Mennonite Daniel Hostetler becomes executive director of Parliament of the World’s Religions

Daniel Hostetler, a member of Christ Community Mennonite Church in Schaumburg, Ill., is the new executive director of the Parliament of the World’s Religions. He begins this role on April 20.

He is the first Anabaptist to hold this position and will be based in Chicago, Ill.

Since their first worldwide gathering, or “Parliament,” in the year 1893, the Parliament of the World’s Religions has sought to bring followers together in peace so that knowledge and acceptance of attendee’s diverse religious and cultural beliefs could reduce the ignorance and confusion that creates conflict.

See the full news story at The Mennonite and an introductory biography on the Parliament Blog.