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Why we want to hear from you: The primacy of local congregations
Ervin Stutzman is executive director of Mennonite Church USA By Ervin Stutzman “The church exists as a community of believers in the local congregation, as a community of congregations, and as the...
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Anointing Jesus’s feet: Mary’s Example
Elizabeth Soto Albrecht is moderator for Mennonite Church USA. By Elizabeth Soto Albrecht The Gospel of John serves as a genesis. The writer makes a clear case that Jesus, the Word made flesh, was here...
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A Shared Understanding of Church Leadership
Ervin Stutzman is the Executive Director of Mennonite Church USA. As you read this, the Constituency Leaders Council (CLC) is the midst of meetings togetherin Chicago. During this gathering, they will...
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A Shared[?] Understanding of Church Leadership
Ervin Stutzman is the Executive Director of Mennonite Church USA. Last month, I wrote about a new polity statement of particular interest to church leaders, A Shared Understanding of Church...
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A community of communities
Ervin Stutzman is executive director of Mennonite Church USA “A community of communities engaged in God’s mission”–that’s the byline for Park View Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Va. Not long after...
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A portrait of credentialed leaders in Mennonite Church USA
Ervin Stutzman is executive director of Mennonite Church USA Holidays like Christmas often bring families together. And when families get together, photos are often a part of the interaction. I’m...
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A sincere thank you
Ervin Stutzman is executive director of Mennonite Church USA As a convener of the Discernment Group, I read, along with many of you, “The failure to bind and loose” (January 2015 The Mennonite) and the...
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Showing care for victims of sexual abuse
Ervin Stutzman is executive director of Mennonite Church USA. The Discernment Group working to care for victims of John Howard Yoder’s sexual abuse and to advocate against sexual abuse in the Mennonite...
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An invitation for victims of abuse to submit requests for reimbursement
Ervin Stutzman is executive director of Mennonite Church USA The Discernment Group working to care for victims of sexual abuse and to advocate against sexual abuse in the Mennonite Church has...
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Statement of lament regarding sexual abuse in Mennonite Church USA
Elizabeth Soto Albrecht and Ervin Stutzman shared these words of lament with the Delegate Assembly at Kansas City on July 3, 2015. We believe the resolution before us represents a long step in the...
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