Mennonite Church USA

Sharing pain, seeing Jesus

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pick a category of person at the Mennonite Church USA convention, and you could identify their pain.

It might have been the pain of exclusion due to sexual orientation. Or of feeling the church has agreed to tolerate sin. It might have been the pain of sexual abuse. Or of concern for the future of a church sharply divided on how to relate to sexual minorities.

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July 7, 2015

Claiborne tells MC USA community is possible

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Writer and activist Shane Claiborne called members of Mennonite Church USA to dust off their romance with Jesus and not be afraid to look a bit odd while doing it in the closing worship session of the MC USA convention July 5.

Speaking before a joint gathering of youth and adults, Claiborne said institutions of all kinds are losing young people at an astronomical rate because people see how little institutions do and how much individuals can.

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July 6, 2015

Sexual abuse: ‘Won’t somebody listen here?’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Laments and hopes by and for those who have endured sexual abuse were tied and untied in a Friday evening worship service at the Mennonite Church USA convention.

Moving from sorrow and confessing to hope and joy, the service at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral across the street of the convention center found its genesis with a discernment group on sexual . . .

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July 4, 2015
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