Jerry Allen Miller, 84, who led an innovative cycling ministry during more than two decades with Mennonite Board of Missions, died July 30 in Goshen, Ind.
Jerry Allen Miller, 84, who led an innovative cycling ministry during more than two decades with Mennonite Board of Missions, died July 30 in Goshen, Ind.
L. Keith Weaver, moderator of LMC, an Anabaptist conference based in Pennsylvania, has retired after 22 years of service. LMC held celebrations to honor Weaver and his wife, JoAnne, Sept. 24 during its Fall Leadership Assembly.
A severe water shortage could not stop the baptism of 120 people in August by Meserete Kristos Church pastors in southern Ethiopia.
Elizabeth Garman Nissley, 79, the first woman ordained in Lancaster Mennonite Conference, died Sept. 25 after a 21-month journey with breast cancer.
The Mennonite World Conference General Council selected new continental representatives for MWC’s Executive Committee during meetings connected to the July 5-10 assembly in Indonesia.
Hurricane season delivered catastrophic storms to the East Coast and Caribbean in September, as Hurricane Ian battered Florida and Cuba, and Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico and eastern Canada.
About 15 former Mennonite Voluntary Service participants and members of two host congregations gathered Aug. 7 to honor the closing of Mennonite Mission Network’s 42-year-old Washington, D.C., MVS unit.
Mennonite Heritage Village opened its Dirk Willems Peace Garden on Aug. 20 in Steinbach, Man.
Responding to concerns about an LGBTQ-affirming resolution that Mennonite Church USA delegates approved in May, Virginia Mennonite Conference leaders issued a statement saying the conference upholds the Confession of Faith and maintains a policy of suspending the ministry credential of any pastor who conducts a same-sex marriage ceremony.
