It took nearly a decade to lay the groundwork, but Mennonite Health Services Alliance—known now as MHS Alliance—may become the fifth agency of Mennonite Church USA, if delegates to this summer’s Phoenix convention approve. For church leaders in the health-care field, this development represents a homecoming …
My friend Chuck Neufeld is one of the most missional leaders I know. He constantly scans the horizon for evidence of God at work, then joins God in that work …
When we get together for church, we pray. The worship leader invokes the Holy Spirit with an opening litany, another person offers a congregational prayer on our behalf, the preacher prays before the sermon, various people speak joys and concerns during an open time of sharing and, finally, the worship leader returns for a prayer of benediction before we depart …
Through my work for Ohio Conference and connection with the Anabaptist Missional Project, I have the opportunity to interact with Mennonites from many different congregations in all parts of the country …
Christians have marched, cleaned up roadsides and planted trees for Earth Day because of their love of the natural world and its creator. Others have been offended by the varied political stances of Earth Day promoters and have refused to support Earth Day. Some Christians contend that God will destroy the earth (Isaiah 24:1, 2 Peter 3:7), so living sustainably should not concern us …
For Serbian young adults, the conflict of the 1990s is a vague memory, but the effects of that war still linger all around them …
