Ken Gingerich is moderator of Mountain States Mennonite Conference and attends Albuquerque Mennonite Church. Orlando 2017 was a real low for me. Actually, yes. It
Dayna Olson-Getty is Associate Pastor at Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. “Death is something that empires worry about. It’s not something resurrection people worry
Darrin W. Snyder Belousek is a member of Salem Mennonite Church in Elida, Ohio. The Mennonite reported that eight delegates at the Orlando assembly abstained from
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
