Mennonite World Review

Articles : Mennonite Weekly Review staff

Oct. 15, 2012 issue

• 3 churches leave Western, Central districts

  Three congregations have withdrawn from two Mennonite Church USA area conferences due to differences over issues of sexuality.

Feb. 13, 2012 issue

• Iowa Supreme Court sides with Mennonites in steel wheels case

  DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a group of Old Order Mennonites on Feb. 3 in a case involving their use of steel wheels on tractors.

Jan. 16, 2012 issue

• Ten Thousand Villages CEO, who led growth, steps down

  Ten Thousand Villages’ has announced chief executive officer Craig Schloneger plans to step down March 31. He has been CEO of the Akron, Pa.-based fair trade retailer since 2006.

Jan. 2, 2012 issue

• Former Lancaster assistant principal charged

  Former Lancaster (Pa.) Mennonite High School assistant principal Steven Geyer was charged with 11 counts of sexual offenses Dec. 22.

Dec. 5, 2011 issue

• Conference in India celebrates centennial

  Dhamtari, India — The Mennonite Church in India celebrated its 100th anniversary Oct. 27-30 with a gathering of about 1,000 people at Sunderganj Mennonite Church.

• Seven Amish hair cutters arrested for hate crimes

  Authorities raided the compound of a breakaway Amish group before dawn Nov. 23 in eastern Ohio and arrested seven men on federal hate crime charges for a series of beard- and hair-cutting attacks on other Amish.

Nov. 28, 2011 issue

• Lancaster administrator’s employment terminated

  Lancaster (Pa.) Mennonite School has terminated the employment of an administrator facing allegations of sexual abuse.

Nov. 21, 2011 issue

• Old Order’s steel wheels at odds with law in Iowa

  OSAGE, Iowa — After the Iowa Supreme Court got involved, Groffdale Conference Old Order Mennonites and Mitchell County officials thought they might be able to sit down together and draft a compromise.

Nov. 7, 2011 issue

• Amish man faces fraud charges in federal court

  An Amish man accused of defrauding investors out of about $16.8 million declined to enter a plea Oct. 27 in federal court in Youngstown, Ohio.

Oct. 24, 2011 issue

• Five Amish hair-cutters charged for Ohio attack

  Five Bergholz Amish clan members accused of forcibly cutting the hair and beards off other Amish in eastern Ohio were arraigned Oct. 12 and charged with kidnapping and aggravated burglary. Both charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

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