2025 is a year of anniversaries. From the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed to the 80th anniversary of VE Day, there are many milestones to reflect on. Another one is the 500th anniversary of the ...

While Catholic, Reformed, and mainline Protestant voices were often divided — some defending slavery, others opposing it — the Radical Reformation and its allied dissenting traditions stood apart for ...

Not so fast my neo-Anabaptist brothers (and sisters?). It seems like a brief and short response to the prevalent myth running in neo-Anabaptist circles, in regards to the problem of white homogeneity ...

Liz Hess' painting of the Emmental area in Switzerland looks deceptively idyllic: Green pastures, snow-capped mountains, a church spire, grazing cows, gentle farms and a winding pathway. It's only the ...

Donald Kraybill can breathe a parental-like sigh of relief. His "Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites" is fully grown now and making its way in the world. The book ...

Pope Leo XIV encouraged the Anabaptist (Mennonite) movement to live with love the call to Christian unity and the mandate to serve others. The Holy Father made the statement in a message published May ...

(RNS) — Anabaptists around the world are commemorating 500 years since their founders performed the first adult baptisms outside Zürich and kicked off the Radical Reformation. A tradition that ...

In the dead of night, Madge’s summer camp counselors chant “THE CATHOLICS ARE COMING!” and The Anabaptist Game begins. Fleeing make believe persecution, Madge hurdles through the Kansas Prairie ...

Rhoda Janzen's life is the stuff of a riveting, albeit unfortunate, tale. She survived a car crash, realized her husband was gay and sought refuge in her parents' Mennonite home for a string of ...