With increasing awareness of sexual abuse within Mennonite Church USA, the delegate body passed the Churchwide Statement on... read more →
Terry Shue is director of Leadership Development for Mennonite Church USA. Every once in a while opportunities arise which we would do well to take advantage of. Such is the... read more →
Beryl Jantzi is the director of Stewardship Education for Everence. The FAQs for this article are adapted from, "Stewardship for Vital Congregations" by Anthony Robinson, The Pilgrim Press, 2011. Across... read more →
Alma Ovalle Perez is a wife and a mother to three wonderful teenagers. She is the daughter of Gilberto and Elizabeth Perez. Alma is a high school Spanish teacher, simultaneous interpreter and writer. She sits on... read more →
This is the final post in a blog series from participants in Hope for the Future (HFF), a gathering of people of color serving in leadership positions across Mennonite Church USA.... read more →
Glen Guyton is chief operating officer and director of Convention Planning for Mennonite Church USA. This is a message to the next generation of church leaders. A few weekends ago... read more →
This is the fifth in a blog series from participants in Hope for the Future (HFF), a gathering of people of color serving in leadership positions across Mennonite Church USA.... read more →
by Iris de León-Hartshorn A gentle funny giant who... read more →
Mauricio Chenlo is denominational minister for Church Planting, a shared position of Mennonite Mission Network and Mennonite Church USA. A few months ago I read an article by Dave Page on... read more →
This is the fourth in a blog series from participants in Hope for the Future (HFF), a gathering of people of color serving in leadership positions across Mennonite Church USA.... read more →
Kicking off our Love is a Verb storytelling project, Mennonite Church USA commissioned a litany to be written by Kelly Bates Oglesby, pastor at Parkview Mennonite Church, Kokomo, Indiana. Has your congregation seen... read more →
John Drescher-Lehman is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice, a spiritual director and a photographer. Along with his wife Sandy Drescher-Lehman, who is also a spiritual director... read more →
Janie Beck Kreider is director of Communications for Mennonite Church USA. Years ago, I encountered the book, "All About Love: New Visions" by bell hooks. I remember being struck as... read more →
Nancy Kauffmann is a denominational minister for Mennonite Church USA. Recently In the airport I overheard a Dad ask his son, “How many were there?” And the 5-year-old boy replied,... read more →
This is the third in a blog series from participants in Hope for the Future (HFF), a gathering of people of color serving in leadership positions across Mennonite Church USA. HFF... read more →