the Brethren officials confirmed Jan. 21.
As Katie Sowers prepares to make history as the first female and first openly gay person to coach in a Super Bowl, Goshen (Ind.) College has released a statement apologizing for discrimination she experienced at the college 11 years ago.
