On November 23, 2024, the Amish-Mennonite Exhibit Committee and the Mennonite History Library (MHL) at Goshen College welcomed 45 members of the Midwest Fabric Study Group, to interact with a number of quilts from the MHL’s museum collection. The Midwest Fabric Study Group is an organization of quilt scholars, researchers,…
In January the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism (ISGA) will host a webinar on the role of historical archives for churches in Latin America. Invited guest and historian Rubí Barocio Castells will present on her experience of establishing a historical archives for the Convención Nacional Bautista de México…
For the past three months, Tuesday mornings have found Goshen College senior Emma Gingerich in the stacks of the Mennonite Historical Library. Gingerich has been using the MHL’s collection to help compile and describe a wide range of sources that will contribute to an update of the Anabaptism…
By Elizabeth Miller, Director of the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism 2025 promises to be an extraordinary year of international gathering, as communities around the world commemorate 500 years of Anabaptism. Perhaps the most publicized of these events is Mennonite World Conference’s commemoration, to be hosted in Zurich…
By Isaiah Friesen Resources from the Biblioteca Digital Anabautista (Digital Anabaptist Library–BiDA) are making an impact through an initiative of the Iglesia Menonita Hispana (Hispanic Mennonite Church–IMH). The Academia de Liderazgo Misional Anabautista (Academy of Anabaptist Missional Leadership–ALMA) was founded in 2019 with the goal of responding to practical…
By Isaiah Friesen The ISGA was pleased to have Workineh Ayele Yami, a leader in the Meserete Kristos Church (MKC) in Ethiopia, as a teaching and research intern throughout the recently completed academic year. Workineh is a Master of Arts: Theology and Peace Studies student at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical…
In February representatives of the participating members of the Comunidad de Instituciones Teológicas Anabautistas (Community of Anabaptist Theological Institutions-CITA) gathered in Mexico City, Mexico, for a theological consultation focused on the challenges and possibilities for theological education in Spanish-speaking communities throughout the Americas and Europe. The ISGA participates in…
Julián Guamán visited the Mennonite Historical Library for a few weeks of research this spring. Guamán is a Kichwa leader in the Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Ecuador (Christian Mennonite Church of Ecuador) and a scholar of Latin America studies. For three weeks this spring, the Mennonite Historical…
A conference on “Early Anabaptism in Global Perspective,” commemorating the 500th anniversary of the first “re-baptisms” in Zurich and the development and spread of Anabaptism, will be held July 22-24, 2025 at Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA). The conference will focus on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Anabaptism and will give special…
Workineh Ayele Yami, a teacher and pastor from Ethiopia, recently developed and taught a one-week module on the history of the Meserete Kristos Church for the ‘Anabaptism in Global Context’ course at Goshen College. Workineh’s work with the ISGA fulfills the internship requirement for the…
