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Sexual abuse: ‘Won’t somebody listen here?’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Laments and hopes by and for those who have endured sexual abuse were tied and untied in a Friday evening worship service at the Mennonite Church USA convention.

Moving from sorrow and confessing to hope and joy, the service at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral across the street of the convention center found its genesis with a discernment group on sexual . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 4, 2015

A new Mennonite observes convention

Almost every interaction I've had with the Mennonite church has made me feel right about belonging here. I've observed this many times with my home

Rachel Stella

July 3, 2015

Youth speakers tell of Jesus encounters ‘on the way’

Alexa Smith, 16, of West Liberty, Ohio, said she heard a lot during Mennonite Church USA’s youth convention in Kansas City, Mo., about how to

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 2, 2015

Hopi Mission School problems prompt restructuring plan

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Mennonite Church USA Executive Board has informed the Hopi Mission School board, administration and staff that the organization does not

Mennonite Church USA | Mennonite World Review staff

July 2, 2015

Delegates oppose drone warfare, table Israel divestment

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mennonite Church USA delegates on July 1 overwhelmingly approved a resolution opposing drone warfare and tabled a resolution to divest from

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

July 2, 2015

An unexpected pastoral blessing in Kansas City

I was not prepared to be called forward in front of 4,500 people. I was sitting on the far edge of the room where the

Hillary Watson

July 1, 2015

At MC USA convention, 4,500 challenged to speak up

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mennonite Church USA convention participants were invited to join a movement not for the comfortable or satisfied at the event’s opening worship service June 30 at the Kansas City Convention Center.

Mennonite Central Committee Central States director Michelle Armster preached about women who didn’t stay quietly in the background but boldly stepped into Jesus’ movement of confronting . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 1, 2015

The road to Emmaus/The road to convention

Our biennial national Mennonite Church USA convention begins today in Kansas City, Mo., and there are two resolutions coming before the delegates that highlight disagreements

Joanna Harader

June 30, 2015

Deported Iowa pastor holds on to hope

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Father’s Day was set to be difficult for the Villatoro family. Father and children, husband and wife were separated by thousands of miles and a 10-year ban on re-entry to the United States. Yet alongside the pain rang testimonies of hope.

On June 20, three months to the day after Max Villatoro’s deportation to his birth country, Honduras, hundreds of . . .

Nick Detweiler-Stoddard | Central Plains Mennonite Conference

June 29, 2015

Survivors, advocates form a chapter of anti-abuse network

Twelve survivors of sexual abuse and their advocates have formed an Anabaptist-Mennonite chapter of an organization that “protects the vulnerable, heals the wounded and exposes

Mennonite World Review staff

June 29, 2015