Grant Miller Kristen Swartley Following his graduation from seminary at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), Grant Miller, who had previously served as the ISGA administrative assistant, accepted a full-time position as pastor at Kalamazoo (Mich.) Mennonite Fellowship. In November, Kristen Swartley became the…
The Biblioteca Digital Anabautista continues to be active, making Spanish language material available on-line for seminary courses in various parts of the world. Recent new titles on the BiDA website include: Historia Menonita Mundial series (including history volumes from Africa, Latin America, Asia,…
Sunday worship at Bondeko Mennonite Church in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on January 19, 2020 Following up on conversations from the Power and Preservation Symposium in June 2019, ISGA has initiated a project to collect photos and videos of Anabaptist congregations around the…
François Tshidimu presents while Anicka Fast translates As historians, archivists, and church and mission leaders from around the world, we gathered in Goshen, Indiana (USA), from June 17-19, 2019 for a symposium convened by the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism. Together for the first time, we gained a…
Let the Children Come to Me: Nurturing Anabaptist Faith within Families is now published and available for purchase. Written by Lisa Weaver and Elizabeth Miller, this resource for families nurturing faith development of elementary-aged children is composed of 12 Anabaptist faith practices with each unit exploring stories from the historical…
Power and Preservation Symposium Participants at Goshen College “The global church,” said Patrick Obonde, director of missions at the Anabaptist Leadership Education Centre in Kenya, “works best when all her parts are engaged in sharing their stories.” On June 17-19, more than 30 people from 12 different countries gathered on…
By ISGA Director, John D. Roth In the fall of 1832, Samuel Froehlich, an itinerant Swiss revival preacher, held a series of open meetings in the Bernese region of the Emmental that attracted much attention among the Mennonites living there. As a result of his impassioned preaching, some 60 members…
In early February, over 20 people gathered from 10 different countries at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) to learn how they might contribute to the global expansion of the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO). The presence of Anabaptist students from around the world at AMBS became the impetus…
By Eric Martin As part of our responsibilities as international service workers through Mennonite Mission Network in Colombia, my wife and I have formed a partnership with Mennonite Biblical Seminary of Colombia. We have developed online courses for youth and young adults, covering subjects such as Bible, history, theology, ethics,…
In the spring of 2017, after two years of research and analysis, the ISGA published the Global Anabaptist Profile (GAP). In December of 2018, the Spanish translation of GAP (Perfil Anabautista Mundial) was completed. A sociological study of the beliefs and practices of 24 Mennonite World Conference churches,…
