ISGA director John D. Roth has just published a new book detailing the history of three streams of Anabaptist-Mennonite church groups in Indonesia. A Cloud of Witnesses: Celebrating Indonesian Mennonites has already received enthusiastic praise from scholars and from Indonesian church leaders. “A Cloud of Witnesses is a…
The fall 2020 Rhizome featured the publication of a history book that tells the story of the GITJ synod—one strand of the Indonesian Mennonite Church. The Way of the Gospel in the World of Java: A History of the Muria Javanese Mennonite Church (GITJ) is still available for purchase! Follow…
On November 10, 2020, the ISGA participated in Round 2 of “The Anabaptist Story Lives On: Virtual Museum & Archive Tour.” This virtual Zoom tour organized by TourMagination involved archivists and executive directors from Anabaptist and Mennonite museums, archives, and heritage centers in the USA and Canada.
Jaime Prieto Valladares Jaime Prieto Valladares, a Costa Rican Mennonite historian, church leader, and former seminary dean, loves to hear the stories of Latin American Mennonite church leaders. For more than a decade, he traveled throughout Mexico, Central America and South America, recording interviews with over 130…
Baptism of Henok Mekonin with the Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia Five hundred years after the first Anabaptist baptisms in Zurich—and the wrenching divisions that followed—is it possible for the Catholic, Lutheran, and Anabaptist descendants of those groups to heal the wounds of those debates? Aided by…
Over the summer, ISGA launched several new logos for developing a stronger social media presence. Designed by the Goshen College Communications and Marketing department, these logos feature the ISGA initials with the Goshen College colors and olive branch. With these visual identity markers, we hope to increase our…
With the history of the Muria Javanese Mennonite Church completed, ISGA director John D. Roth is now turning to a related book—a user-friendly introduction to Indonesia that combines a history of the three Anabaptist-Mennonite churches in Indonesia with a brief travel guide. The small book, to be published by MennoMedia,…
Sigit Heru Sukoco Lawrence Yoder An upcoming book published by the ISGA, The Way of the Gospel in the World of Java: A History of the Muria Javanese Mennonite Church (GITJ), tells the story of one branch of the Anabaptist-Mennonite churches in…
The Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism (ISGA) at Goshen College, along with 15 other Anabaptist-Mennonite organizations, is calling on Anabaptist-Mennonite groups to share their experiences during the remarkable historical, biological and social events of 2020 as part of Anabaptist History Today (AHT), a groundbreaking collaborative storytelling project.
ISGA director, John D. Roth, continues to travel to various parts of the world in support of Mennonite World Conference projects or in response to invitations from local church leaders. In March, he will meet with city and church officials in Zurich, Switzerland to begin planning for a commemoration in…
