by John Gingerich | Aug 23, 2017 | Blog, Library
Author Marty Troyer asks: “As Christians, we pray for God’s kingdom to come “on earth as it is in heaven.” But what does that even mean? Would we recognize God’s kingdom if it moved in next door?” Read more at these links: • book review on author’s...
by John Gingerich | Aug 23, 2017 | Blog, Library
Mennonite women’s groups have a long and colorful history. Circles of Sisterhood, the new book by Anita Hooley Yoder tells the story of Mennonite women’s groups for the past century. Read more about this book here: • The Mennonite • MennoMedia • Mennonite Women...
by John Gingerich | Aug 23, 2017 | Blog, Library
Check this new book out for stories and photos of Mennonite Disaster Service across our country.
by John Gingerich | Aug 23, 2017 | Blog, Library
“Chosen Nation is a remarkable exploration of the entangled histories of nationalism, race, and religion since the nineteenth century. Goossen tells the story of how Mennonites came to think of themselves as a German diasporic community in concert with the...
by John Gingerich | Aug 22, 2017 | Blog, Event
Jason Kauffman is the Mennonite Church USA Archives Director. This post originally appeared on the Anabaptist Historians blog. For most of my short time at the Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) Archives, I have occupied myself with “the move.” Shortly before I began in...
by John Gingerich | Aug 14, 2017 | Blog, Stories
FILADELFIA, Paraguay (RNS) Violence tore through this close-knit, traditionally pacifist community on the night of March 11, 1944. All the more remarkable, its perpetrators and victims were all Mennonites. And they all belonged to rival Nazi factions. Since the end of...
