by John Gingerich | Feb 21, 2019 | Library
by Melanie Springer Mock (Editor), Martha Kalnin Diede and Jeremiah Webster The Spirit of adoption explores many of the complexities inherent in adoption and its relationship to spirituality, challenging us to move beyond the common tropes about adoption to consider...
by John Gingerich | Feb 20, 2019 | Stories
Born to Naomi (Kauffman) and John Lederach, John Paul spent his early years living in the home adjacent to the Kropf Heritage Center on South Whiskey Hill Road and playing with friends along Rock Creek. His father, John Lederach, was the first full time pastor of Zion...
by John Gingerich | Feb 14, 2019 | Events
If you have ever travelled with John Ruth on a European Anabaptist Heritage tour you won’t want to miss his 90 minute documentary entitled Is There a Lesson?. During this 90-minute documentary, relive your memories of travelling the Anabaptist heritage trail in Europe...
by John Gingerich | Feb 12, 2019 | Library
Paul Stutzman, born Amish and raised very strict Conservative Mennonite, is an A.T. through-hiker and the author of “Hiking Through: One Man’s Journey to Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail.” Here he recounts the greatest adventure of his...
by John Gingerich | Feb 11, 2019 | Library
The history of Mennonites in Russia has been marked by successful frontier community development followed by heartbreaking persecution and flight. There were four major waves of emigration from Russia — the 1870s, the 1920s, the 1940s and the late 1980s to early...