Mennonite Church USA is helping to fuel growth and diversity with its 2023 Thrive Church Planting Grants. This year’s repeat award recipients, Brooklyn (New York) Peace Church and Community of... read more →
Michael George, a Palestinian-American, laments the recent attacks from Hamas and ongoing war in Israel/Palestine. This blog post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s ongoing Learn, Pray, Join: Cost of... read more →
Joel Shenk, pastor of Toledo Mennonite Church, describes how he learned blacksmithing as part of his personal peace witness and how his conference and congregation have joined him in this... read more →
In May, Anabaptist musicians from a variety of countries met together in Canada for a songwriting retreat sponsored by Anabaptist Worship Network. George Makinto recounts how he experienced hope through... read more →
After researching the experiences of women in ministry, Amy Zimbelman argues that the best gift many congregations can give to their pastor this Pastor Appreciation Month is support through a... read more →
To begin Mennonite Church USA's latest Learn, Pray, Join initiative, End Gun Violence, Jonny Rashid shares this prayer of lament about gun violence. This blog post is part of Mennonite Church... read more →
During the Korean War, Sue Park-Hur's Aunt Hwasil was separated from her mother and brothers. After 40 years, Aunt Hwasil was finally able to reunite with her family, a privilege... read more →
Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster (Pennsylvania) worked with a local artist to create a public mural that represents their community's history and diversity. This article is reprinted, with permission, from... read more →
Sarah Werner, author of "Rooted Faith: Practices for Living Well on a Fragile Planet," gives hope and tangible ideas for how to Christians can live a life that is faithful... read more →
Chrissie Muecke describes how art depicted in The Peace Table was created with intention, with special consideration for diversity and creating ways for children to relate to the stories and... read more →
David Maldonado, who works both as a pastor of College Mennonite Church and a construction worker, shares what life in bivocational ministry is like and why someone might choose that... read more →
Mennonite Church USA is saddened to announce that Patricia Shelly, 71, who was a former pastor, professor, MC USA Executive Board member and moderator, died Sept. 4, in Newton, Kansas,... read more →
Sydney Leah Bontrager, 2023 Bring the Peace award recipient, describes how God has impacted her through her work raising funds to provide relief to Myanmar villages and a Myanmar orphanage.... read more →
Talitha Amadea Aho, keynote speaker for the Youth & Young Adult Climate Summit, held after MennoCon23, writes a letter to thank the climate summit attendees and follow up on a... read more →
Ingrid Friesen Moser, wellbeing coordinator for The Corinthian Plan, shares how spending time outdoors can help heal us and, when we come together for climate justice, can also help our... read more →