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Where does spiritual formation really happen?

Spiritual formation is defined as an intentional Christian practice with the goal to develop a spiritual maturity that leads to Christ-likeness. The term brings to mind Christian spiritual

Christine Sine

July 9, 2015

LGBT advocates pursue acceptance at Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Organizations advocating for inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people within Mennonite Church USA were allowed a presence within the denomination’s convention for the first time.

Pink Menno, a group committed to being a visible and vocal presence at Mennonite gatherings, operated out of a room around the corner from the delegate hall.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 8, 2015

Bill Cosby, the Confederate flag and America

Many African Americans don’t want to acknowledge the apparent likelihood Bill Cosby is a serial rapist. Many whites don’t want acknowledge that racism and white

Horace McMillon

July 8, 2015

White privilege, white nationalism, racism and Charleston

There is a reason, perhaps less in importance but perhaps just as insidious, why Christian communities of faith need to stop in their tracks and

Scot McKnight

July 7, 2015

Claiborne tells MC USA community is possible

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Writer and activist Shane Claiborne called members of Mennonite Church USA to dust off their romance with Jesus and not be afraid to look a bit odd while doing it in the closing worship session of the MC USA convention July 5.

Speaking before a joint gathering of youth and adults, Claiborne said institutions of all kinds are losing young people at an astronomical rate because people see how little institutions do and how much individuals can.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 6, 2015

Worship service confronts convention’s wounds

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The emotional wounds inflicted by discourse and decisions in the Mennonite Church USA convention delegate hall were the focus of a contemplative

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 6, 2015

Evana hires pastor of development, makes autumn plans

NEW PARIS, Ind. — Evana Network, a community of evangelical Anabaptist churches set to launch in September, has hired Wes Furlong as pastor of church

Evana Network

July 6, 2015

Colonists in Mexico: a misunderstood people

Many U.S. and Canadian Mennonites think of German-speaking Mennonites in Mexico as a backward people in a wild-west country. We read of Mennonites involved in

Edgar Stoesz | For Mennonite World Review

July 6, 2015

California thrift shop is first step toward an Anabaptist Resource Center

PASADENA, Calif. — Mennonite Church USA’s Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference will open a new thrift store, Full Circle Thrift, in the next few months in

Panorama

July 6, 2015

Opinion: Intrusion of dissenters

Seventy-four years ago, I was part of a national experiment unlikely to be repeated. On June 5, 1941, a camp for conscientious objectors to war

Robert S. Kreider

July 6, 2015