The board of directors of Mennonite Central Committee U.S. has named Rukshan Fernando as the next MCC U.S. executive director. Fernando has served as MCC
A Mennonite Brethren church made up primarily of Congolese congregants near Cincinnati has closed and reopened following allegations of sexual misconduct by the pastor.
Bethel College President Jon C. Gering will leave his position at the end of June. He has served as president since January 2018.
As U.S. military activity increases around the world, Mennonite Central Committee invites teenagers and young adults to examine their beliefs about participation in war and record their convictions on a Christian Peacemaker Registration Form.
Mennonite World Conference’s 2028 global assembly will be in Tanzania. The Executive Committee announced March 19 it had accepted an invitation from the member churches of that country.
An Old Order Amish mother in Ohio accused of fatally throwing her 4-year-old son into a lake as an offering to God was found not guilty by reason of insanity March 3.
“There simply isn’t enough capacity even for the local community. It’s much harder with a population that has been abandoned in places that are extremely difficult,” said Karen Perez, the country director for Jesuit Refugee Service in Mexico.
