A Mennonite Brethren congregation in Bakersfield, Calif., has reached a settlement in a lawsuit with a female member who alleged a former pastor abused his position as a marriage counselor to make sexual advances.
As Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers build homes in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, they also learn about who they’re helping. At least half the residents in the colonias are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the country, and many are applying for asylum.
A new initiative in northern Indiana offers shelter from the stress and complexity of immigration law. La Posada (shelter or inn) is opening to the public in May out of an office in Sunnyside Mennonite Church in Elkhart.