Kansas City, MO – Michael Danner, Anne Munley, and Don Rheinheimer represented Illinois Mennonite Conference at the first Constituency Leaders Council meeting of the biennium (two year period between delegate assemblies).

Michael, Anne, and Don were a part of a group of 60 leaders from area conferences, constituency groups and agencies that met Oct. 19-21 at the Hyatt Place Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.

The primary emphasis of the gathering was providing feedback to the Executive Board of MC USA concerning the Journey Forward – a two-year process of putting the learnings of the Future Church Summit into action.

“It is always good to connect with various leaders across the church,” said Michael Danner, IMC conference minister. “What remains to be seen is if the journey forward initiative can, indeed, move us forward as a church.”

Danner said, “In my view, [MC USA] has always had a clear vision of what we are trying to be together – A Jesus-centered, community of reconciliation and peacemaking. We struggle when we hold different ideas on how to live that out. Recently around issues like same-gender marriage and church leadership. In the past around issues of women in ministry and divorce.  It is my hope that this process will help us learn to approach discernment and disagreement in more helpful ways.”

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