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It’s not like divorce

Some say the church used to be against divorce, but today we accept it. Wrong. Article 19 of the Mennonite Church USA Confession of Faith

Rachel Stella

September 29, 2014

Beating the heat, youth connect with N.Y. congregation

NEW YORK — On hot summer afternoons, Tiara Downer’s Summer Jam Cool Outs at King of Glory Tabernacle, a Mennonite Church USA congregation in the

Rachel Sommer | Mennonite Central Committee

September 29, 2014

Large Ohio church leaves MC USA

Hartville Mennonite Church, one of the largest congregations in Mennonite Church USA’s Ohio Conference, voted Sept. 7 to leave the denomination. The motion passed with

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

September 22, 2014

First woman ordained as a pastor dies at 87

Emma Sommers Richards, the first woman ordained as a pastor in a U.S. Mennonite congregation, died Sept. 6 in Goshen, Ind. She was 87.

Richards was ordained in 1973 by Illinois Mennonite Conference while serving as co-pastor of Lombard (Ill.) Mennonite Church with her husband, Joe.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

September 22, 2014

Interchurch confessing

What do Mennonites say when Lutherans ask whether we see them as fully part of the body of Christ? The question was posed during informal

Andre Gingerich Stoner

September 15, 2014

Reconciliation the Asian way

The ReconciliAsian peace center brings peace and reconciliation training to the Korean-American community in Los Angeles.

Co-directors Hyun Hur and Sue Park-Hur, who launched the center in January 2013, believe the tools of peace and conflict transformation are gifts the Mennonite church can offer. he Hurs attend Mountain View Mennonite Church in . . .

Sara Alvarez Waugh, Mennonite Mission Network | Mennonite Church USA

September 15, 2014

Can we share global vitality?

GOSHEN, Ind. — As U.S. Anabaptists prepare to host the Mennonite World Conference assembly in Pennsylvania next July, a new survey sheds light on the

Elizabeth Miller | Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism

September 8, 2014

Indiana pastor’s credentials under review by two conferences

Two Mennonite Church USA conferences will review the ministerial credentials of Karl Shelly, a pastor at Assembly Mennonite Church in Goshen, Ind., for performing a

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

August 25, 2014

Binational polity manual now available

ELKHART, Ind. — A newly revised polity manual for leadership in Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada has been released as a working document. The

MennoMedia

August 18, 2014

Safe space for all voices

The Mennonite Church USA Executive Board in our last few meetings has held most of our deliberations in closed session, where members of the press

Samuel Voth Schrag

August 18, 2014