IMH assembly ‘goes into the other side’

Delegates revise Iglesia Menonita Hispana statement on immigration.

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Iglesia Menonita Hispana (Hispanic Mennonite Church) held its biennial assembly Aug. 13-15 in Lakewood, Fla. With attendance of approximately 100, there were representatives from six of the 10 regions that compose it, as well as people from the churchwide agencies, several visitors from Ohio, South Carolina and a worship band from the El Buen Pastor (The Good Shepherd) congregation in Lancaster, Pa.

The business sessions included a Iglesia Menonite Hispana board report, and the assembly approved the final draft of the IMH constitution.

Representatives from Mennonite Education Agency, Mennonite Mission Network, Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Mutual Aid and Mennonite Church USA Executive Board gave reports. Delegates also revised and updated the IMH statement about immigration.

The assembly theme, “Let’s Go Into the Other Side,” was based on Mark 4:34-40. Speakers for the evening worship sessions included pastors Joe Rosa from New Columbia, Pa., and Juan Gonzalez from Lancaster, Pa. Rosa and Gonzalez brought a challenge for change and to move into the future with the possibility of trying new structures.

Samuel López ended his term as moderator, and moderator-elect pastor Juanita Nuñez from Apopka, Fla., assumed the position of moderator. The delegates voted pastor Juan Montes from Reedley, Calif., as the new moderator-elect. The IMH board is searching for an executive director.

Nuñez is particularly interested in hearing from Hispanic Mennonite youth in order to discern the future and be participants in it. There are hopes to hold a summit at Columbus 2009. Interested youth should contact her at jnunez1022@aol.com. —adapted from a translation by Rafael Barahona

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