Mennonite Church Canada delegates affirmed restructuring the denomination to increase influence and ownership at a more local level at their July 6-10 assembly in Saskatoon, Sask. What remains to be seen is exactly how that will be lived out.
A political action committee seeking to mobilize the Amish to vote for Donald Trump is running ads in two newspapers that reach Amish communities. Amish PAC ads have appeared in The Budget and Holmes County Hub Shopper, both based in Ohio. The ad starts with the basics: “Did you know the 2016 presidential election will be on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016? The Republican nominee for president is businessman Donald Trump.”