One of America’s most outwardly conservative denominations has recently come out in favor of embracing members of the LGBTQ+ community.
The Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) is one of America’s most theologically radical Protestant Christian denominations, with ties to the Amish. Both groups trace the lineage of their faith to 16th-century Anabaptists.
Mennonites believe in pacifism and that people become Christians by being willingly baptized. Some Mennonites wear old-fashioned clothes, don’t use cars, don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t watch movies, and live in communities separate from the secular world.
On May 29, the MC USA passed a resolution that the church was guilty of “committing violence against LGBTQ people.”…