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Another conference to license gay pastor

A second Mennonite Church USA area conference intends to license a pastor in a same-sex relationship, potentially putting it at odds with an Executive Board

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

October 27, 2014

MC USA leaders review survey, offer ideas for future

SCHILLER PARK, Ill. — Mennonite Church USA’s Constitu­ency Leaders Council reviewed results of a survey of leaders, shared ideas about potential new relational structures and gave feedback on a leadership polity manual Oct. 6-8.

Eighty-two leaders representing area conferences, constituency groups and . . .

Annette Brill Bergstresser | Mennonite Church USA

October 27, 2014

Urban leaders seek ‘peace of the city,’ practical ministry

PHILADELPHIA — In a letter to Jerusalem’s exiled leaders, the prophet Jeremiah called on them to work for the welfare of Babylon, the city to which they had been deported.

“Seek the peace and prosperity of the city,” he wrote. “Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper” (Jer. 29:7).

Rachel Sommer, Mennonite Central Committee East Coast | Mennonite Church USA

October 27, 2014

First Meserete Kristos children’s curriculum to launch

The Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia will soon launch its first uniform Sunday school curriculum — one based on the idea that a foundation for transformative peace can begin with children.

Krista Allen of Elkhart, Ind., wrote the children’s curriculum in collaboration with the MKC peace office during a four-year service term with Mennonite Central Committee in Addis Ababa.

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

October 27, 2014

Central Plains minister nominated MC USA moderator-elect

NEWTON, Kan. — The Leadership Discernment Committee of Mennonite Church USA has announced David Boshart of Wellman, Iowa, as the nominee for moderator-elect of Mennonite

Mennonite Church USA

October 27, 2014

Bible can help us ‘learn to speak together again’

SCHILLER PARK, Ill. — A seminary dean spoke to Mennonite Church USA leaders on rethinking our relationships to each other and the Bible. “Might it be

Rachel Stella

October 27, 2014

Goshen congregation leaves MC USA

At least 10 congregations have left Mennonite Church USA this year, many as a result of disagreements over LGBT inclusion. Clinton Brick Mennonite Church, in Goshen,

Mennonite World Review staff

October 27, 2014

‘Brother, you are forgiven’

LA CEIBA, Honduras — After decades of misunderstanding and little collaboration, the two largest Anabaptist groups in Honduras have publicly reconciled. In August 2013, leaders

Chris Fretz | Eastern Mennonite Missions

October 20, 2014

Ongoing support needed in Gaza

Photo: During a recent visit to Gaza, Joanna Hiebert Bergen, MCC Palestine representative, surveys the destruction of a home in Beit Hanoun, north Gaza, caused

Mennonite World Review staff

October 16, 2014

Fresno Pacific’s gain leads fall enrollment totals

Fresno (Calif.) Pacific University set an enrollment record this fall by adding more than 250 students.   Four other U.S. Mennonite colleges, universities and seminaries

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

October 13, 2014

Nigerian Brethren suffering

More than 3,000 members of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria have been killed by terrorist forces. The church — known as Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa

Church of the Brethren

October 13, 2014

Black women lead regional retreat for national crowd

CASSOPOLIS, Mich. — Cyneatha Millsaps, pastor at Community Mennonite Church, Markham, Ill., has been around the Mennonite blocks of community life. She persists in participating in Mennonite life, though it sometimes is not sensitive to differences, especially racial and ethnic issues.

Ruth Lapp Guengerich | Mennonite Women USA

October 13, 2014
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