Institute of Mennonite Studies

10/01/2026

🎉 Publication day! 📯 Get your copy of the latest Classics of the Radical Reformation volume hot off the press! 📣

09/16/2026

Courage to Enter the Song "is amazingly thorough and provides excellent information for anyone organizing actions." — Gordon Houser

Mennonite Action, a grassroots group organizing against Israel’s war on Gaza (and recently against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s oppression of immigrants), emerged on the scene in late 2023 and has grown in its influence among Anabaptists. This book provides a thorough guide to its work ...

09/15/2026

IMS mourns the loss of Jonathan Wilson, whose 1997 book in our Christian Mission and Modern Culture series played an important role in the New Monasticism movement.

08/31/2026

Thanks to Gordon Houser for the positive review in Anabaptist World! Link to book in the comments.

08/28/2026

We are beginning to plan Seminary Reacts season 3, but in the meantime take a look at this profile of founding host Amy Marshall, now campus pastor at Bethel College in Kansas. Link in comment.

In her final year at AMBS, Marshall developed a podcast for young adults called "Seminary Reacts" that grew from an independent study she did in the fall 2025 semester. Marshall completed 16 episodes, produced at AMBS, through June 15, 2026.

"The goal is to bridge the gap between the Mennonite academic world and the broader Christian world,' Marshall told an AMBS interviewer.

"During my time in seminary, I noticed that in the online conversations about Christianity that I was seeing, there were no Mennonite voices. Many of the topics online were related to conversations we were having in seminary classes – such as current events, the interpretation of Scripture, and theological topics like worship, justice and discipleship.

“I realized that the Mennonite theology we were learning as students would be highly valuable for these conversations, especially because it offers an alternative perspective to mainstream Christianity.”

06/19/2026

The LAST episode of Season 2 of the Seminary Reacts Podcast is up now, with Professor Drew Strait!

Find this episode and all other episodes on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Spotify.

06/08/2026

New episode up now with Goshen College Professor Regina Shands Stoltzfus!

Find Seminary Reacts on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

05/27/2026

No new episode this week, so let’s look back to what Janeen Bertsche Johnson had to say about fear as a part of faith.

See the full discussion of last week’s episode of Seminary Reacts on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

05/19/2026

What kingdom are you serving? 🤔

Check out the full conversation with Shane Claiborne on last week’s episode of Seminary Reacts, found on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

05/19/2026

Available now! Watch or listen to the newest episode of Seminary Reacts with Janeen Bertsche Johnson, the Campus Pastor, Admissions Counselor, and Alumni Director at AMBS.

Find Seminary Reacts on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.