EB appoints task force regarding Mountain States for CLC
From Mennonite Church USAThe Executive Board of Mennonite Church USA has appointed a task force to frame the questions for a discussion at the March 20-22 Constituency Leaders Council meeting in Newton, Kan., in response to the decision of Mountain States Mennonite Conference to license a pastor in a committed same-gender relationship ...
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'Shenandoah Confession' emerges from intercollegiate peace meeting
By Bonnie Price Lofton of Eastern Mennonite University
Students from seven Anabaptist colleges wrapped up a three-day Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship Conference, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2014, at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., by deciding to issue the Shenandoah Confession, drafted in the style and spirit of the Schleitheim Confession of 1527 ...
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Mennonite wins peace essay contest
By Jenny Williams of Bethany SeminaryThe three top essays of the 2014 Bethany Peace Essay Contest have been announced by Bethany Seminary, Richmond, Ind. Anita Hooley Yoder, senior MDiv student at Bethany Seminary, won first place for her essay, "I've Read Too Much Poetry for That: Poetry, Personal Transformation, and Peace." She is member of Friendship Mennonite Church in Bedford, Ohio, and a curriculum writer for Shine ...
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College Corner: Bluffton baseball takes another swing at cancer
By Chay Reigle of Bluffton UniversityBluffton (Ohio) University's baseball team is hitting about 25,000 in its three years of going to bat against childhood cancer. That's actually $25,000-the approximate amount of money raised over the last three years by Bluffton baseball players for childhood cancer research and hospitals ...
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Photo: A different sort of lineup of Bluffton (Ohio) University baseball players gets a collective head-shaving Feb. 27, courtesy of stylists from The Curling Iron in Bluffton. Photo provided.
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