Mennonite Church USA has awarded grants to 10 congregations supporting social justice work. The grants of $1,000 to $2,500 are the first from the denomination’s Justice Fund, established in June to support conferences and congregations working to combat poverty, dismantle racism, seek immigration justice or address police brutality/reimagine policing.
At last fall’s Mennonite Central Committee meat canning operation in Kidron, Ohio, the meat wasn’t the only thing getting its temperature checked.