Photo: The recipients of MEDA's 10 Young Women Changing the World awards. Clockwise from top left: Ishita Aggarwal, Melisa Baez, Leena Miller Cressman, Janae Dagen,
McPHERSON, Kan. — Bergthal Mennonite Church has passed into history, but its spirit of service lives.
Two of its youngest former members have taken the lead in keeping the legacy going. They’ve revived one of Bergthal’s favorite traditions — assembling school kits for Mennonite Central Committee — at the church they go to now, First Mennonite of McPherson.
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Angélica Rincón could not stop smiling. All around her, crowds cheered and waved signs, banners and Colombian flags. Rincón — like others who have worked with Mennonite Central Committee’s partners in Colombia — have longed for this turning point toward peace for many years.
Mennonite Church USA has contracted with a Delaware firm to investigate how church institutions responded to abuse allegations against a former Eastern Mennonite University administrator.
