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Going a third way at Penn State

The newest pastor at University Mennonite Church in State College, Pa., never seems to be in the actual church building, and the advisory team that relates to him doesn’t mind.

In what is likely the first Mennonite ministry of its kind, 3rd Way Collective and UMC campus minister Ben Wideman operate almost exclusively on the campus of a massive state university.

Pennsylvania State University is among of the biggest universities in the country, counting more than 46,000 students on its . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

June 1, 2015

Opinion: Scripture, not compromise

In the debate within Mennonite Church USA over homosexual practice, church leaders and others tell us that staying together will require a lot of accommodation

Don R. Martin

May 25, 2015

Forbearing family?

Mennonite Church USA congregations and conferences are like adult brothers and sisters. In a dispute, no one can force the other’s hand. Nor can they

Paul Schrag

May 25, 2015

Ecclesial kin

One of the unique aspects of Mennonite Church USA interchurch conversations is the way the denomination is positioned between Roman Catholicism and various Protestants groups

Malinda Elizabeth Berry

May 25, 2015

Taking words to heart

In “Don’t Break Up the Body” (April 27), James M. Lapp writes that the church is “our laboratory for learning to love, even when we

Rachel Stella

May 25, 2015

Applying discipline

I’m disappointed that Mennonite Church USA has not applied spiritual discipline to the issue of marriage between one man and one woman. All Christians have

Rachel Stella

May 25, 2015

Why I’m for forbearance

On a Sunday several weeks ago, my family and I had several neighbors over to a “goodbye party” for our next-door neighbor, John, who had

Joseph Hackman | Mennonite World Review

May 22, 2015

Owning our choices

Don Patterson (Letters & Comments, April 13) writes that his congregation, Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church of Kalona, Iowa, is being “forced out” of Mennonite

Rachel Stella

May 11, 2015

Charges dropped in immigration detention protest

LUMPKIN, Ga. — A judge in Georgia on April 9 dropped charges against a group of immigrant-rights activists, including the leader of an Anabaptist community.

Steve Pavey | Mennonite Church USA

May 7, 2015

Board’s resolution ‘tests’ Membership Guidelines

Announcing a new resolution for delegates May 4, the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board says it is “testing the status” of the denomination’s Membership Guidelines.

The resolution asks delegates at the June 30-July 5 convention in Kansas City to reaffirm the Guidelines and the . . .

Mennonite Church USA | Mennonite World Review staff

May 4, 2015