Two former residents of a Mennonite work farm for troubled youths in Pennsylvania have filed a lawsuit against the facility and its sponsoring church conference, alleging abuse and forced labor.
Two former residents of a Mennonite work farm for troubled youths in Pennsylvania have filed a lawsuit against the facility and its sponsoring church conference, alleging abuse and forced labor.
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, based in Lancaster, Pa., has rebranded as Mennonite Life.
The Oct. 29 issue of Anabaptist World included several mini reviews of recent books. Here is a sampling.
When an electrical fire in August all but destroyed LaTanya Wade’s house near Philadelphia, she wasn’t sure where to turn. A city agency connected her with Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers.
Investigations of allegations of inappropriate physical contact by a former high school principal at Dock Mennonite Academy in Lansdale, Pa., did not meet the criteria of criminal misconduct, abuse or exploitation, the school announced Aug. 3.
Erwin H. Rempel, 76, a mission worker and administrator who served on four continents from 1975 to 2009, died June 25 at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, three months after a cancer diagnosis.
A man who led authorities to the remains of a young Amish woman in Pennsylvania pleaded guilty July 23 to kidnapping and killing her.
