Central District Conference Board calls for independent external investigation, asks MCC and MAST to agree on terms

The below letter (read original here) was sent by the Board of the Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA to MCC US leaders and to the MAST Steering Committee. CDC board members have given MAST permission to post this letter on our website.

The CDC board is the first church entity from among MCC's 14 sponsoring denominations to make a strong and public request for an independent external investigation. The Board:

(1) states that an investigation should address all allegations of bad endings with MCC, by providing “a hearing for all those who separated from MCC under contested or contentious circumstances”;

(2) calls for an external review of MCC policies;

(3) recognizes the need for the investigation results to be “public”; and

(4) insists that both MCC and MAST need to approve of the choice of investigative firm.