#BringThePeace is Mennonite Church USA’s call to action for individuals and congregations to extend peace in our communities. #BringThePeace is also our prayer inviting God to bring the peace that expands our capacity for empathy, compassion and love that actively seeks to dismantle oppression and violence.
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This article is part of our series on Voices Together, a new worship and song collection coming fall 2020 from MennoMedia, in partnership with Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada. By Anneli Loepp Thiessen Early on in the process of creating Voices Together, the Mennonite Worship and Song Committee knew that four-part […]
Beryl Jantzi is director of Stewardship Education for Everence, an agency of Mennonite Church USA. “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom/aphesis for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, […]
Lisa Renee Sayre is a registered nurse who works in a harm reduction clinic that serves people with substance use disorders. In addition to a nursing license, she holds a Master of Divinity degree from Pittsburgh Theology Seminary. Lisa is a member of Pittsburgh Mennonite Church, where she helps in the church garden, serves as […]
Hugh Hollowell Jr. is the community pastor at Open Door Mennonite Church in Jackson, Mississippi, where he lives with his wife Renee and two foster children. I grew up in Mississippi, steeped in sweet tea, white supremacy and the blood of Jesus. And 31 years ago at age 17, I left in search of […]
Hannah Heinzekehr is the Communications Program Director at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She attends Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship in Goshen, Indiana. I’m sitting down to write this blog post in the midst of a moment in time where racism’s deadly consequences are on full display. […]
By MC USA staff (Mennonite Church USA) — Convention planners are seeking proposals for equipping seminars at MennoCon21, the Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) biennial convention slated to take place in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 6-10, 2021. The deadline for submissions is October 10, 2020. “The worship experience and equipping seminars are the main reasons […]
By MC USA staff (Mennonite Church USA) — The leadership team of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) is hosting Race, Church and Change, an interactive panel discussion on the impact of racism in the church and meaningful approaches to dismantling it. Featuring a diverse panel of speakers, the online event will be held via Zoom (and simultaneously broadcast via Facebook Live) on Thursday, June 25 from 6:30-8 p.m. EDT /3:30-5 p.m. PDT. Participants may submit questions for […]
By MC USA staff (Mennonite Church USA) — In the midst of significant social unrest in the United States, Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) has launched a Justice Fund to provide a way for individuals and congregations to support MC USA churches that are actively involved in dismantling racism, addressing police brutality, reimagining policing in […]
By MCEC staff Republished from Mennonite Church Eastern Canada KITCHENER, ON (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada) — Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (MCEC) received complaints of ministerial misconduct and ministerial sexual misconduct against Wilmer Martin, a credentialed pastor. MCEC investigated the allegations of misconduct according to the denominational protocol, Ministerial Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedure. As stipulated […]
By Laurie Oswald Robinson, Mennonite Mission Network NEWTON, Kansas (Mennonite Mission Network and Mennonite Church USA) — When Mennonite Mission Network’s church-planting coach Mauricio Chenlo attended the 60th anniversary of Primera Iglesia Menonita de Brooklyn in New York City last August, he did not yet know the Spirit’s plans for the future. It did not […]
English version available here (Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU.) — Los planificadores de convenciones están buscando propuestas para los seminarios de equipamiento de MennoCon21, la convención bienal de la Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU. (MC USA) programada para Cincinnati, Ohio del 6 al 10 de julio del 2021. La fecha límite para presentar propuestas es […]
English version available here Publicado el 12 de junio del 2020 Por el personal de MC USA (Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU.) — La Asociación Menonita Afroamericana (AAMA, por sus siglas en inglés) hizo un llamado a las congregaciones de la Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU. (MC USA), las cuales son mayormente blancas, a involucrarse […]
English version available here Publicado el 1° de junio del 2020 Por el personal de la junta ejecutiva de la Iglesia Menonita En medio de los recientes acontecimientos en torno al asesinato de George Floyd por parte de un policía de Mineápolis, el último acto de violencia fatal contra afroamericanos, la Iglesia Menonita de EE. […]
English version available here Publicado el 1° de junio del 2020 Glen Guyton es el director ejecutivo de la Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU. No me pasa a menudo, pero hoy me encuentro sin palabras al ver ciudades de Estados Unidos en llamas y después de haber soportado varias semanas de ver cómo los cuerpos […]
en inglés Por Joy Sutter, moderadora de la junta ejecutiva de la Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU. En nombre de la junta ejecutiva de la Iglesia Menonita de EE. UU.: En las últimas semanas, hemos vivido cambios tremendos e inquietantes en nuestro país y en el mundo, desde las restricciones a las rutinas diarias más simples […]
Iris de León-Hartshorn is associate executive director of operations for Mennonite Church USA. This blog post is adapted from a sermon she gave at the annual meeting of Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference, June 21-22. John 20: 19-23 I fear sometimes that we have over-simplified the reading of the Bible to what we can immediately understand […]
Journey Forward is Mennonite Church USA’s churchwide renewal process of engaging in Scripture, storytelling and sharing how God is at work in the lives of people and congregations across MC USA. Its purpose is for us to renew our local and denominationwide identity and affirm our core beliefs as we live out the mission to which […]
This post is part of our Journey Forward series. We’ve invited folks from across Mennonite Church USA to reflect on our Journey Forward and consider how they’ve seen Renewed Commitments at work in their lives, their congregation or community. If you’d like to contribute to this series by highlighting stories that bring our shared values to life, email JenniferC@MennoniteUSA.org. Mitzi […]
Journey Forward is Mennonite Church USA’s churchwide renewal process of engaging in Scripture, storytelling and sharing how God is at work in the lives of people and congregations across MC USA. Its purpose is for us to renew our local and denominationwide identity and affirm our core beliefs as we live out the mission to which […]
Journey Forward is Mennonite Church USA’s churchwide renewal process of engaging in Scripture, storytelling and sharing how God is at work in the lives of people and congregations across MC USA. Its purpose is for us to renew our local and denominationwide identity and affirm our core beliefs as we live out the mission to which […]
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