Mennonite Church USA Archives | Page 58 of 78

Lancaster Conference leaders propose withdrawal from MC USA

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Leadership of Lancaster Mennonite Conference unanimously recommended withdrawing from Mennonite Church USA “to best strengthen LMC’s shared future in God’s missional calling,”

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 26, 2015

New policies put colleges ‘at variance’ with MC USA

Two Mennonite Church USA colleges expanded their nondiscrimination policies July 20 to include employees in same-sex marriages, putting them at variance with the denomination’s education

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

On the Emmaus road, Christ opens our eyes

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Themes of transformation and understanding in the Luke 24 Emmaus road story were the focus of adult worship services at the Mennonite Church USA convention.

Hal Shrader, lead pastor of Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale, Ariz., said July 1 that the text’s post-Easter . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Seminars help teens think about identity, faith, future

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Among a variety of topics covered by more than 100 youth seminars, many of the most popular ones sought to help teens

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Junior youth have space to connect

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the first time in many years, the Junior High Youth Convention was held within the convention center instead of at

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Youth speakers share stories of pain on life’s road

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Most of the six youth worship speakers addressed the week’s theme, “On the Way,” and scripture, Luke 24, by describing pain they

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Adult seminars: growth comes when values are lived

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The greatest periods of growth for the Christian church have been the most removed from institutional religion. Author Alan Hirsch offered

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Oppressive or permissive?

Is this how the dream of a big-tent church dies? We hope not. But it seemed to some that Mennonite Church USA’s vision of unity

Paul Schrag

July 20, 2015

Diverse Ontario a leader in unity

The “promised lands” of Sam Steiner’s comprehensive history of Mennonites in Ontario are both geographical and spiritual destinations. Ontario was a land of opportunity for

James C. Juhnke

July 20, 2015

Stubborn love

With all the talk of the transformational power of walking the Emmaus road and breaking bread together, it felt jarring to come home from the

Tim Huber

July 20, 2015