It was the end of a long and sometimes challenging road — including a transfer to a different Mennonite denomination — when Aberdeen Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, Man., finally ordained a woman to be its pastor.
Mennonite Mission Network appointed Ana Alicia Hinojosa senior executive for Ventures April 21.
Anabaptist World won six awards, including two first-place Awards of Excellence, at the Associated Church Press convention May 17 in Chicago.
Stefany Cortes, a senior at Freeman Academy in South Dakota, won the top prize for her essay on immigration in the annual Mennonite Central Committee U.S. National Peace & Justice Ministries public policy essay contest.
Aaron Box, a Mennonite Brethren pastor from Eugene, Ore., has been appointed national director of the U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, effective July 1.
Five young peacemakers shared why they chose peace over military service April 22 at an Eastern Mennonite School event highlighting the relevance of conscientious objection today.