Anabaptist World

08/11/2025

Black churches, cemeteries and seminaries with ties to African American history are among 24 cultural sites across the country receiving grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in a $3 million total investment. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded non-profit organization.

Black churches, cemeteries and seminaries with ties to African American history are among 24 cultural sites across the country receiving grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in a $3 million total investment. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded non-...

08/11/2025

On almost-annual visits, Amgad would es**rt the MCC staff traveling from Jerusalem, Washington, Ottawa and the UN to meet the Palestinian families who were raising rabbits or planting gardens with help from Al-Najd and MCC.

It is difficult to comprehend how over 18,000 Palestinian children have been killed in in Gaza in the last 21 months, but perhaps the story of one young girl will help us understand what these children have faced.

08/08/2025

Yes, Jesus came for the sinners and the vulnerable alike, but he held the sinners accountable for their trespasses.

I am writing about this now because it would be easy to judge those who cry out for the Epstein list to be revealed. I think it has become such a political issue that we stop thinking of what is really at the core: Who are the people targeting and harming our children? It isn’t just a conspiracy t...

08/08/2025

Yard sign and magnet project a gentle reminder of how actions impact neighbors

As the U.S. presidential election divided neighbors and families last fall, Dorothy Shank felt the conviction of Jesus’ teaching in Luke 10 that the most important commandments are to love God and love neighbors.

08/07/2025

I will take a fasting break after 30 days if these conditions aren’t met. Gaza doesn’t benefit if I suffer. Gaza may benefit if I sacrifice. - Anna Lisa Gross

This month as I write again about fasting in solidarity with the people of Gaza, I feel more hope. It’s morbid, angry, and grief-ridden, but it’s hope.

08/06/2025

About 300 Plain Mennonite youth and young adults gathered June 29 at Lime Rock Meetinghouse in Lancaster County, Pa., to hear teachings on Christian nonresistance.

08/06/2025

Mennonite Collegiate Institute, a high school in Gretna, Man., has permanently shut down. The decision to close the 136-year-old residential school was made July 7 at a meeting of delegates from its 11 supporting congregations.

08/05/2025

In an era of division and splits impacting churches and conferences around the world, unification is coming to two congregations in southwest Germany.

08/05/2025

Bluffton University’s Board of Trustees has named the 11th president in Bluffton’s 125-year history. J. Alexander Sider has accepted the call to serve as Bluffton’s next president, effective Aug. 1.

08/04/2025

Meeting near the Ugandan capital of Kampala, Catholic environmentalists in Africa marked the 10th anniversary on July 23-25 of the publication of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical on care of the environment, with a conference that asked how Africa has responded to the pontiff’s call for action.

Meeting near the Ugandan capital of Kampala, Catholic environmentalists in Africa marked the 10th anniversary on July 23-25 of the publication of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical on care of the environment, with a conference that asked how Africa has responded to the pontiff’s call for ac...

08/04/2025

Lacey Scully of Wichita, Kan., is the new editor of Christian Leader, the magazine of the U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. She succeeds Connie Faber, who retired in May after 31 years on the USMB denominational magazine staff, including 21 years as editor.