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Advice for congregations and institutions responding to reports of abuse

This advice is drawn from a Feb. 14 phone interview with Hannah Heinzekehr. Dr. Stephanie Krehbiel and Jennifer (Jay) Yoder formed the nonprofit organization Into

Stephanie Krehbiel and Jennifer (Jay) Yoder, Into Account

February 20, 2017

Stop talking about “Ethnic Mennonites”

Naomi Yoder, Infinity Mennonite Church, New York, is collaborating with her father to write about his life and hers. Several years ago I began thinking

Naomi Yoder

February 15, 2017

Last shall be first

The slogan “America first” may take various forms in the coming years, but hostility toward Muslim refugees and other immigrants has become an integral part

Paul Schrag

February 13, 2017

Known for saving life

If Anabaptist Christians want to be taken seriously as people of peace, a consistent ethic of human life should be what we’re known for. This

Rachel Stella

February 13, 2017

Opinion: Evangelism — faithful or offensive?

When Anne and Daniel Garber Kompaoré talk of their work in North America, they are often met with questions.

Mennonite Mission Network

February 13, 2017

Love the stranger as yourself

Safwat Marzouk is associate professor of Old Testament at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana. He is on sabbatical this semester, focusing on reading the story

Safwat Marzouk

February 1, 2017

Practicing compassion in churchwide disagreements

This piece grew out of a request for counsel from Mountain States Mennonite Conference as they considered the request to ordain a pastor in a

John Paul Lederach

January 30, 2017

Choose love first

The difference between a death that comes at the end of a long and full life, and one that interrupts things too soon, is subjective.

Tim Huber

January 30, 2017

Reformation at 500

Mennonites have claimed to be a “third-way” movement, neither Catholic nor Protestant. Yet we descend from the Protestant Reformation. Anabaptism emerged from the religious and

Paul Schrag

January 30, 2017

Why I march, why we march

Hanna Heishman is an alumna of Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, where she studied Peacebuilding and Development. Currently, she is serving and working in Government

Hanna Heishman

January 17, 2017

Make America great—again?

Cyneatha Millsaps is pastor of Community Mennonite Church in Markham, Ill. This piece ran in the January issue of The Mennonite magazine. Subscribe today for more full-length

Cyneatha Millsaps

January 17, 2017

Opinion: Beyond climate argument

It is time for all neighbor-loving Christians to get on board with the movement to transition away from fossil fuels. To learn some reasons why, consider the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Catholic Republican former governor of California, who wrote on Facebook, “I don’t give a **** if we agree about climate change.”

David Lapp Jost

January 16, 2017

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