Community Mennonite Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Jennifer Davis Sensenig

Founded Unknown

Denomination Mennonite Church USA

Service Times Sunday mornings

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website cmcva.org/

Pastor Credentials Verify

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)

'Jesus is the center of our faith' — Christ-referent but non-creedal Anabaptist framing.

Caution

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Anabaptist hermeneutic + Mennonite Church USA progressive trajectory; no inerrancy statement published.

WARNING!

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

No men's ministry surfaced on site.

WARNING!

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Peace-theology framing overshadows sola fide / penal substitution in public messaging.

Caution

Gender / Biblical Design

Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?

Mennonite Church USA ordains women; CMC is affiliated with Brethren Mennonite Council for LGBTQ Interests (BMC). Congregation has publicly stated it is welcoming and affirming of LGBTQIA individuals.

Publicly welcoming-and-affirming; MC USA ordains women and (since 2022) permits same-sex marriage officiation

Disqualifier

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

'Staff and Elders' listed but rosters not surfaced; Anabaptist congregationalist polity.

WARNING!

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Peace-church / Anabaptist topical-expository blend typical; not described as verse-by-verse expository on site.

Caution

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

'Reconciliation is the center of our work' — social-reconciliation replaces gospel-proclamation primacy per rubric.

WARNING!

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Publicly welcoming-and-affirming LGBT+ congregation; BMC affiliation is an explicit LGBTQ-inclusion network. Black per rubric.

Disqualifier

Accountability Structure

Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?

Mennonite Church USA voted in 2022 to allow pastors to perform same-sex marriages and committed to LGBTQ inclusion; CMC is on the affirming side of that split — black.

Disqualifier

Assessment

Community Mennonite Church at 70 S. High Street, Harrisonburg VA 22801. Pastor Jennifer Davis Sensenig (female pastor). Mennonite Church USA affiliation. Female lead pastor and Mennonite Church USA denomination indicates egalitarian theology. MCUSA has adopted progressive positions including affirming same-sex relationships in some conferences. Significant theological concerns for complementarian criteria.

#harrisonburg#mennonite#progressive

Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Overall_rating changed: yellow → black. EMU's own welcoming-and-affirming list names CMC; BMC affiliation is direct evidence. [2026-05-19] MOOP rubric: Mennonite Church USA — affirming since 2022. Already rated black.

These are the URLs consulted to arrive at this church's scoring. Score-note claims are synthesized from homepage content, denominational directories, and public statements of faith at the time of review. Church websites change frequently; we're progressively adding Internet Archive snapshots to prevent link rot.

[1] Archived snapshot web.archive.org/web/20260124040951/https://cmcva.org/
↳ Snapshot of cmcva.org (live link)
[2] Archived snapshot web.archive.org/web/20251113080905/https://religionnews.c…
↳ Snapshot of religionnews.com/2022/06/02/mennonite-church-usa-passes-r… (live link)
[3] Live source emu.edu/studentlife/docs/welcoming-affirming-churches.pdf

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