EMU delays action on hiring policy
By Bonnie Price Lofton of Eastern Mennonite University
After a six-month listening process that engaged a broad range of stakeholders, including Mennonite Church USA, the board of trustees of Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., has delayed formal action regarding the hiring policy and individuals in covenanted same-sex relationships ...Read more ... 
Photo: Andy Dula (left), chair of the EMU board of trustees, and President Loren Swartzendruber, answer questions during a meeting on June 20. Photo by John Styer.
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Opinion: Two calls to heed
By Harold Miller
Persons of conscience within Mennonite Church USA issue two contrasting calls to the church on homosexuality, as Michael King has observed in Mennonite World Review. One group dreams of the church moving away from norms of excluding outsiders and marginalized persons, away from "hate-filled aspects of culture that have led to suicide, torture and even killing of some of us deemed today's unclean" ...
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Opinion: 'At variance' from Confession takes different forms 
By Barry C. Bartel
In light of the current discussions around "variance" within Mennonite Church USA, it is an important time to consider how we understand variance from established denominational doctrine, standards and commitments ...
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Emerging initiatives regarding sexual abuse
By Mennonite Church USA
The discernment group convened by Mennonite Church USA to address issues related to sexual abuse met on June 3 in Elkhart, Ind. Carolyn Holderread Heggen, who serves as an advisor to the group, was able to join us for the entire meeting. We also conferred with Rachel Waltner Goossen ...Read more ...
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College Corner: Seminary offers dual degree program
From Eastern Mennonite Seminary
Seminary is not just for pastors any more. Eastern Mennonite Seminary has recently added a new master of divinity and master of business administration dual degree for those who feel called to ministry that may involve business or non-profit leadership ...
Read more ...Photo: Lonnie Yoder, associate dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary, played a key role in developing the option of earning a master of divinity and master of business administration in a dual degree program. Photo by Lindsey Kolb.
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