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Sexuality resolutions: freedom, accountability

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In two highly anticipated decisions on policies regarding same-sex relationships, Mennonite Church USA delegates on July 2 approved resolutions that affirm both freedom and accountability.

First, delegates passed “Forbearance in the Midst of Differences” by a vote of 581 to 228, or 72 percent in favor.

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

July 3, 2015

Youth speakers tell of Jesus encounters ‘on the way’

Alexa Smith, 16, of West Liberty, Ohio, said she heard a lot during Mennonite Church USA’s youth convention in Kansas City, Mo., about how to

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 2, 2015

Youth hear of seeking Jesus in tragedy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Michele Hershberger channeled Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon during her Wednesday evening address to 2,300 youth attending Mennonite Church USA’s convention.

First, the Hesston College professor wrote thank you notes, parodying a recurring feature of the Tonight Show, from behind a desk next to a couch.

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 2, 2015

Hopi Mission School problems prompt restructuring plan

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Mennonite Church USA Executive Board has informed the Hopi Mission School board, administration and staff that the organization does not

Mennonite Church USA | Mennonite World Review staff

July 2, 2015

Delegates oppose drone warfare, table Israel divestment

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mennonite Church USA delegates on July 1 overwhelmingly approved a resolution opposing drone warfare and tabled a resolution to divest from

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

July 2, 2015

At MC USA convention, 4,500 challenged to speak up

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mennonite Church USA convention participants were invited to join a movement not for the comfortable or satisfied at the event’s opening worship service June 30 at the Kansas City Convention Center.

Mennonite Central Committee Central States director Michelle Armster preached about women who didn’t stay quietly in the background but boldly stepped into Jesus’ movement of confronting . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 1, 2015

Deported Iowa pastor holds on to hope

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Father’s Day was set to be difficult for the Villatoro family. Father and children, husband and wife were separated by thousands of miles and a 10-year ban on re-entry to the United States. Yet alongside the pain rang testimonies of hope.

On June 20, three months to the day after Max Villatoro’s deportation to his birth country, Honduras, hundreds of . . .

Nick Detweiler-Stoddard | Central Plains Mennonite Conference

June 29, 2015

Survivors, advocates form a chapter of anti-abuse network

Twelve survivors of sexual abuse and their advocates have formed an Anabaptist-Mennonite chapter of an organization that “protects the vulnerable, heals the wounded and exposes

Mennonite World Review staff

June 29, 2015

6,500 are registered for global assembly

Mennonite World Conference assembly planners are putting final details in place for the July 21-26 event, which will draw more than 6,500 Anabaptists to Harrisburg,

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

June 29, 2015

Asian Anabaptists celebrated

LANCASTER, Pa. — Members of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches met at Mellinger Mennonite Church June 1 to celebrate the history and growth of Anabaptist communities in Asia through music, food and storytelling.

In preparation for the Mennonite World Conference assembly in July, the event was co-sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Brethren in Christ . . .

Brian K. Pipkin | For Mennonite World Review

June 22, 2015

Former NFL player at the center of feeding others

HARRISONBURG, Va. — When former star NFL center Jason Brown left the St. Louis Rams in 2012 to become a farmer in North Carolina, he admittedly had no idea what he was doing.

“I don’t know anything about farming,” Brown said, during the “Frontier Luncheon” in late May at Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute. “I watched Youtube videos.”

He hasn’t let this knowledge deficit stop him from seeking a life of service, however.

Brown started First Fruits Farm in Louisburg, N.C., in 2013 after deciding to leave behind a successful NFL career.

Andrew Goodstein | Eastern Mennonite University

June 22, 2015

Peacebuilder missing, feared murdered

An Indigenous tribal representative opposing corporate logging on ancestral land in the Philippines was murdered April 30, according to his fellow tribesmen.

Prior to his disappearance on that date, John Calaba advocated with PeaceBuild­ers Community Inc. for the cessation of logging on ancestral Dulangan Manobo lands.

PBCI is a Mennonite Church Canada supported ministry increasingly recognized as a bridge builder . . .

Deborah Froese | Mennonite Church Canada

June 22, 2015
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