Black Americans are more likely to consider people not related to them by blood or marriage part of their families, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. Religious affiliation, Pew found, is a key factor in forming these alternative family networks.
A group of religious organizations and faith leaders in Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, alleging the agency is violating their religious freedom by denying them access to immigrant detainees at a local federal building.
MennoMedia and Brethren Press are partnering to create a new quarterly Bible study curriculum.
A group of American Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders have joined hands with Iranian Muslim religious leaders in a statement to call on their governments to negotiate with mutual respect to end the animosity between their countries and move to a genuine peace.
Amy Gingerich has been reappointed MennoMedia executive director and publisher.
In Philadelphia, over 20,000 people are released from prison each year. They need housing, employment and accompaniment as they navigate life outside of prison. But neighborhoods are not equipped to receive them.
Acts of solidarity to support the people of Minneapolis and St. Paul took place at Canadian Mennonite University and Goshen College following violent and intimidating strategies used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in January.
With songs and signs, demonstrators at more than a dozen Target stores across the United States protested the chain’s accommodation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in February.
Mennonite Church USA’s annual Hope for the Future gathering focused on discernment and strategic visioning Jan. 30-Feb. 1 at Iglesia Cristiana Roca de Refugio (Rock of Refuge Christian Church) in San Antonio, Texas.
Members of the second Mennonite church to be officially registered in Tanzania, Kanisa la Mennonite la Kiinjili Tanzania (KMKT, Evangelical Tanzania Mennonite Church) celebrated its 20th anniversary Dec. 1-7 in Musoma.
