Mennonite Church USA congregational membership and convention attendance are lower. It is apparent to anyone who has attended a denomination-wide gathering in the last two
From 2015 to 2017, Mennonite Church USA conventions changed drastically. Two years ago at Kansas City, debates over how to handle diverse views about LGBTQ
Ric Hudgens is co-pastor of North Suburban Mennonite in Libertyville, Illinois. Ric blogged the Convention at www.northsuburban.org. This is a condensed version of his weeklong
Joanne Gallardo will become pastor of faith formation at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana, on August 14. She currently attends Hyattsville (Maryland) Mennonite Church. I
Elwood Yoder teaches history in Harrisonburg, Virginia, at Eastern Mennonite High School. Elwood has written seven books, including congregational histories and historical novels and is editor
Gerald J. Mast is Professor of Communication at Bluffton (Ohio) University and author of Go to Church, Change the World: Christian Community as Calling (Herald
Melissa Florer-Bixler is Pastor of Raleigh (North Carolina) Mennonite Church. In 1940, Virginia Mennonite Conference racially segregated the rituals of the church. As backlash against
Felipe Hinojosa is associate professor of history at Texas A&M University. He is the author of Latino Mennonites: Civil Rights, Faith, and Evangelical Culture. This post
Nations that flout international norms get a “rogue state” label. Now the United States is going rogue. By dropping out of the Paris climate-change accord,
Edgar Stoesz is a member of Akron (Pa.) Mennonite Church. H e is now retired after a career with Mennonite Central Committee and Habitat for Humanity and
Berry Friesen lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and is part of the East Chestnut Street Mennonite congregation in that city. “I have observed the misery of
