Download - Annual Report to Conferences (2020) · a rich diversity of members from Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, the United States and Venezuela. The

2020AnnualReporttoAreaConferencesMennoniteMenisthemen’sorganizationofMennoniteChurchUSAandMennoniteChurchCanada.Ourmission:Engagingmentogrow,giveandserveasfollowersofJesus.Ourtwoprograms,JoinHandsandJoinMen,servedthismissioninseveralwaysinthelastyear.JoinHands:GrantsforNewChurchesThankstogenerouscontributionsfromindividualsandcongregations,MennoniteMenhasgrantedover2milliondollarsthroughitsJoinHandsprogramtoassistnewcongregationsinacquiringtheirfirstchurchbuilding.

In2019weextendedgrantstothreeMennonitechurches.$30,000toEdenLifeInternationalChurchinKansasCity,Missouri.ThiscongregationinSouthCentralMennoniteConferenceservesfourlanguagecommunities:Amharic(Ethiopia),Anouk(Sudan,Ethiopia),English(secondgenerationimmigrants),andSwahili/French(Congo).

$40,000toUnityChurchofGodinHomestead,Florida(picturedtotheleft).ThisHaitianMennonitecongregationinSoutheast

Conferenceisactiveservingtheircommunity.$40,000toCentrodeAlabanzainPhiladelphia,PA(below).ThisMennonitecongregationinFranconiaConferencehasarichdiversityofmembersfromEcuador,ElSalvador,Guatemala,Honduras,Mexico,Panama,PuertoRico,theUnitedStatesandVenezuela.ThechurchisactivewithInstitutoBíblicoAnabautista(AnabaptistBiblicalInstitute)andengagedinseveralministriesintheirneighborhood.

Theseracial-ethniccongregationsrepresentasignificantgrowthedgeinourMennonitechurch.Wearegratefultoshareourresourceswiththesechurchesandreceivetheirwitnessofdynamicengagementinmission.JoinMen:ResourcesandRetreatsforMenWhatdoesAnabaptismhavetoteachusabouthealthymasculinity?Ournewbook,PeacefulatHeart:AnabaptistReflectionsonHealthyMasculinity,seekstoanswerthisquestion.WorkingwiththeInstituteofMennoniteStudies,thisprojectofMennoniteMenisbyandformen,promotinganAnabaptistChristianperspectiveonmasculinity.MennoniteMenhadtheopportunitytoleadretreatswith

meninShirati,Tanzania(picturedtotheleft)andCradock,SouthAfrica(below).

Thesewererichinterchanges,addressingtraditionalexpressionsofmasculinityandtheirimpactsandwhatitmeanstobemenfollowingJesusandservingGod’speace.

JoinUs:IndividualandCongregationalSupportMennoniteMeninvitescontributionstosupportourprojectsandgrantsforchurchbuildings.Pleaseconsiderhowyouandyourcongregationscanpartnerwithus.Tolearnmore,supportourwork,downloadresources,orschedulearetreat,visitMennoniteMen.org.TogetherinChrist,SteveThomas,U.S.Coordinator