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

🎷 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:

• Mennonites and the Measles Outbreak

• Funding Cuts and the Future of Public Health Research

• 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. 

⛪ Regional Gatherings

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:

• Philadelphia / East Coast — Fall 2025

• Harrisonburg, VA — Dates TBA

• Stay tuned for additional Midwest and virtual gatherings in 2026.

🌏 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:

• Physicians, nurses, chaplains, therapists, administrators, researchers, and public health professionals

• Students and early-career clinicians exploring vocation

• Retirees and seasoned practitioners engaging ethical reflection and mentoring others

• 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.