Midway Mennonite Church District: Great Lakes East Location: Columbiana, Ohio Average Sunday Attendance: 65 Worship Service: Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Pastor: No local pastor. John Miller, LMC Bishop Founded: 1801Learn More: https://www.midwaymennonite.org/ Midway Mennonite Church traces its origins back to 1801. Mennonites had migrated from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia and settled in the areas now known as Columbiana and Mahoning counties in northeastern Ohio. Jacob Oberholtzer, a bishop… Read More
LMC at Movement Leaders Collective’s Global Gathering in London Bishop Elders Rodney Martin and Keith Blank, and Movement Navigator Glenn Kauffman in London in May 2025 for Movement Leaders Collective’s Global Gathering by Rodney Martin Glenn Kauffman, Keith Blank, and I recently attended the Movement Leaders Collective (MLC) gathering in London. MLC hosts an annual, three-day Global Gathering. Previously held in the US, the gatherings include a variety of collective partners (church groups and… Read More
Chenunda Creek Fellowship District: North PennLocation: 2030 Independence Road, Andover, NY 14806Average Sunday Attendance: 25Worship Service: 9:40 amPastor: Stephen RichardFounded: 1956Learn More: https://chenundacreekfellowship.org/ We are a joyful congregation of believers nestled in a valley in the grand hills of Allegany County, NY. In 1956, Seventh Day Baptists (SDBs) who built the meetinghouse we now use asked Mennonites from Lancaster County, who had settled in the area, to run… Read More
Following the Lord’s Call into the Unknown by Esmeralda Haver My father passed away when I was three years old. When I was six, we emigrated to the border city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila. It was in this city where my mother left me in a Christian children’s home. There, my new parents treated me as a beloved daughter and made me feel I belonged to a family. My father always said… Read More
Liminalidad: moverse con Dios en el medio Escrito por Joshua Haver En un caluroso día de verano en México , caminaba por un campo polvoriento con David Blanchard, el presidente de la organización misionera en la que había servido durante trece años. Mientras caminábamos, me detuve y le pedí que orara conmigo. Mis palabras fueron algo así como: “Algo está cambiando dentro de mí; no sé qué es exactamente, pero Dios me… Read More
Siguiendo el llamado del Señor hacia lo desconocido by ESMERALDA HAVER Cuando tenía 3 años mi padre falleció. A los 6 años emigramos a la frontera de Piedras Negras, Coahuila. Fue en esta ciudad donde mi mamá me puso en una casa hogar cristiana. En ese lugar, mis padres nuevos me trataron como hija amada y me hicieron sentir que yo pertenecía a una familia. Mi padre siempre decía que en el momento… Read More
Liminality: Moving with God in the In-Between by Joshua Haver On a hot summer day in Mexico, I was walking across a dusty field with David Blanchard, the president of the mission organization I had served with for thirteen years. As we walked, I paused and asked him to pray with me. My words were something like, “Something is changing within me; I don’t know what it is exactly, but God is… Read More
Be the “Thin Space” By LMC Stewardship Team The “thin space” is a beautiful place where people feel that heaven and earth are very, very close together. Perhaps it originated with the Celtic tradition, brought into attention in 2012 by New York Times Travel columnist Eric Weiner. However, it is now used to describe a spiritual space where one is close to God and is connected with the concept… Read More
Mosaic of Grace Church Congregational Profile District:Blue Ridge Location:Harrisonburg, Virginia Average Sunday attendance 45 Worship ServiceSundays at 10:15 a.m. Pastor:Mike & Risha Metzler Mike and Risha are co-pastors/church planters of Mosaic of Grace Church in Harrisonburg, VA. They enjoy God’s gift of life with their children: Hannah, Joel, Toby, and foster daugter. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it… Read More
Bishops Retreat at Camp Deerpark LMC hosted a retreat for our Bishops from October 25–27. The beauty of Camp Deerpark provided the backdrop for Bishops and LMC staff to reflect and tend to their vertical relationship with God and their horizontal relationships with each other. This Spirit-filled time of rest, connection, and prayer is one we won’t soon forget.