July 2025 Issue Archives | Anabaptist World

Queer, wild congregation welcomed

Washington church, meeting outdoors and online, joins Pacific Northwest Conference

July 3, 2025

Going to convention (with free books)

Its that time again: The Mennonite Church USA convention is July 8-12 in Greensboro, N.C. I’m excited for several things. A few days prior, theAnabaptist

Danielle Klotz

July 1, 2025

Extending the Anabaptist trail

Bold women and warring peasants emerge from history’s shadow as Austrians keep the faith

Paul Schrag | Anabaptist World

June 30, 2025

Abe LeVon “Lee” Balzer

Abe LeVon “Lee” Balzer, 87, died May 11, 2025, in Tulsa, Okla. He was born May 31, 1937, in Liberal, Kan., to Abe and Helen

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Martha King Deibler

Martha King Deibler, 90, died Feb. 5, 2025, at Go Ye Village in Tahlequah, Okla. She was born June 10, 1934, in Crawford County, Pa.,

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Glenn Elvin Rutt

Glenn Elvin Rutt, 95, of New Holland, Pa., died Feb. 3, 2025. He was born Jan. 12, 1930, the oldest son of Clarence H. Rutt

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Mary Rempel

Mary Rempel, 98, of Hesston, Kan., died June 10, 2025, at Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, Kan. She was born Sept. 19, 1926, in

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Gordon Leo Harder

Gordon Leo Harder, 76, of Mountain Lake, Minn., died May 16, 2025. He was born March 13, 1949, to Leo John and Ruth Anita (Burkhard)

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Allan Ralph Mast

Allan Ralph Mast, 85, of Hesston, Kan., died Dec. 26, 2024, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. He was born Oct. 12, 1939, in

Juan Moya

Bowing to Constantine?

I believe the genius of the birth of Anabaptism resulted from the realization that a person’s relationship with God is not appropriately mediated by an

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June 30, 2025