Delegates unanimously approved “A Resolution on Unity in a Time of Disagreement” during their annual meeting June 26-28 at Madison (Wis.) Mennonite Church.
They also unanimously passed a resolution calling for greater interracial . . .
Rainbow Mennonite Church brought the resolution for discussion but not action at the annual assembly of Mennonite Church USA’s Western District Conference July 4-6.
MC USA announced the decision July 1 by the Executive Board at its June 26-28 meeting in Chicago.
As a result, Theda Good, a pastor at First Mennonite Church in Denver, will not be listed in the national ministerial database.
MCC also is calling on U.S. lawmakers to oppose military intervention in Iraq and instead to send humanitarian aid for the U.N.-estimated 1.9 million internally displaced people, or IDPs, in the country.
The delay in formal action comes after a six-month listening process collecting input from students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and church leaders through a survey completed by more than 7,000 people.
After a year of working in a pilot program for the Missional Discipleship and Leadership Mentoring Initiative . . .
