David Augsburger, a professor, pastor and radio broadcaster who infused a passion for justice and reconciliation into each of his professional roles, died Oct. 30 at his home in Claremont, Calif. He was 85.
David Augsburger, a professor, pastor and radio broadcaster who infused a passion for justice and reconciliation into each of his professional roles, died Oct. 30 at his home in Claremont, Calif. He was 85.
Nancy Heisey, president of Mennonite World Conference from 2003 to 2009, will speak about the emergence of inter-Mennonite organizations such as MWC and Mennonite Central Committee Nov. 11 in a public lecture at Shenandoah Mennonite Historians’ annual meeting hosted at Park View Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Va.
Hesston College announced on Nov. 8 the resignation of President Joseph A. Manickam, a shift in focus from two-year to four-year degrees and a reduction of 13 staff positions due to financial challenges.
MCC staff were reaching out to MCC partners in Gaza to see if they were safe in the wake of days of bombing and military strikes by the Israeli military following a series of coordinated attacks on Israelis by Hamas on Oct. 7.
Mennonite Church USA is helping to fuel growth and diversity with its Thrive Church Planting Grants. This year’s repeat award recipients, Brooklyn Peace Church in New York and Community of Hope Mennonite Church in Bellingham, Wash., are building circles of community in creative, Jesus-centered ways.
Mennonite leaders from across Europe shared reports about their conferences and responses to the war in Ukraine on Oct. 13-15 during the annual European Leadership Mennonite Conference in Barcelona, Spain.
The mobile meat cannery of Mennonite Central Committee has begun rolling through the United States so that volunteers can provide protein sources for people living through crises around the world.
A church near Buenos Aires, Argentina, in early October became what is likely the first Mennonite congregation in that country to bless a same-sex wedding.
Shelley Buller, executive assistant to the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board, has announced plans to retire at the end of 2023 after 46 years of service to the denomination.
