Paula Snyder Belousek has been named conference minister of Ohio Mennonite Conference.
Paula Snyder Belousek has been named conference minister of Ohio Mennonite Conference.
Delegates approved a name change from Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA to Ohio Mennonite Conference at the body’s annual conference assembly March 1-2 at Sharon Mennonite Church in Plain City.
Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA is remaining affiliated with the denomination after a proposal to withdraw received majority support but less than the two-thirds needed to pass.
Sherah-Leigh Gerber, a regional pastor in Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA, has resigned after less than a year in the role, partly due to “patriarchy and sexism” she experienced, the conference announced Nov. 3.
Ohio firefighter Ryan Sprunger helped pull three people from a frozen pond in 2019. President Joe Biden honored him on May 16 at the White House.
Central Christian School in Kidron, Ohio, has restructured its board of trustees after its superintendent resigned and the previous board stepped aside in March.
Delegates at the annual assembly of Mennonite Church USA’s Ohio Conference decided to draw closer to each other while allowing a handful of congregations to put more distance between themselves and the denomination.
These are listed as “action steps” after an affirmation of the Confession of Faith that emphasizes support for Article 19, which states marriage is between a man and a woman for life.
The resolution had 70 percent support — 163 . . .
