As a Franconia Mennonite Conference native, I was deeply gratified to read that the decades-long effort to reconcile with Eastern District Conference will be completed
An advisory group has been assigned to recommend how to decide the future of the Mennonite Church USA Membership Guidelines.
A history of division became a future of unity when Franconia Mennonite and Eastern District conferences held reconciliation votes Nov. 2 during joint assemblies at Souderton (Pa.) Mennonite Church. The vote created one of Mennonite Church USA’s biggest conferences — still without a name — and mends a split that took place in 1847.
Glendale, Ariz. — The Constituency Leaders Council of Mennonite Church USA heard plans for moving forward on addressing the denomination’s membership guidelines Oct. 17-18 at Trinity Mennonite Church.
As a federal commission reviews the Selective Service System and other issues regarding the American public’s relationship with military service, Anabaptists have given their input. A diverse collection of representatives from Mennonite and other Anabaptist groups gathered this summer to share their concerns in a joint letter submitted Sept. 13 to the commission.
ELKHART, Ind. — The Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary board of directors announced its appointment of David W. Boshart as the seminary’s next president Sept. 10 at an all-campus meeting.
Deportation tore their family apart four years ago in Iowa, but now the Mennonite pastoral couple of Max and Gloria Villatoro — along with their three daughters — are reunited in Mexico and discovering how they can continue building new ministries.
