In most circles, theological ones included, the suburbs are spoken of as the illegitimate child of urban and rural life — and with good reason.
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Christian activist Shane Claiborne announced a partnership with the nonprofit financial reform organization Jubilee USA Network Sept. 14 at Eastern Mennonite University. He joined with Jubilee’s campaign coordinator Andrew Hanauer to speak at chapel and give a two-hour lunchtime discussion, an evening lecture and a late-night residence hall discussion.
McPHERSON, Kan. — Bergthal Mennonite Church has passed into history, but its spirit of service lives.
Two of its youngest former members have taken the lead in keeping the legacy going. They’ve revived one of Bergthal’s favorite traditions — assembling school kits for Mennonite Central Committee — at the church they go to now, First Mennonite of McPherson.
Mennonite Church USA has contracted with a Delaware firm to investigate how church institutions responded to abuse allegations against a former Eastern Mennonite University administrator.
