Leaders of color call for embracing diversity as a gift

Feb 26, 2018 by , , and

Hope for the Future participants pray for Glen Guyton after the announcement of his appointment as Mennonite Church USA’s next executive director. — Marco Guete/MC USA

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Nearly 70 pastors, leaders, directors, coordinators, educators, change-makers and others with connections to Mennonite Church USA met Feb. 8-11 at the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk Hotel for...

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What is a peace church? People of color define it

Feb 27, 2017 by and

From left, Raphael Barahona, Calenthia Dowdy, Ann Jacobs, Evelin Gonzalez and Colleen Whigham-Brockington take part in Hope for the Future. — Jenny Castro/Mennonite Church USA

HAMPTON, Va. — It is time for white leaders and members of Mennonite Church USA to reconsider what it means to be a peace church, participants said at a gathering of people of color in leadership roles. More...

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Group steps up an effort to discredit oppressive doctrine

May 23, 2016 by and

The Doctrine of Discovery Coalition meets in January at Seattle Mennonite Church. Members pictured are Patty Burdette, Iris de León-Hartshorn, Michelle Armster, Sheri Hostetler and Jonathan Neufeld. — Doctrine of Discovery Coalition

ELKHART, Ind. — A coalition of people from across Mennonite Church USA is working to dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery. The DoD is a 15th-century philosophical framework that gives “Christian...

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MC USA youth ministry group digs into Anabaptism

Feb 29, 2016 by and

Katie Dyck, youth sponsor at Rainbow Mennonite Church, Kansas City, Kan., and Renee Reimer, youth program director at Rainbow, at Youth Ministry Council: The Gathering 2016 in Orlando, Fla.

Mennonite Church USA’s Youth Ministry Council worked to make implicit Anabaptist values more explicit Jan. 29-Feb. 1 in Orlando, Fla. Forty-two youth workers attended “The Gathering” to network,...

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MC USA abuse discernment group ends work

Oct 19, 2015 by and

ELKHART, Ind. — The Discernment Group on sexual abuse, a committee formed by Mennonite Church USA in 2013 to address the painful and complex legacy of sexual abuse by renowned theologian and professor John...

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