Opinion: Do women cause the church anxiety?
By Cynthia LappThere is a lot of talk about the "catastrophe" in Mennonite Church USA brought on by Mountain States Mennonite Conference licensing Theda Good for ministry. Theda has an M.Div. from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, Va., is gifted for ministry and happens to be married to another woman. But what if Theda is just the latest woman to make the church uncomfortable? Read more ...
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Mountain States launches churchwide Anabaptist Songwriting Challenge
From Mountain States Mennonite ConferenceIn the effort to promote songwriting among Mennonites in the United States and to broaden the musical spectrum, Mountain States Mennonite Conference is organizing the first Anabaptist Songwriting Challenge. The challenge began March 10 ... Read more ...
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College Corner: Bearing Witness website gathers Anabaptist stories of struggle
By Elizabeth Miller for Goshen College
A Congolese pastor who forgave the armed men who had forced him to dig his own grave; a Ukrainian Mennonite Brethren family displaced to labor camps throughout the USSR and finally reunited in Kazakhstan, only to face further resistance from the government in their new home; a missionary who accompanied Christian communities in China during World War II, even though she had to be in hiding much of the time ...
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