"Equipping Leaders to Empower others to Embrace God's mission" Franconia Mennonite Conference, one of 21 conferences that comprise Mennonite Church USA, is a network of congregations, ministries, partnerships and initiatives continuing to emerge out of over 300 years of Anabaptist witness and faith in the Western Hemisphere that began in Philadelphia. The conference’s mission is to equip leaders to empower others to embrace God’s mission. With congregations and initiatives that span the Northeast Corridor from Southern Vermont to Northern Virginia, we work together in cultivating and developing leaders; in engaging the world through witness and relationships and in our commitment to Christ as the Center of our shared and individual vision. The conference began as a gathering at the historic Franconia (PA) Mennonite meetinghouse, located approximately 25 miles north of Philadelphia. Today, we are increasingly urban and global in our connections and orientation. We work and worship in English, Indonesian, Spanish and Vietnamese. We have partnerships that span the globe providing opportunities to learn and share resources in commitments that embody and extend Christ’s way of redemptive peace.