The annual Hope for the Future conference for Black, Indigenous and people of color in Mennonite Church USA will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Damascus Road Antiracism Process and its role in the Anabaptist commitment to justice and reconciliation Feb. 28-March 2 at Goshen College.
Western District Conference of Mennonite Church USA has received a $677,730 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support its new Kids Meet Christ program, encouraging congregations to reimagine worship with innovative ideas that engage and celebrate children’s faith.
A series of tropical storms in November caused extensive flooding that damaged infrastructure and displaced vulnerable populations in Honduras.
Charlottesville Mennonite Church in Virginia dedicated its new ministry house Oct. 13.
The U.S. Department of State is offering rewards of up to $5 million for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of four people in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the war crime of murder in the 2017 killing of Mennonite United Nations worker Michael Sharp and his UN colleague Zaida Maria Catalán.
A gathering of celebration, consecration and preparation tied to the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism is planned by a variety of Anabaptist groups to take place Jan. 20-22 at Petra Church in New Holland, Pa.
It took many hands and many hearts to build the Compassion House, which welcomed a family from Afghanistan at the end of November.