Opinion

Opinion: Starting at the end

The video begins with a map of Western Europe, a dot hovering over Zurich. The scene shifts as a voice with a Pennsylvania Dutch lilt describes the baptism of Felix Manz in 1521. Woodcut pictures cross the screen in this video produced by Lancaster Conference on the origins of Anabaptism.

June 5, 2017

Separatists sign up

A generation after Old Colony Mennonites in Canada followed the promise of less government interference to Mexico, local pharmacy operator Walter Schmiedehaus detailed colony culture

June 5, 2017

Why church?

People need a community, a group larger than themselves, in which to give and receive the possibilities of a fuller life. It can be called

John K. Stoner

May 15, 2017

Who is Jesus?

Ryan Ahlgrim is pastor at First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia.  Who is Jesus? The answer, for many Christians, is obvious: Jesus is the Son

Ryan Ahlgrim

May 10, 2017

What big numbers hide

The numbers betray the humanity within them, because they are simply too big. Some 4,000 members of 30 congregations in Communautês Mennonite au Congo (Mennonite

May 8, 2017

Unified outlier

Every trend has exceptions. Even the decline of Christian denominations in North America. These venerable entities thrived during an era of trust in big institutions.

May 8, 2017

Shalom says it all

We could have called our Annual College Issue “Teaching Shalom, Making Shalom.” The word “peace” just isn’t enough to describe the many ways Anabaptist colleges

April 24, 2017
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