Four congregations use our building, and we see God’s hand in all of this
Nearly 25 years ago, in the Ministry Inquiry Program at Goshen College, I met with a pastor as a potential intern. The first thing he said was: “The way we do church in North America doesn’t work.”
Jacob A. Schowalter, a Kansas Mennonite farmer, spent little on his own comforts but gave generously to charitable causes. Few could guess by his simple way of life that he was a man of significant means.
Artificial intelligence is one of the most transformative technologies humanity has ever developed. AI offers blessings and burdens that can foster peace and democracy or fuel violence, inequality, polarization and authoritarianism. Religious ethics have something to offer.
Mennonite Men has welcomed Jon Zirkle as co-director of U.S. Mennonite Men with Steve Thomas.
I’ve always been a small-church person. A church, for me, is a place where you know almost everyone by name. This was true for me growing up, except that all the little old ladies looked the same. (Was that Mrs. Peter Toews or Mrs. Henry Janzen?)
Sharon Norton has been hired by the Church of the Brethren as executive director of Global Mission and will begin Dec. 2.
Five church plants identified as missional peace churches have received $5,000 grants from Mennonite Church USA.
