Benaya Mlondani Wahina, lead pastor of Akron Swahili Mennonite Churcch, shared words of appreciation with Ohio Conference delegates as the congregation was accepted as a new member of the Ohio Conference. Also pictured (left to right) are Jacob Dodson, pastor of Wooster Mennonite Church; Jacqueline Nashon, translator and IVEP participant; and Malanga Lusaende, vice pastor of Akron Swahilil Mennonite Church.

Delegates post responses from their table groups on a prayer wall at Annual Conference Assembly. To see more photos from ACA, go to https://bit.ly/ACAPhotos.

Delegates discussed the proposed new Conference mission statement in table groups.

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Prior to the sermon at ACA, Conference Minster Dick Barrett (left) prays with speakers David Hargrave (center) and Joel Miller, pastors at Salem Mennonite Church in Wooster.

At the 2018 Annual Conference Assembly, Missional Consultant Jessica Schrock-Ringenberg (right) invited participants interested in being part of a missional network to plot their congregations on a map of Ohio.

Dan King (left) and Haroldo Nunes (right) lead the workshop “Healing Cultural Tensions in the Church” at the 2018 Annual Conference Assembly.