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LGBT advocates pursue acceptance at Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Organizations advocating for inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people within Mennonite Church USA were allowed a presence within the denomination’s convention for the first time.

Pink Menno, a group committed to being a visible and vocal presence at Mennonite gatherings, operated out of a room around the corner from the delegate hall.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 8, 2015

Bill Cosby, the Confederate flag and America

Many African Americans don’t want to acknowledge the apparent likelihood Bill Cosby is a serial rapist. Many whites don’t want acknowledge that racism and white

Horace McMillon

July 8, 2015

More adults but fewer youth at KC2015

Joint worship for adults and youth on July 5. Photo by Vada Snider for The Mennonite. Three-hundred and twenty-four more adults attended Kansas City 2015

Anna Groff

July 7, 2015

White privilege, white nationalism, racism and Charleston

There is a reason, perhaps less in importance but perhaps just as insidious, why Christian communities of faith need to stop in their tracks and

Scot McKnight

July 7, 2015

Ted & Co. invite audience to listen for grace

Photo: Ted & Co. concludes show, Friday, July 3. Photo by Abby Graber for Mennonite Church USA. Ted and Co. received a standing ovation from

Mennonite Church USA

July 7, 2015

Sharing pain, seeing Jesus

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pick a category of person at the Mennonite Church USA convention, and you could identify their pain.

It might have been the pain of exclusion due to sexual orientation. Or of feeling the church has agreed to tolerate sin. It might have been the pain of sexual abuse. Or of concern for the future of a church sharply divided on how to relate to sexual minorities.

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

July 7, 2015

Goshen students study honeybees, racial identity, Latin American music

This summer, 18 Goshen College students are participating in the Maple Scholars Summer Research Program. Maple Scholars is an eight-week long intensive study and research

Dominique Chew

July 7, 2015

The two parts of true religion

Israel is a mess, says God via Micah. One has to search the opening chapters to find the cause of his exasperation. In 3:8-12, he

John M. Miller

July 7, 2015

More than rending the Confederate flag

Tearing cloth is not enough to show you are sad; let your heart be broken. — Joel 2:13 In the Jewish tradition, as part of

Stephen Kriss

July 7, 2015

No quick fix to cleanse this stain

Over the past number of months, people in the U.S. have been confronting the issue of racism and violence against African-Americans. Police shootings in places

John Longhurst

July 7, 2015

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