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Kit for Child Abuse Prevention month

Every April, government and religious leaders across the United States encourage citizens to consider the plight of abused children and find practical methods to end

Dove's Nest

March 26, 2015

Hesston receives approval of BSN

Kristal Potter, a 2014 Hesston College nursing graduate, receives her nursing pin from faculty member Gregg Schroeder during the May 2014 nursing pinning ceremony. Photo provided.

Rachel McMaster

March 25, 2015

Iowa pastor deported to Honduras

Mennonite pastor Max Villatoro was deported March 20 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to San Pedro, Honduras.

Co-pastor of Iglesia Menonita Torre Fuerte (First Mennonite Church) in Iowa City with his wife, Gloria, Villatoro was detained March 3. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reported the family’s attorney was informed by ICE March 20 when Villatoro’s plane landed.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

March 25, 2015

United by love, not doctrine

A couple of days ago, with the help of some friends, I planted the early vegetable garden with cauliflowers, cabbages, broccoli, lettuce, Chinese greens and carrots.

Christine Sine

March 25, 2015

Ohio Conference affirms Confession of Faith

Mennonite Church USA’s Ohio Conference delegates passed a resolution on March 14 stating its credentialing committee will not recognize any request to credential a pastor in a same-sex relationship. Additionally, credentials of ministers who perform same-sex ceremonies will be suspended.

These are listed as “action steps” after an affirmation of the Confession of Faith that emphasizes support for Article 19, which states marriage is between a man and a woman for life.

The resolution had 70 percent support — 163 . . .

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

March 24, 2015

The small politics of the church

If you read a lot of Anabaptist theology you know that a key insight regarding the social and political witness of church is this: The social

Richard Beck

March 24, 2015

AMBS holds lament service for Yoder victims

A basket of cloth strips used to symbolize Yoder's victims' pain. It was used in the morning service and left out for display in the afternoon.

Rich Preheim for The Mennonite

March 23, 2015

Villatoro deported to Honduras despite advocacy efforts

Max Villatoro, a Mennonite pastor in Iowa City, was deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on March 20. Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) sent out

Anna Groff with Mennonite Church USA

March 23, 2015

Conservative Anabaptists reject fundamentalism

Fundamentalism, however, is another matter — and one at odds with Anabaptism, according to him.“

Fundamentalism has taught conservative Mennonites to be spiritual abusers and to feel good about it,” Weaver, a Beachy Amish minister, told an assembly of theologically and culturally conservative Amish, Mennonites and Hutterites meeting near Nappanee March 12-14.

Rich Preheim | For Mennonite World Review

March 23, 2015

AMBS on abuse: ‘We failed you’

ELKHART, Ind. — For 40 years, women who had been sexually violated by John Howard Yoder were left suffering in silence while the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary professor became one of the most influential theological voices of the 20th century. On March 22, AMBS publicly apologized for long ignoring their cries for justice.

Rich Preheim | For Mennonite World Review

March 23, 2015

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