Anabaptist World

01/11/2024

For some, the election cycle causes a great deal of stress. Given our 24-hour news cycle, it’s easy to give into the anxiety and urgency. It’s one thing to be informed, but we can also over-consume. Here are some ways to lower your anxiety as we head into Tuesday, Nov. 5.

For some, the election cycle causes a great deal of stress. Given our 24-hour news cycle, it’s easy to give into the anxiety and urgency. It’s one thing to be informed, but we can also over-consume. Here are some ways to lower your anxiety as we head into Tuesday, Nov. 5. 1. Engage with your …

01/11/2024

New Creation Fellowship Church in Newton, Kan., has always been small, but one of its members has had a wide-reaching effect on the community. New Creation Preschool, begun in 1996, has seen more than 1,400 preschoolers come through. Ms Kristin • New Creation Preschool

New Creation Fellowship Church in Newton, Kan., has always been small, but one of its members has had a wide-reaching effect on the community. New Creation Preschool, begun in 1996, has seen more than 1,400 preschoolers come through.

31/10/2024

Through our daily chores, no matter how small, brick by brick, Your legacy, Lord, is understood as a testament of faith that always sustains.

Editor’s note: This poem is part of the Work and Hope series. In the quiet, we humbly remember the foundation our ancestors have laid, each brick fortified with Devotion, and Labor borne from a wellspring of Love. Their cracked and calloused hands toiled in places where only shadows once stayed, n...

31/10/2024

Mennonite Men has welcomed Jon Zirkle as co-director of U.S. Mennonite Men with Steve Thomas. Zirkle has been on the organization’s board for two years and involved with the work of JoinMen for men’s growth and JoinTrees for creation care.

Mennonite Men has welcomed Jon Zirkle as co-director of U.S. Mennonite Men with Steve Thomas.

30/10/2024

At a Presbyterian church in Virginia, members of the small church met to prepare for the outcome of the 2024 election, praying, reading Scripture and strategizing how they will help their local community depending on who is victorious.

At a Presbyterian church in Virginia, members of the small church met to prepare for the outcome of the 2024 election, praying, reading Scripture and strategizing how they will help their local community depending on who is victorious. At an Episcopal Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, a core group of a...

30/10/2024

Community engagement energizes New Holland congregation

New Holland Mennonite Church in Lancas­ter County, Pa., is small but thriving because we have a clear mission to address needs in our community.

29/10/2024

A towering figure in the Catholic theological landscape of the past century, Gustavo Gutiérrez, known as the father of liberation theology, died Oct. 22 at the age of 96. Described as a Marxist by his critics and under Vatican scrutiny for most of his career, he and his work were partly rehabilitated under Pope Francis.

A towering figure in the Catholic theological landscape of the past century, Gustavo Gutiérrez, known as the father of liberation theology, died Oct. 22 at the age of 96. Described as a Marxist by his critics and under Vatican scrutiny for most of his career, he and his work were partly rehabilitat...

29/10/2024

Linked by Mennonite Central Committee - MCC, people of African descent work to overcome burdens rooted in the past

Musuto Chirangi of Tanzania has felt the burden of colonialism personally.

28/10/2024

While cleaning out his mother’s home in Scotland, Andrew Workman uncovered a time capsule that related back to his family’s vacation to Pennsylvania’s Amish country in October 1990.

While cleaning out his mother’s home in Scotland, Andrew Workman uncovered a time capsule that related back to his family’s vacation to Pennsylvania’s Amish country in October 1990. “We visited several places, including New York, Cape Cod (where my dad, Tom Workman, loved the whale watching)...

28/10/2024

The true size of a church could be judged by answering the question: How is this community a better place to live because of this church?

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I’ve always been a small-church person. A church, for me, is a place where you know almost everyone by name. This was true for me growing up, ­except that all the little old ladies looked the same. (Was that Mrs. Peter Toews or Mrs. Henry Janzen?)

25/10/2024

Here are five Jesus-centered resources, for when GPS just won’t do the trick, to navigate through the remainder of the election season.

I (Alisha) am a resident of Maricopa County, Arizona (USA), in what is now known as a battleground state. This is such a peculiar term to consider, as a pacifist and member of a peace church. As we approach the upcoming U.S. presidential election day on Tuesday, November 5, I find myself particularl...

25/10/2024

Centro Menno in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, is important to Mennonite Central Committee - MCC’s ministry to Low German Mennonites. MCC generally seeks a couple or a family who commit to work there for at least three years. The new couple is Johan (Hans) and Monika Harder. They replace previous workers Horst and Judith Braun, who returned to Canada in July.

Centro Menno in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, is important to Mennonite Central Committee’s ministry to Low German Mennonites. MCC generally seeks a couple or a family who commit to work there for at least three years. The new couple is Johan (Hans) and Monika Harder. They replace previous workers Horst an...

24/10/2024

Five church plants identified as missional peace churches have received $5,000 grants from Mennonite Church USA.

24/10/2024

In mid-September, Val Smith, chief sustainability officer at Citigroup, one of the United States’ Big Four of banking, met with four religious environmental activists to discuss the company’s record on fossil fuel investment.

In mid-September, Val Smith, chief sustainability officer at Citigroup, one of the United States’ Big Four of banking, met with four religious environmental activists to discuss the company’s record on fossil fuel investment. In 2021, Citi had pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, ...

23/10/2024

A new documentary sheds light on how a pastor in East Germany spied for the Stasi secret police on a Mennonite congregation in Berlin for years.

22/10/2024

Centro Menno in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, is important to Mennonite Central Committee’s ministry to Low German Mennonites. MCC generally seeks a couple or a family who commit to work there for at least three years. The new couple is Johan (Hans) and Monika Harder. They replace previous workers Horst and Judith Braun, who returned to Canada in July.

Centro Menno in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, is important to Mennonite Central Committee’s ministry to Low German Mennonites. MCC generally seeks a couple or a family who commit to work there for at least three years. The new couple is Johan (Hans) and Monika Harder. They replace previous workers Horst an...

22/10/2024

The higher education institutions affiliated with Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Church Canada and the Mennonite Brethren denominations in the U.S. and Canada have released fall enrollment statistics.

21/10/2024

A Colombian Mennonite woman who empowers young people to choose peace in the midst of violence is the winner of the 2024 Michael J. Sharp Global Peacemaker Award.

21/10/2024

Shannon Evans, spirituality and culture editor at the National Catholic Reporter, was feeling disillusioned with contemporary Christian thinkers.

Shannon Evans, spirituality and culture editor at the National Catholic Reporter, was feeling disillusioned with contemporary Christian thinkers. “I had a snobby chip on my shoulder about everything that was popular and what people were reading,” Evans said with a laugh in a phone interview with...

18/10/2024

"While many of our readers reside in the U.S., there are also a significant number who don’t. Today I’m thinking about the things I’m learning, the conversations I’m having and the resources I’m learning about that might help Anabaptists in any context where politics are causing friction." - Jennie Wintermote

In July I reflected on the political climate in the United States as we move toward election day. The most important thing for me at the time I wrote that article is still the most important thing for me — which is considering how we handle tense political seasons and the impact that has on the .....

18/10/2024

Disaster response organizations help with search and rescue after deadly storms

Disaster response volunteers worked in unprecedented ways after powerful hurricanes brought catastrophic flooding and damaging winds to multiple southeastern U.S. states in late September and early October.

17/10/2024

Canadian writer Rudy Wiebe is the recipient of the 2024 Arnold Dyck Prize for Lifetime Achievement.

17/10/2024

The International Community of Mennonite Brethren released Elton DaSilva as global director Oct. 1 due to a serious financial deficit.

16/10/2024

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16/10/2024

Americans are leaving organized religion in staggering numbers. In the newly released book Done: How to Flourish After Leaving Religion, Hope College psychology professor Daryl Van Tongeren offers ways to navigate the “grief, loss, pain, and longing” that often accompany such transitions and then points to new paths to find meaning.

Americans are leaving organized religion in staggering numbers. In the newly released book Done: How to Flourish After Leaving Religion, Hope College psychology professor Daryl Van Tongeren offers ways to navigate the “grief, loss, pain, and longing” that often accompany such transitions and the...