In January 2023, the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism (ISGA) welcomed Isaiah Friesen in the role of administrative assistant and communications coordinator. Friesen is a Goshen College graduate and has participated in Anabaptist communities in the United States and Latin America, including Casa de Paz (Guatemala) and…
Spanish translation of the Baptism Study Guide In 2022 the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism (ISGA) published “Believe and Be Baptized”: Conversations on Baptism in the Anabaptist Mennonite Tradition, written by John D. Roth in collaboration with Thomas Yoder Neufeld. This study guide is…
Every year, the Maple Scholars Summer Research Program offers student researchers the opportunity to work with Goshen College faculty on research projects across various disciplines. This year, the Maple Scholars cohort includes a student who will be working on a project with the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism…
Ruth Gelane, AMBS Master of Arts: Theology and Peace Studies student and AMBS library assistant, prepares to generate full cataloging data for the Amharic translation of John Paul Lederach’s The Journey Toward Reconciliation. Ruth noticed in her research for an AMBS course that MHL’s Amharic materials were…
By Elizabeth Miller, ISGA Director This past semester, I tried an experiment. Rather than asking students for a traditional research paper in the Anabaptist history course I teach, I required them to study and reflect on biographies of 20th century Anabaptists. We spent a few weeks immersed in…
The Memoria Viva project narrates the founding of 60 Mennonite Brethren churches throughout Paraguay. The stories are filled with testimonies of God’s work in the lives of the first Christians and missionaries who served over the last 65 years among the Mennonite Brethren in Paraguay. Available as…
