When I returned to Allegheny Conference at the call of its Leadership Council in 2016, I knew that the road ahead would be fraught with questions, anger, misunderstanding, lament…and praise and joy, relief and new energy. This anticipated mixture was what drew me and also gave me pause. Enjoying my first pastoral assignment in 23 years in Newport News, Virginia, after a successful tenure developing an interdenominational continuing care retirement community in western Pennsylvania, the congregation I was serving, Huntington Mennonite Church, and I were getting our footing and ministry was happening within and beyond the congregation. I was in a good place and some regional conference work may have been on the horizon…
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