Mennonites Archives | Anabaptist World

A Jewish scholar of Jesus makes history as president of the Catholic Biblical Association

The New Testament scholar has had a lifelong fascination with all things Catholic and has devoted her life’s work to understanding Jesus as a first-century Jew.

Yonat Shimron | Religion News Service

August 19, 2026

Grave encounters: Stories from the Weierhof Cemetery project

Mennonites have lived in Weierhof, Germany, for almost 350 years since the Swiss Mennonite Krehbiel family first settled there. Sisters Esther, Christine and Sigrid Neff

Weierhof Cemetery Project

March 26, 2025

What does a Mennonite pastor look like? Openness in the pulpit and the pew

“Clergy are asked to dress in a way that identifies them as clergy,” read the email. It was a simple instruction that presented a complicated

Kevin Chupp | Mennonite Church USA

August 25, 2023

How do Mennonites think about peace?

Anabaptist World invited me to reflect on this interesting, but rather daunting question: "How do Mennonites think about peace?" This is daunting because who am

Andrew G. Suderman

July 18, 2023

Martin and the Mennonites: Lessons From King’s Legacy for Today

Marie Regier wrote about Martin Luther King, Jr., a little over six months after his death. She recalled a conversation in which yet another acquaintance

Tobin Miller Shearer

May 3, 2023

Why do Mennonites sing in four-part harmony?

Among my earliest memories, I recall singing a mealtime blessing with my extended family. I remember marveling at the harmonies coming from all the big

Austin McCabe Juhnke

April 24, 2023

No different from their neighbors: European Mennonites and the Holocaust

Arson in May 2019 at the Chabad Jewish Center in Needham, Mass. Vandalism of 59 gravestones with antisemitic graffiti at the Hebrew Cemetery in Falls

Alain Epp Weaver | For Anabaptist World

June 24, 2021

Ghosts of white settlers’ sins

In the introduction of Healing Haunted Histories, Elaine Enns shares a horrible and unforgettable story. She describes walking home with a friend from her eighth-grade

Anna Groff | Anabaptist World

May 6, 2021

Service grounded in biblical mission

On the occasion of the centenary of Mennonite Central Committee, it is a gift to have a concise and accessible historical overview of the agency

Anabaptist World

April 6, 2021

Sweet hour(s) of prayer

Several years ago, while participating in a study tour of the Meserete Kristos Anabaptist churches in Ethiopia, I happened to share a room with a

John D. Roth

April 6, 2021