by John Gingerich | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
This article comes from the September issue of The Mennonite, which focuses on “135 years” of The Mennonite and Gospel Herald. Twenty-seven years ago, not even I expected to be in this seat. I didn’t know what a Mennonite or an Anabaptist was, but now I find myself at...
by John Gingerich | Sep 14, 2020 | Newsletter
This article comes from the September issue of The Mennonite, which focuses on “135 years” of The Mennonite and Gospel Herald. Are we not also brethren? Pioneer Mennonite publisher John F. Funk wrote these words in response to a letter from a friend in the weeks...
by John Gingerich | Sep 13, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
This article by John D. Thiesen comes from the September issue of The Mennonite, which focuses on “135 years” of The Mennonite and Gospel Herald. Newspapers and magazines as we think of them today (and as they undergo major transformation in technology) were mainly a...
by John Gingerich | Jun 13, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
In 1955, white Mennonite church periodical editor Paul Erb wrote, “Perhaps in nothing have our Mennonite people so completely conformed themselves to a worldly idea as in this.”1 He was not referring to dancing, watching movies, cutting hair (women’s! – not men’s),...
by John Gingerich | Aug 9, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Twice a year the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism publishes Rhizome, a newsletter with updates on current projects and initiatives. Sign up below to receive digital copies in your email inbox and other important news from the ISGA. Current and back issues...
by John Gingerich | Jan 3, 2017 | Newsletter
The Pacific Northwest Mennonite Historical Society has partnered with a class at George Fox University (Newberg, Ore.) to help communicate its mission and work. For years, the PNMHS has needed help getting its story out into communities and to donors, but the group...
