Photo: Graciela Tijerina delivers a sermon in 2019 at Iglesia Menonita Casa Betania (Bethany House Mennonite Church) in Newton, Kansas. Photo provided by Iglesia Menonita
NEW YORK — Al Taylor, pastor at Infinity Mennonite Church, sees the coronavirus as a trial that is growing the church, somewhat like the persecution of the early church in Jerusalem.
A congregational relief fund has grown to $800,000 as more than 300 U.S. Anabaptist congregations have applied for assistance to weather the financial challenges that came with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pamela Obonde has worked with children’s and women’s rights organizations in Kenya for 17 years. Three years ago she switched her focus to women in the church when she realized the issues in the world remained the same for women in the church.
