Anabaptist World

09/23/2025

Triumph of the Heart, a new film about Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish priest who gave his life in Auschwitz, brings cinematic heft to Catholic storytelling while confronting timeless questions of faith, sacrifice and resistance to tyranny.

09/23/2025

🖥️Join us today at 12pm EST in the Anabaptist Communicators Webinar: A Social Media Landscape in Transition. Panelists: Andrea Baker(Marketing Specialist), Mariah Martin (Pastor/Podcaster), Juan Moya (Anabaptist World / Digital Strategist).

The social media landscape is changing. Between politicization of platforms, generational divides, and a variety of shifts in user preferences, many of us feel lost in how to go about connecting with our audiences over social media.

In this Talking Heads Webinar, we’ll hear from 3 professionals about how they’re using and thinking about social media in 2025. Join us to listen in and ask questions about the best practices to leverage social media for conversation, connection, and communication.

👇Free registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talking-heads-webinar-a-social-media-landscape-in-transition-tickets-1668822626399

09/23/2025

A globe-shaped metal sculpture was unveiled July 12 at the Mennonite Central Committee - MCC Connections Thrift Shop and MCC Material Resources Center in Kidron, Ohio.

A globe-shaped metal sculpture was unveiled July 12 at the Mennonite Central Committee Connections Thrift Shop and MCC Material Resources Center in Kidron, Ohio.

09/22/2025

I write today on behalf of Inclusive Mosaic Pastors to tell you: Yes . . . and no.

Nearly 10 years ago, I approached a conference minister in what was then Franconia Mennonite Conference about becoming a pastor.

09/22/2025

🔴Join our livestream September 30th at 7pm EST with special guest, Ari Ali.

Ari is a Yemeni-American filmmaker and producer whose work explores overlooked stories at the intersection of culture, history, and identity. Raised between the Middle East and the United States, she’s drawn to narratives that reconnect people with forgotten places, moments, and roots.

Her current feature documentary, Ben Between Africa, follows a seven-year journey to uncover her late uncle’s final letter. The film explores themes of family separation, the legacy of evangelical missions, and the healing potential of reconnection across generations.

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Ari Ali is a Yemeni-American filmmaker and producer whose work explores overlooked stories at the intersection of culture, history, and identity. Raised betw...

09/22/2025

The board of Mosaic Mennonite Conference is recommending the conference end its membership in Mennonite Church USA. Delegates will vote on the proposal Nov. 1.

A Mosaic release said the conference and MC USA “have been unable to reconcile significant differences around polity and intercultural practices.”

09/19/2025

There is something spectacular about sunflowers! Gaze upon one in your mind’s eye or linger with the photos here for a moment . . . . Breathe in their beauty.

The benefits of sunflowers in our lives are many. They attract bees, butterflies, and birds; they enhance soil; they provide food for us and wildlife. Did I mention they are beautiful?!

09/19/2025

We can get into, “It’s OK for you, but not OK for me” attitudes where we extend grace to our people, but when it comes to ourselves, grace is too much, or we feel we are undeserving.

I find myself in a better mood overall when the days shorten, the air gets colder, and I can hold my cup filled with spices. What happens when I’m in a better mood? I can focus on grace.

09/18/2025

Novel explores a life confined by impossible standards of sin and virtue

In her mid-20s, author Kate Riley left everything and joined a radical Anabaptist commune in the United Kingdom. She hoped to stay for life but left after about a year. Then she started to write.

09/18/2025

When immigrants detained at Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center, well known for overcrowding and harsh conditions, ask for prayer, volunteers from El Refugio don’t hesitate.

“I think faith is what many people who are detained say sustains them. It’s what gives them a sense to continue to fight for their case and to support other people who may be struggling inside of the detention center.”

09/17/2025

Mennonite Disaster Service Canada has appointed Reynold Friesen to be its next executive director. He will succeed Ross Penner, who has served as executive director since 2015 and will retire in March.

09/17/2025

Listen to a new episode of The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery! Link in first comment📌

Sacred Imagination and Regenerating for Generations: Tela Troge’s Indigenous Speaker Interview

Sarah and Sheri discuss some clips from Sarah’s interview with Tela Troge of the Shinnecock Nation.

Tela Loretta Troge, Esq. is a member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation and a member of the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Tribe. Tela is the director of the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers and the Niamuck Land Trust. She recently organized the Warriors of the Sunrise Sovereignty Camp 2020 in an attempt to raise awareness about the plight of the Shinnecock people. Tela graduated from Michigan State University College of Law with a Juris Doctor and certification in Indigenous Law and Policy from the Indigenous Law Program. She has been fighting for tribal sovereignty for the past 11 years as the attorney with the Law Offices of Tela L. Troge, PLLC.