In this issue theme, we are looking for stories of what congregations are doing to promote biblical literacy through Bible study or other forms of communal teaching and discernment.
In this issue theme, we are looking for stories of what congregations are doing to promote biblical literacy through Bible study or other forms of communal teaching and discernment.
For Willow Avenue Mennonite Church, a Mennonite Brethren congregation in Fresno, Calif., the path to becoming an LGBTQ-affirming congregation began decades ago — and is now leading them out of the USMB conference.
In the silence between the warnings of air raid sirens, the sound of a small choir echoed out of a church sanctuary in western Ukraine. Just the night before, Anna, administrative coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee Ukraine, had hummed a few bars of the song during an evening tea break at the church.
At the end of the first evening of “From Chaos to Shalom: Exploring Peace Theology Together,” emcees Andios Santoso and Joe Sawatzky struggled to wrap up the Zoom session. The concluding prayer had been spoken. But none of the nearly 100 attendees wanted to sign off quite yet.
Mennonite leaders in Canada are appealing to their congregations to help bring 100 Afghan Christian refugee families to that country.
A new multimedia study calls young adults to celebrate their unique gifts and the diversity of God’s creation.
Fans of American Idol, the singing competition now in its 20th season, have a contestant to watch with Mennonite roots.
Mennonite Creation Care Network has selected Carol Rose, co-pastor of Shalom Mennonite Fellowship in Tucson, Ariz., as the recipient of its Art and Jocele Meyer Award.
Virginia Mennonite Conference executive conference minister Clyde G. Kratz submitted a letter of resignation March 22 following an eight-month ministerial misconduct investigation.
