MennoMedia adds four staff
By Steve Shenk The two organizations that are merging into MennoMedia on July 1 have added four new staff. This brings the total to 29. The majority of the staff will be located in Harrisonburg, Va., in the building on Virginia Avenue that housed Third Way Media and its predecessors for nearly 40 years. Six of the staff are moving from Scottdale, Pa. ... Read more ...
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Sexual inclusivity motion to be presented at MC Canada assembly
By Rachel Bergen of The Canadian Mennonite While topics regarding sexuality have dominated the mainstream headlines in the past several weeks, Mennonite Church Canada and area church leaders have made a move that points to a shift in values regarding sexuality within the conference. On May 14, Willard Metzger, MC Canada general secretary; Vic Tiessen, chief operating officer; and Ken Warkentin, executive director of MC Manitoba, met with members of Harmony: Mennonite for LGBT Inclusion ... Read more ...
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TMail readers want news
By Anna Groff Editors of The Mennonite conducted a brief survey of TMail readers last week; 39 percent of subscribers participated (1,158 responses). The survey was open for less than one week. One question asked respondents to choose their favorite part of TMail: news stories, opinion pieces, college corner articles or blogs. News stories ranked the highest with 82 percent of respondents saying those were their "favorite" ... Read more ...
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College Corner: Two Summer Peacebuilding Institute learners/teachers keep coming back
By Chris Edwards For both Sam Gbaydee Doe (pictured) and Al Fuertes, the vocation of peacebuilding was forged in the trauma of civil war. In Doe's native Liberia, 10 percent of the population perished. For Fuertes, growing up on the Philippine island Mindanao, one of the world's longest recent wars seemed "a given" ... Read more ...
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