Elizabeth Garman Nissley, 79, the first woman ordained in Lancaster Mennonite Conference, died Sept. 25 after a 21-month journey with breast cancer.
Elizabeth Garman Nissley, 79, the first woman ordained in Lancaster Mennonite Conference, died Sept. 25 after a 21-month journey with breast cancer.
After the [Repentance and Transformation] vote by Mennonite Church USA delegates, it was utterly predictable that some portions of MC USA would reconsider their relationship to the denomination.
An older man recently told me that “men just can’t compliment women anymore!” and framed it in such a way that it was meant to be seen as a shame. That’s not true.
The Mennonite World Conference General Council selected new continental representatives for MWC’s Executive Committee during meetings connected to the July 5-10 assembly in Indonesia.
Hurricane season delivered catastrophic storms to the East Coast and Caribbean in September, as Hurricane Ian battered Florida and Cuba, and Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico and eastern Canada.
About 15 former Mennonite Voluntary Service participants and members of two host congregations gathered Aug. 7 to honor the closing of Mennonite Mission Network’s 42-year-old Washington, D.C., MVS unit.
Mennonite Heritage Village opened its Dirk Willems Peace Garden on Aug. 20 in Steinbach, Man.
