On July 18, the Mosaic Conference Board moved to form a task force to lead a listening process and review of the Conference’s relationships with Mennonite Church USA (MC USA). Nominations for the task force were gathered from across the Conference. The task force members are:
- Maria Hosler Byler, Salford (Harleysville, PA)
- Herman Sagastume, Perkiomenville (PA), Mosaic Board member
- Eden Strunk, Ambler (PA)
- Roy Williams, College Hill (Tampa, FL), Mosaic Board member
- Nathan Good, Swamp (Quakertown, PA)
- Jenny Fujita, Upper Milford (Zionsville, PA)
- Jeff Wright, Blooming Glen (PA) & Leadership Minister for California
- Sonya Stauffer Kurtz, Zion (Souderton, PA)
- Aldo Siahaan, Philadelphia Praise Center (Philadelphia, PA) & Leadership Minister
- Mike Derstine, Plains (Hatfield, PA)
Second row (L-R): Jenny Fujita, Upper Milford (Zionsville, PA), Jeff Wright, Blooming Glen (PA), Sonya Stauffer Kurtz, Zion (Souderton, PA), Aldo Siahaan, Philadelphia Praise Center (Philadelphia, PA), and Mike Derstine, Plains (Hatfield, PA).
The task force will meet for its first meeting the week of August 15. The goal of the task force is to listen to each Mosaic community and ministry and to provide direction for further discernment at the upcoming Annual Assembly on November 5 at Souderton (PA) Mennonite Church.
The opinions expressed in articles posted on Mosaic’s website are those of the author and may not reflect the official policy of Mosaic Conference. Mosaic is a large conference, crossing ethnicities, geographies, generations, theologies, and politics. Each person can only speak for themselves; no one can represent “the conference.” May God give us the grace to hear what the Spirit is speaking to us through people with whom we disagree and the humility and courage to love one another even when those disagreements can’t be bridged.