his ministerial license was quickly suspended by VMC with a charge of pastoral misconduct. This decision acted against a church-wide forbearance resolution passed in 2015 by Mennonite Church USA, the denominational body that oversees Virginia Mennonite Conference. Virginia Mennonite's actions were covered in national news outlets, and numerous commentaries and editorials were published in national and Mennonite media sources. Conference commissions and ministries Congregational Life Commission Faith & Life Commission Historical Committee Virginia Mennonite Missions Congregational Resource Center Eastern Mennonite School Conference endorsed ministries Eastern Mennonite Seminary Eastern Mennonite University Family Life Resource Center Mennonite Women of Virginia Pleasant View, Inc. Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community Gift and Thrift, Inc. Highland Retreat Mennonite Disaster Service Mennowood Retirement Community NewBridges Immigrant Resource Center Roberta Webb Child Care Center Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale Williamsburg Christian Retreat Center Newsletter Virginia Mennonite Conference publishes a monthly newsletter Connections in conjunction with Virginia Mennonite Missions. References External links Mennonite denominations Mennonitism in the United States Mennonite Conference Religious organizations established in 1835 Mennonite Church USA 1835 establishments in Virginia