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Dear church: Be a place that embraces

I entered Elizabethtown (Pa.) Mennonite Church on Aug. 27 with trepidation, unsure of how the "Listening and Vision Casting" meeting process would unfold or how comfortable

Amanda Arbour

September 2, 2015

Oasis refreshes ministry

HARRISONBURG, Va. — In March, Tom and Carolyn Albright got a phone call from the police. A member of their church had been sleeping in

Lauren Jefferson | Eastern Mennonite University

August 31, 2015

Thinking bigger?

A Mennonite Alliance is well worth considering (“More Than Before,” Editorial, Aug. 17), as Myron S. Augsburger proposed some time ago. If this would bring the

Letters

August 31, 2015

Streams in the desert

ABIQUIU, N.M. — Amid redstone cliffs and piñon forests, the annual assembly of Mennonite Church USA’s Mountain States Mennonite Conference Aug. 7-9 at Ghost Ranch

Ken Gingerich

August 29, 2015

Colleges’ decisions shake up their peers

Decisions by two Mennonite Church USA colleges to expand their nondiscrimination policies to include employees in same-sex marriages have caused a stir in Christian higher education.

Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va. . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

August 27, 2015

God’s presence in a new reality of loss

Recently a violent storm hit my life, ripping through my heart and shaking the foundation of my faith, when my husband Joel, suddenly and unexpectedly

Nancy Kauffmann

August 24, 2015

MDS staff visit site of church burning in North Carolina

A Mennonite Disaster Service staff member and the MDS Region I director visited Briar Creek Road Baptist Church near Charlotte, N.C., July 29 to assess the needs for support in rebuilding a burned building on the property.

During the last week of June, several predominantly African-American churches were burned in southern states, charring either their main building or other structures on their property.

Mark Beach | Mennonite Disaster Service

August 17, 2015

Opinion: Surge of momentum halted

Last month, Mennonite Church USA convention delegates delayed voting for two years on a resolution proposed by the Mennonite Palestine Israel Network calling for “withdrawing

Ryan Rodrick Beiler | For Mennonite World Review

August 17, 2015

Ungodly conference

I found the Mennonite USA Convention to be very sad. I saw people crying out for acceptance and unity but not prepared to do anything

Letters

August 17, 2015

Lancaster’s proposal

As a member of Lancaster Mennonite Conference, I object to the Bishop Board’s proposal to remove LMC from Mennonite Church USA. LMC congregations already have

Letters

August 17, 2015