Conference seeks a partnership, but program-entity idea is ‘not viable’
Pastor, educator and spiritual director Shannon W. Dycus will be the keynote speaker for Mennonite Church USA’s Women’s Summit on July 8, preceding the MC USA convention in Greensboro, N.C.
A federal judge declined a request on April 11 to block immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations at places of worship while a lawsuit filed by religious groups works its way through the court system.
On Feb. 11, Mennonite Church USA joined with 26 other religious groups in a lawsuit against the federal government. The suit challenges the Trump administration’s decision to reverse the Department of Homeland Security’s “sensitive locations” policy that had restricted Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting immigration raids at houses of worship.
Paula Snyder Belousek has been named conference minister of Ohio Mennonite Conference.
The Mennonite Church USA Executive Board affirmed the nomination of Todd Lehman of Hesston, Kan., as moderator-elect at its Feb. 8 meeting via Zoom.
