This possibility, found in Christ, is what we seek to share with people by our actions and words. Currently children attend Sunday school during the service. The minister is formally ordained in the Mennonite Church and holds graduate degrees in a relevant course of study. Mennonites have a congregational-conference form of governance. Neither the congregation, nor the regional, nor the national conference makes significant decisions without consultations with the other levels of church life.
Ministers meet together locally.
They and additional congregational delegates meet in regional, national, and global conferences. Local congregational governance is done by the election by members of the congregation of elders, deacons, trustees, and an administrative chair. A leadership committee composed of the minister, the elders, a deacon, and the administrative chair oversee pastoral and mission concerns of the congregation. The trustees prepare an annual budget for approval by the membership. A treasurer is elected by the congregation to conduct financial matters.