The Center for Community Justice in Elkhart, Ind, honored Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, Mennonite Church USA denominational minister for Peace and Justice, for her work in restorative justice at an Oct. 21 event celebrating the 45th anniversary of its Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program, the first restorative justice program of its kind in the U.S.
The nearly 500-year tradition of rebaptism was alive and well at College Mennonite Church in Goshen, Ind., on Oct. 1. Eight of the 25 adults who joined the church that day had been baptized as infants in Catholic churches in Central and South America.
Hans von Niessen, a resettlement supervisor who organized the migration of more than 100,000 Mennonite Russian Germans out of the Soviet Union, died Oct. 20 in Neuwied, Germany. He was 94.
Mennonites and Catholics gathered Nov. 8 to remember early Anabaptist leader Michael Sattler in the German church where he served as a Benedictine monk.
The Mennonite Church USA Executive Board discussed strategies for the denomination’s convention and revitalization Oct. 18-20 in Cleveland.
Mennonite World Conference churches celebrated Peace Sunday Sept. 17 with diverse activities around the world.
Fresno Pacific University is eliminating 16 programs due to low enrollment and cutting 10% of its faculty to reduce costs. The board of trustees affirmed the plan at Oct. 27-28 meetings.
