Get ready for San José

When around 6,000 members gather in San José, Calif., July 2-6, it will be the first time Mennonite Church USA has held its Delegate Assembly and convention on the West Coast. Not since 1991 for the former Mennonite Church (in Eugene, Ore.) and 1971 for the former General Conference Mennonite Church (Fresno, Calif.) has there been a major meeting of our members on the West Coast.

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Articles

• Get ready for San José
• BREAKING NEWS: Pastor Anne Stuckey dies in automobile accident
• BREAKING NEWS: Protest shuts down clerics' visit
• UPDATE: Lee Eshleman dies
• UPDATE: Lancaster congregation to ordain woman on June 24
• WEB EXCLUSIVE: Spider-Man and the myth of redemptive violence
• The youth of the church
• Focus on Jesus

News stories, digests and Meno Acontecer

• Entire congregation can Gather ’Round
• Relief kits bring smiles to Iraqi children
• Bethel students plant trees for Service Day
• BikeMovement Asia begins in Cambodia
• Meserete Kristos College moves in
• Tornado destroys Greensburg Church building
• Joint Executive Committee signs covenant
• Muslims in Turkey murder three Christians
• Ervin Gingerich created literary legacy
• CPT joins call to end military aid to Colombia

Columns

• Women of color encounter the face of God
• Health and justice

Readers Say

• European Jesus not appropriate
• Means and ends same essence
• Happiness not most important
• Lancaster Conference not unfaithful
• Give Lancaster Conference time
• Force and violence