The decision at Pittsburgh 2011 to include the antiracism program within the intercultural transformation program has the potential to ignore the unique and particularly devastating effects of racism. While this may be a good move organizationally, I question whether it is a good move conceptually and strategically …

Wouldn’t it be great if your congregation suddenly had an influx of mature believers who were generous givers, who humbly served as volunteers in much-needed church roles and whose convictions were aligned with your church’s deepest beliefs and practices? Perhaps it’s difficult to even dream of such an influx …

The official beginning date for Mennonite Church USA was Feb. 1, 2002, the day the new fiscal year began for most agencies. But most of us think of the denomination’s “birthday” as that moment in the summer of 2001 when delegates at the Nashville, Tenn., assembly voted to form our national church and Mennonite Church Canada …

In early August 1948, a remarkable event in the history of Anabaptist-Mennonite churches occurred. For seven days—first at Goshen, Ind., and then at North Newton, Kan.—Mennonites from countries that had fought each other in World War II met face-to-face to discuss their shared future …