Anabaptist World

11/25/2025

Today, November 25th, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Every 10 minutes, a woman is killed by an intimate partner or family member.

Violence against women and girls must end. We all have a role to play in preventing it.

Monday is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. https://www.unwomen.org/en/get-involved/16-days-of-activism via UN Women

11/25/2025

Near the end of David Black’s time on the stand in a federal courtroom in Chicago this month, the judge asked the Presbyterian Church (USA) minister how his faith was holding up.

Near the end of David Black’s time on the stand in a federal courtroom in Chicago this month, the judge asked the Presbyterian Church (USA) minister how his faith was holding up. Black was there to testify in an ongoing lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration regarding the use of...

11/24/2025

Just one week after Donald Trump, who promised mass deportations in his presidential campaign, was elected last November, the Catholic bishops gathered and elected new committee chairs. For migration, they chose Victoria, Texas, Bishop Brendan Cahill, who leads a diocese of about 100,000 Catholics on Texas’ Gulf Coast. About a quarter of the diocese’s 50 parishes have a Spanish Mass.

Just one week after Donald Trump, who promised mass deportations in his presidential campaign, was elected last November, the Catholic bishops gathered and elected new committee chairs. For migration, they chose Victoria, Texas, Bishop Brendan Cahill, who leads a diocese of about 100,000 Catholics o...

11/24/2025

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen’s 47-year journey with Mennonite mission agencies concluded with her retirement from Mennonite Mission Network in October. After 24 years as a writer and decades of global service, her legacy spans continents, roles and a commitment to holistic ministry.

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen’s 47-year journey with Mennonite mission agencies concluded with her retirement from Mennonite Mission Network in October. After 24 years as a writer and decades of global service, her legacy spans continents, roles and a commitment to holistic ministry. “Mennonite Mission...

11/22/2025

Church community, at its best, is a lifeline. Many of us have communities where if we were going through a financial crisis, treatments for our health or a life change, a meal train will be started, and you may be peppered with visits and phone calls. We give thanks for that. It’s also a reality that we’re not always grateful.

Slowing down and thinking can be our friend, along with a good dose of being thankful for what we already have.

11/21/2025

Photojournalist, Larry Towell, knew little about the Mennonite people when he arrived in the fields of south-west Ontario in the early 90s. Slowly, he befriended the community, and documented their lives for almost a decade.

Larry Towell knew little about the Mennonite people when he arrived in the fields of south-west Ontario in the early 90s. Slowly, he befriended the community, and documented their lives for almost a decade

11/21/2025

Chicago-area churches look out for neighbors amid immigration crackdown

When people attend Sunday services at the Reba Place and Living Water churches in suburban Chicago, they always remember to bring their Bibles — and their whistles. The Bibles are so they can follow along with sermons. The whistles are so they can blow them to warn their neighbors if Immigration a...

11/20/2025

As we approach Thanksgiving, I am mindful that the “first thanksgiving” meal in 1621 was a hunted harvest feast. Reports are that colonists hunted wild turkey for the celebration, and Wampanoag hunters brought five deer. Hunting was essential to survival.

11/20/2025

With unconventional tools, MAMA Project makes childbirth kits for South Sudan

11/19/2025

Baptists and Mennonites in Illinois find common ground in history and social witness

11/19/2025

Many Americans may have lost faith in organized religion, but according to recent data, they still love the Good Book.

Many Americans may have lost faith in organized religion, but according to recent data, they still love the Good Book. As of September, Bible sales were up 11% this year over 2024, part of a continuing boom in Bible sales. That includes 2.4 million sold in September 2025 as part of a surge that coin...

11/18/2025

Some in Tanzania are facing a death sentence for demonstrating against what they see as flawed elections. Some who have been arrested await word on their fate. Hundreds of others died in the protests, according to news reports in recent days, leaving hundreds more to mourn and bury their relatives or to desperately search for the missing.

Some in Tanzania are facing a death sentence for demonstrating against what they see as flawed elections. Some who have been arrested await word on their fate. Hundreds of others died in the protests, according to news reports in recent days, leaving hundreds more to mourn and bury their relatives o...