A group of Amish parents and schools in New York lost their second bid to secure a religious exemption to state vaccine mandates in June after the U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to an appeals court for reconsideration.
A group of Amish parents and schools in New York lost their second bid to secure a religious exemption to state vaccine mandates in June after the U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to an appeals court for reconsideration.
When Laura Schlabach arrived in Mongolia in 1993, there were only about 1,000 Christians in the sparsely populated country tucked between Russia and China. By 2025 that number had blossomed to an estimated 60,000, about 2% of the population.
Doris Kramer, 102, the first woman to serve on the Mennonite Board of Missions, the mission agency of the Mennonite Church, died May 20 in St. Jacobs, Ont.
Canadian songwriter Brian Doerksen, 60, known for praise songs such as “Come, Now is the Time to Worship” and “Refiner’s Fire,” died July 21 at his home in Abbotsford, B.C., a few days after the family shared he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
Stanley W. Green, executive conference minister of Pacific Southwest Conference of Mennonite Church USA, will end his role in January.
“Waging Peace: A Militarism Summit” Nov. 6-7 at Forest Hills Mennonite Church in Leola, Pa., will bring together Christians to explore faithful responses to war, political polarization, nationalism and violence.
John Fumana, 60, executive director of Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, died May 15 en route to Canada.
Helmut Harder, 92, a theologian and denominational leader who co-led the writing of a statement of beliefs used by many North American Mennonites, died May 7 in Winnipeg, Man.
