MCC HR Controversy

Our original article (July 2024) and our rationale (July 2024) for covering the story are here and here, respectively. Below are other materials, starting with the most recent. From Inertia to Momentum: Restoring Institutional Integrity to MCC February 14, 2025, statement from Pastor Desalegn Abebe—president of Meserete Kristos Church (Ethiopia). A slightly different version of this paper was first posted by MCC Abuse Survivors Together.

First and foremost, I deeply acknowledge that Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) represents a global heritage for all Anabaptist and Mennonite communities worldwide. Despite our diverse contexts, MCC continues to serve as the humanitarian arm of the Anabaptist tradition. As someone deeply committed to both truth and organizational stability, I found myself wrestling with multiple perspectives.

An investigation commissioned by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in response to complaints put forward by John Clarke and Anicka Fast, who were abruptly terminated in August 2023, found that “MCC processes and some decision making by senior personnel as a whole … is reasonably understood to fall within the threshold of harassment as defined by MCC’s Workplace Harassment and Violence Policy.” The report was conducted by Edmonton-based Veritas Solutions, which describes itself as “the...