Young adults will have a bigger role in Mennonite World Conference gatherings taking place this summer in Europe.
Young adults will have a bigger role in Mennonite World Conference gatherings taking place this summer in Europe.
Anabaptists around the world celebrated 500 years of Anabaptism around the week of Jan. 19, some marking it during Sunday worship services and others in special gatherings and conferences.
Under cover of darkness, a dozen or so men quietly walked through the falling snow in Zurich, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 1525. The winter wind seemed to match the chill in their hearts as they made their way through the narrow streets to the home of Anna Manz, mother of Felix.
Events celebrating the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism are planned in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands throughout 2025.
An international group of Conservative Mennonites will host a conference on Anabaptism in Switzerland to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the first adult baptisms in 1525 in Zurich.
A new documentary sheds light on how a pastor in East Germany spied for the Stasi secret police on a Mennonite congregation in Berlin for years.
