I would have told you that I didn’t need a woman leading our denomination.
I would have been wrong.
Phoenix
God knows why we won’t go to Phoenix
My church is made up of immigrants and migrants. We are political refugees. We have arrived here because of economic realities. We’ve been granted religious asylum. We’ve come to Philadelphia to find ourselves, to find flourishing space. We all landed in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Compassion for different reasons, and we’ve become the largest Mennonite Church USA congregation in the city.
Franconia supports moderator-elect on Phoenix pilgrimage
Elizabeth Soto Albrecht will become moderator of Mennonite Church USA at the denomination’s Phoenix convention this July. Phoenix, however, will be only one of her many stops this summer. The scholar and pastor, who calls Lancaster, Pa. home, is embarking on a nation-wide pilgrimage to visit MC USA congregations.
Executive Board OKs two resolutions for Phoenix
At its last meeting before the delegate assembly in Phoenix in July, the Executive Board (EB) of Mennonite Church USA met April 4-6 in Kansas City, Mo., and decided to send to delegates two resolutions for their consideration.
Mennonite Church USA board reaffirms decision churchwide gathering set for Phoenix 2013; moves to establish secondary meeting location
During the Jan. 7–9 meeting of the Executive Board of Mennonite Church USA in Tampa, Fla., the board took the following action: “The Executive Board of Mennonite Church USA expresses […]
At Leaders Forum, groups give differing advice on 2013 Phoenix convention
By Sheldon C. Good for Mennonite Weekly Review PITTSBURGH—Whether or not Mennonite Church USA has a convention in Phoenix in 2013, church leaders are committed to show their support for […]
Delegation offers statement after Arizona visit in consideration of plans for Phoenix 2013 assembly
August 12–13, 2010 We came to Phoenix as a step in the discernment process as to whether or not the Mennonite Church USA Convention 2013 should be held in Phoenix […]
Mennonite Church USA delegation invites prayer for Phoenix visit
Deuteronomy 24:17-18 (NIV) 17Do not deprive the alien or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and […]
God’s love has no borders
Ervin R. Stutzman, executive director, Mennonite Church USA June 2010 In the last few weeks, debates about immigration have flared up all across the United States. The passage of the […]
Mennonite convention planners discern response to Arizona immigration bill
Mennonite Church USA The location for Mennonite Church USA’s 2013 convention — Phoenix, Ariz. — is being called into question because of Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which passed April 23. […]