The German Mennonite Peace Committee has begun an initiative to support Russian conscientious objectors.
The German Mennonite Peace Committee has begun an initiative to support Russian conscientious objectors.
Sherah-Leigh Gerber, a regional pastor in Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA, has resigned after less than a year in the role, partly due to “patriarchy and sexism” she experienced, the conference announced Nov. 3.
Each summer for the last four years, a community on the outskirts of Soacha, Colombia, has gathered to watch its children play in their own, local version of the World Cup — a soccer tournament for peace.
Members of Church and Peace reiterated their commitment to supporting a nonmilitary end to the war in Ukraine during the organization’s international conference Oct. 20-23 in Crikvenica, Croatia.
Mosaic Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA is beginning a two-year strategic planning process to “clarify” its relationship with MC USA and other Anabaptist communities.
Ed Willms had high hopes when he organized a Sept. 13 event for about 45 pastors and other leaders from the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches to talk about LGBTQ welcome and inclusion.
Pennsylvania Republican governor nominee Doug Mastriano, a state politician who has been connected to a CMC (formerly Conservative Mennonite Conference) congregation, lost his bid for election to the state’s highest office Nov. 8.
Mennonite Church USA implemented one of the first actions stipulated by an inclusive resolution when representatives of an LGBTQ group attended the Constituency Leaders Council meeting in October.
Harvey Wollman, 87, former governor of South Dakota, died Oct. 18.
