SHIPSHEWANA, Ind. — Leaders of the emerging Evana Network want to help their congregations speak up. “We’ve heard this perception of [Anabaptists as] the quiet in the land, struggling how to know how to engage their communities,” said Evana executive director John Troyer of Goshen. “What does it mean to engage and see shalom be made known in our communities instead of just being the quiet in the land?”
A first-of-its-kind conference April 11-13 in Rome gathered Catholic educators and activists around the idea of moving beyond just-war theory to a greater emphasis on proactive peacemaking and Jesus’ life.
The Mennonite family can now add Hmong to the growing number of ethnic groups embracing Anabaptism in Asia.