Bridgefolk is a movement of sacramentally-minded Mennonites and peace-minded Roman Catholics who come together to celebrate each other’s traditions, explore each other’s practices, and honor each other’s contribution to the... read more →
Andre Gingerich Stoner is director of Interchurch Relations for Mennonite Church USA. Two days after the presidential election, pastors and church leaders from our neighborhood in South Bend, Indiana met... read more →
Andre Gingerich Stoner is director of Interchurch Relations for Mennonite Church USA. Some Mennonite historians and others have suggested that ever since the debacle in Munster in 1534 Anabaptists (and... read more →
By Annette Brill Bergstresser ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Church USA/Mennonite Mission Network)... read more →
Andre Gingerich Stoner is director of Interchurch Relations for Mennonite Church USA. Several weeks ago I had the privilege of spending three days in retreat with ecumenical officers from 13... read more →
Reconciliation recounted at regional ELCA gathering J. Nelson Kraybill (at right), president of Mennonite World Conference, gives a towel and basin to Bishop Bill Gafkjen of... read more →
Andre Gingerich Stoner is director of Holistic Witness for Mennonite Church USA. “Every time the Christian church divided or separated, each group lost one half of the Gospel message.” So... read more →
Andre Gingerich Stoner is director of Holistic Witness for Mennonite Church USA. The Vatican is hosting a first of its kind conference April 11-13, to reassess the just war theory,... read more →
Andre Gingerich Stoner is the director of Holistic Witness for Mennonite Church USA. In early December, I had a chance to spend several days at an annual “ecumenical officers’ retreat”... read more →
Hyun and Sue Hur are co-directors of ReconciliAsian, a peace center in Los Angeles that encourages local Korean immigrant churches and other ethnic churches to explore what it means to... read more →
We are delighted to highlight this example of interchurch work at a local and regional level. Jim Amstutz is executive director of the Lancaster County Council of Churches, a network... read more →
Editor's note: The Circle of Protection is a broad and diverse coalition of Christian leaders working together for help and opportunity for hungry and poor people in the United States... read more →
Andre Gingerich Stoner is director of Holistic Witness for Mennonite Church USA. “Laudato Si,” a song composed by Francis of Assisi and based on Psalm 148 extols praises to God... read more →
Andre Gingerich Stoner is director of Holistic Witness for Mennonite Church USA A few weeks ago about 40 people gathered in a church fellowship hall to reflect on what we... read more →
On April 13, a large and diverse group of Christian leaders called on lawmakers to support the recent Framework Agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. In a full-page ad in Roll Call, the... read more →