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Mennonite Church USA congregational membership and convention attendance are lower. It is apparent to anyone who has attended a denomination-wide gathering in the last two

Tim Huber

July 17, 2017

Goshen College appoints Stoltzfus 18th president

GOSHEN, Ind. — Rebecca Stoltzfus has been appointed as Goshen College’s 18th president by a unanimous vote of the college’s board of directors and the board of the Mennonite Education Agency. She will take office Nov. 1.

Goshen College | Mennonite Education Agency

July 17, 2017

Watson: Don’t sell the parsonage

When I accepted my current position, I considered the parsonage a drawback and only a temporary housing option. After four years watching my work and

Hillary Watson

July 17, 2017

Comfortable in their skin

From 2015 to 2017, Mennonite Church USA conventions changed drastically. Two years ago at Kansas City, debates over how to handle diverse views about LGBTQ

Paul Schrag

July 17, 2017

Bible: Tasty scroll with bitter words

During children’s time in the church basement when I was a child, often we saw an “object lesson.” The teacher had some ordinary object from

Duane Beachey

July 17, 2017

Calling their bluff

Thank you for your editorial, “Global Leader?” (July 3). You have called the bluff of those who imagine that the United States is No. 1

Letters

July 17, 2017

Book review: ‘Chosen Nation’

In 1941, as German armies advanced across Europe, C. Henry Smith, a historian at Bluffton College, expressed his dismay at the enthusiastic support many German

Troy Osborne

July 17, 2017

Andres: Starting in the middle

In May, Showtime released a limited series revival of Twin Peaks, a 1990 quirky two-season television crime drama set in a small town in Washington

Carmen Andres

July 17, 2017

Vows to keep

Unity has been given us by the Holy Spirit. It is a gift. We are commanded to keep the unity of the Spirit (Eph. 4:3).

Letters

July 17, 2017

Good name, bad belief

My family and I recently left the Mennonite church, not to get away from the name but to find a more biblically based theology. I

Letters

July 17, 2017