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Testimony of a church-conflict casualty

HARRISURG, Pa. — Remilyn Mondez of the Philippines warned about the perils of church conflict and then sprung a surprise.

Speaking July 23 at the morning worship service of the Mennonite World Conference assembly, Mondez told the story of a girl named Lenlen. When Lenlen was 2, her parents switched from a liberal Mennonite church to a conservative one. She grew up wearing a cape dress and a head covering.

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

July 23, 2015

Praising in painful times

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Yukari Kaga, a pastor from Hokkaido, Japan, admitted Peter’s praise in his letter to the early church seems “a little strange to

Anna Groff | For Meetinghouse

July 23, 2015

Speakers share doubts from their settings, journeys

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Three speakers — one each from Kenya, Canada and Ethiopia — shared stories of doubt in their local contexts at Mennonite World

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 22, 2015

MWC assembly opens with call for walking together

The 16th Mennonite World Conference Assembly opened July 21 in Harrisburg, Pa., with a parade of Mennonites from across the globe, with confession of past treatment of Native Americans in Pennsylvania, with music and with calls for walking with God together.

A group of Native Americans from Pennsylvania marched in, led by a Barry Lee, drumming and singing. Jessica McPherson and Lee recounted . . .

Gordon Houser | For Meetinghouse

July 22, 2015

New policies put colleges ‘at variance’ with MC USA

Two Mennonite Church USA colleges expanded their nondiscrimination policies July 20 to include employees in same-sex marriages, putting them at variance with the denomination’s education

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

On the Emmaus road, Christ opens our eyes

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Themes of transformation and understanding in the Luke 24 Emmaus road story were the focus of adult worship services at the Mennonite Church USA convention.

Hal Shrader, lead pastor of Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale, Ariz., said July 1 that the text’s post-Easter . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Seminars help teens think about identity, faith, future

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Among a variety of topics covered by more than 100 youth seminars, many of the most popular ones sought to help teens

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Junior youth have space to connect

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the first time in many years, the Junior High Youth Convention was held within the convention center instead of at

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

For youth, a guide to life’s road

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For 2,300 youth, the prevailing takeaway from Mennonite Church USA’s convention was: Jesus will meet you where you are.

Hannah Yoder, 17, of Freeman, S.D., described how she saw it: “You don’t have to achieve something or somehow meet some qualifications. Jesus will come to you, and he’ll walk with you on the way. I think of that as on the road of life.”

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Youth speakers share stories of pain on life’s road

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Most of the six youth worship speakers addressed the week’s theme, “On the Way,” and scripture, Luke 24, by describing pain they

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Adult seminars: growth comes when values are lived

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The greatest periods of growth for the Christian church have been the most removed from institutional religion. Author Alan Hirsch offered

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Servant projects help youth ‘rub shoulders with locals’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Arloa Bontrager of Goshen, Ind., has volunteered her time coordinating servant projects since the 2003 Mennonite Church USA convention in Atlanta.

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015