One of the most widely used sources of information about Mennonites and other Anabaptists continues to grow in quantity of articles and in global diversity of contributors.

The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online added 117 new articles in the past year, bringing the total to 17,091.

“Over 830 users access and read GAMEO articles each day,” said Elizabeth Miller, the general editor. “We anticipate that GAMEO will become even more relevant for global users as the list of contributors, publishing languages and entries expands.”

Miller, who directs the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism at Goshen College, is one of three new members of the GAMEO management board.

The other two are Anicka Fast, secretary of the Faith and Life Commission of Mennonite World Conference; and Roberta Yoder, representing the Mennonite Church USA archives.

The board welcomed the new members at its annual meeting in May.

Also, in 2022 GAMEO welcomed the D.F. Plett Historical Research Foundation as an institutional partner. Foundation executive director Aileen Friesen subsequently joined the GAMEO board.

Volunteers worked to increase the scope of congregational profiles available on the site. Students at the University of Winnipeg and Goshen College and participants in biography-writing workshops in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burkina Faso are writing new articles.

Six years ago, GAMEO committed to prioritize and expand entries related to global Anabaptism. At the recent board meeting, members celebrated advances toward that goal.

Fast has been instrumental in creating a structure for West and Central African church members to write biographies and congregational profiles. For greater accessibility, GAMEO committed to publishing global content in both English and another language spoken in the region where the article originated.

GAMEO counts recent entries by Mennonites in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. Goshen College students adapted biographies by members of the Brethren in Christ Church of Zimbabwe.

GAMEO is maintained and expanded by a network of historians, librarians and archivists.