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Loving the Enemy Within: Grounding in the trauma-healing work of anti-racism

This post is part of a blog series on racial justice where writers reflect on what it means to do anti-racism work in their context.   [caption id="attachment_62299" align="alignleft"... read more →
  • July 30, 2020
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A note to people who are white, like me

Hugh Hollowell Jr. is the community pastor at Open Door Mennonite Church in Jackson, Mississippi, where he lives with his wife Renee and two foster children.   I grew up... read more →
  • July 14, 2020
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Mennonite Church USA hosts panel discussion on dismantling racism

By MC USA staff View the recordings of Race, Church and Change, Parts I and II here.  (Mennonite Church USA) — The leadership team of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) is hosting Race, Church and Change, an... read more →
  • June 19, 2020
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Mennonite Church USA launches new Justice Fund

By MC USA staff (Mennonite Church USA) — In the midst of significant social unrest in the United States, Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) has launched a Justice Fund to... read more →
  • June 17, 2020
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African American Mennonite Association urges MC USA to address racial injustice

By MC USA staff (Mennonite Church USA) — African American Mennonite Association (AAMA) called upon fellow Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) congregations, which are predominately white, to be actively involved... read more →
  • June 12, 2020
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Mennonite Church USA Executive Board staff speaks out on Asian American racism and COVID-19

(Mennonite Church USA, ELKHART, Ind.) — The Executive Board staff of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA), the largest Mennonite denomination in the United States, recently released a statement in response... read more →
  • April 6, 2020
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Migrant learning tour shows America, church still grappling with original sins

Brian Best of the Samaritans described red dots on a map representing the estimated 4,500-plus unidentified bodies found in Maricopa County, Arizona, who are believed to... read more →
  • November 11, 2019
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MC USA statement on commemorating 1619 and slavery’s ongoing impact and legacy

By Mennonite Church USA staff   This year marks 400 years since 1619, the year when a ship carried enslaved people from West Africa to the British colony of Virginia... read more →
  • October 9, 2019
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Glen Guyton

We must not underestimate the power of our words

Glen Guyton is executive director of Mennonite Church USA. The words of the prophet Jeremiah came to mind as I read Pastor Harold Miller’s blog post Reasons we support same-sex... read more →
  • February 4, 2019
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The cost of radical discipleship

Iris de León-Hartshorn is associate director of Operations for Mennonite Church USA. This two part series is based on a sermon Iris gave at Portland (Oregon) Mennonite Church on MLK... read more →
  • January 25, 2019
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  • Menno Snapshots, Transformational Peacemaking
Glen Guyton

Open letter to Rabbi Myers, Tree of Life Congregation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dear Rabbi Myers: On behalf of the members and leaders of Mennonite Church USA, I would like to offer my deepest sympathies to those at Tree of Life*Or L'Simcha who... read more →
  • October 29, 2018
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Hope for the Future takes time off to evaluate future

(Mennonite Church USA) — The organizers of Hope for the Future (HFF) have decided not to host an event in 2019. HFF organizers, which include staff from Mennonite Church USA,... read more →
  • October 9, 2018
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Journey Forward: God invites

Over the next few months we’ve invited folks from across Mennonite Church USA to reflect on our Journey Forward and consider how they’ve seen Renewed Commitments at work in their lives, their congregation or... read more →
  • August 17, 2018
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On sitting in the mess

Regina Shands Stoltzfus teaches in the Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies department at Goshen (Indiana) College, where her courses include Race, Class and Ethnic Relations; Personal Violence and Healing; Spiritual Path of the... read more →
  • March 6, 2018
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  • Menno Snapshots, Women in Leadership

Look and Live: Jesus, Emmett Till and the Bronze Serpent

Horace McMillon serves as the tent making pastor of Open Door Mennonite Church of Jackson, Mississippi. He and Monique, his bride of 21 years have two teenage children. Prior to their... read more →
  • February 28, 2018
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