Anabaptist World

06/05/2026

There are many ways Christians in Indonesia celebrate Pentecost, the 50th day of the Easter season which marks the moment of the Holy Spirit’s descent, one of which is the unduh-unduh ritual. Unduh-unduh is a traditional Javanese Christian thanksgiving celebration for the harvest and good fortune.

There are many ways Christians in Indonesia celebrate Pentecost, the 50th day of the Easter season which marks the moment of the Holy Spirit's descent, one of which is the unduh-unduh ritual. Unduh-unduh is a traditional Javanese Christian thanksgiving celebration for the harvest and good fortune.

06/05/2026

More than 600 Mennonites from Europe and beyond gathered May 14-17 in Amersfoort, Netherlands, to fellowship in God’s promise articulated in Luke 24’s story of meeting a stranger on the road to Emmaus during CMERK, a regional gathering for European Mennonites.

06/04/2026

In Costa Rica we ate gallo pinto for at least two meals a day. For breakfast, you have it with eggs and a little fruit. For lunch, with a salad and a little chicken.

Eating from a narrower range of ingredients which can be used for a variety of dishes reduces food waste.

06/04/2026

Heavy Rains following drought in southern Africa had disastrous impacts on Anabaptist churches in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

06/03/2026

God is good, His love eternal, even when I cannot see.

You were carrying me, my Jesus, when my strength was wholly gone.

06/02/2026

The Refugee Community Partnership, a mutual aid organization that supports immigrants, used to offer a sewing circle for Afghan women whose families had recently been resettled in the Triangle region of North Carolina.

The Trump administration’s vast cuts to refugee services have led some religious congregations to fill in gaps.

06/02/2026

Rejecting national idolatry, Jesus’ followers place their light on a lampstand.

The biblical command to proclaim liberty underscores the gap between American ideals and realities.

06/01/2026

While Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical mostly focuses on AI, it also includes language that suggests that Catholics move past their longstanding reliance on just war theory, offering an assessment of armed conflict likely to spark debate among Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

“Today, more than ever, without prejudice to the right to self-defense in the strictest sense, it is important to reaffirm that the 'just war' theory, which has all too often been used to justify any kind of war, is now outdated," Leo writes in 'Magnifica Humanitas.'

06/01/2026

An exhibition of distinctive paper arts from the cultures known as Pennsylvania German and Pennsylvania Dutch is on display through Oct. 30 at Penn State University Libraries’ Eberly Family Special Collections Library.

05/29/2026

The weapons of Jesus.

If you’re even a little tuned in, it’s hard to avoid daily news updates of violence, lack, loss and greed. No one is immune to this; our news feeds alternate cat memes and genocide headlines. I don’t know about you, but there are days that I admit I reach compassion fatigue. I have to turn …