Chicago-area churches look out for neighbors amid immigration crackdown
I rarely wear a shirt with a clerical collar — or anything else that indicates I’m ordained clergy. In my little Mennonite congregation, everyone knows I’m their pastor, and besides, among the priesthood of all believers, we are all called, and I don’t want to look pretentious.
Members of a community cannot flourish when they are concerned about their safety or the security of their belongings.
Mennonite Church USA has given its 2025 Bring the Peace award to Joe Roos and Ciela Acosta.
Sixty-one Mennonites from the mid-Atlantic region were arrested Sept. 9 outside Virginia Sen. Mark Warner’s congressional office in Washington, D.C., for their peaceful refusal to stop singing.
As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organizations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes.
