Columbus, Ohio
Originally Published June 21, 2015
Dear Friends:
There are two things I need to say to the Mennonite Church USA. The first is “Thank you.” The second is “I’m sorry.” Continue reading
Columbus, Ohio
June 21, 2015
Dear Friends:
There are two things I need to say to the Mennonite Church USA. The first is “Thank you.” The second is “I’m sorry.”
You (the Mennonite Church) came into my life in 1981 when, as a result of God’s providence, I enrolled as a student at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, Virginia. At the time I had not, as they say, “darkened the door” of a Mennonite church building. One year later, in the summer of 1982, I (along with my wife) was received as a member of Harrisonburg Mennonite Church, was installed as an associate pastor of that congregation, and received ordination credentials with the Virginia Mennonite Conference, all on the same Sunday in July. Continue reading
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