Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship
A Professional Organization for Anabaptist in Healthcare Professions
Welcome to Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship (MHF)
Faithful Care. Courageous Conversation. Compassionate Community.
Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship (MHF) is a vibrant network of Anabaptist healthcare professionals, students, and retirees committed to exploring the intersection of faith, ethics, and healthcare practice. We create space for thoughtful dialogue, moral imagination, and mutual support across generations and disciplines.
Rooted in Tradition, Growing Toward the Future
Founded in 2011, MHF continues the legacy of Mennonite Medical Association (MMA) and Mennonite Nurses Association (MNA), building a multigenerational, interprofessional space where healthcare and discipleship meet. We honor this history by creating fresh opportunities for engagement across the evolving healthcare landscape.
What We Do
⛪ Regional Gathering
Philadelphia Area – October 11th, 2025
In-person connection, grounded in shared values.
MHF is committed to helping members connect locally. Our Regional Gatherings offer opportunities for spiritual reflection, vocational storytelling, interprofessional networking, and honest conversation.
Upcoming Gatherings:
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Philadelphia / East Coast — October 11th, 2025
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Harrisonburg, VA — Dates TBA
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Stay tuned for additional Midwest and virtual gatherings in 2026.
🎷 Ethical Jazz
A monthly, members-only space of shared ethical reflection
Every month, one member—called a jotter—brings a real-life ethical question to the group. Through deep listening, collaborative reframing, and conversation grounded in Anabaptist values, the group supports the jotter in identifying a meaningful “pearl” of wisdom to guide next steps. Ethical Jazz creates a sacred space to discern how we live faithfully in the messiness of healthcare.
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💻 Virtual Conversations
Open forums for timely and courageous dialogue
We host regular online conversations that bring our members and friends into dialogue about urgent healthcare issues and their intersections with faith. Recent topics have included:
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Mennonites and the Measles Outbreak
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Funding Cuts and the Future of Public Health Research
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Anabaptist Responses to the Gun Violence Epidemic
- Stories from Nazareth Hospital
These sessions are open to all and often feature clinicians, ethicists, chaplains, and community leaders, or those with experience through MCC and other Anabaptist agencies.
🌏 Global Engagement
Cross-cultural learning, service, and connection
MHF supports members in exploring healthcare through a global and cross-cultural lens. Through our Student Elective Term (SET) and Stephen Roth Memorial programs, students and professionals receive modest financial support to serve in under-resourced or international settings where they can grow both professionally and spiritually.
We also host Learning Tours that build friendship and cultural exchange in places where Anabaptists are active in healthcare. Our most recent tour, in Fall 2023, brought a group to Guatemala to engage with local health leaders and communities in partnership with the Global Anabaptist Health Network.
Who Belongs at MHF?
MHF members include:
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Physicians, nurses, chaplains, therapists, administrators, researchers, and public health professionals
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Students and early-career clinicians exploring vocation
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Retirees and seasoned practitioners engaging ethical reflection and mentoring others
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People from across Anabaptist traditions who care about the intersection of faith, health, and justice
We are united by our commitment to Anabaptist values including humility, peace, service, and compassion.
Register for Philadelphia Regional Gathering
Saturday October 11th, 2025 – All Day at Germantown Mennonite Church
Theme: “Trust Unfolding”
Join us for a day of renewal, community, and meaningful conversation among Christian and Mennonite healthcare professionals. Whether you work in clinical care, mental health, administration, research, public health, community services, housing stability, dental care, or any allied field, this gathering is for you. Together we will explore how trust takes root, “unfolds”, and grows throughout our careers and callings.
Join the conversation! Join MHF Today!
Become a first-time professional member of MHF, a student or retired member today! Update your contact information, become a member of our Leadership Circle, and renew your existing membership by selecting the big blue button: MHF Membership Form.
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