Alejandro López and Augustina Altman Augustina Altman and Alejandro López, two anthropologists from the University of Buenos Aires, were present on the Goshen College campus during the month of February to continue their research into Mennonite missions in the Chaco region of Argentina. Altman and López drew heavily on the…
From the moment of its inception, the ISGA has been committed to the principle of collaboration—all of our projects have been in partnership with other church-related agencies or groups. Our gift has been providing expertise, administrative oversight—and, if possible, funding—to support collaborations that enhance our understanding of the global church…
At their annual meeting on May 18-19, 2018 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, the Global Anabaptist-Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) management board agreed on a plan for increasing the number of articles by authors from the global church. In collaboration with Mennonite World Conference’s annual Renewal 2027 event, GAMEO will solicit 20…
The Biblioteca Digital Anabautista has now grown to a collection of nearly 170 titles from at least 92 authors. Most publications by Semilla, a Latin American Mennonite seminary, have been digitized and posted, marking a significant milestone in the development of this resource. All Spanish editions of…
John Roth presents the Figel Lecture for Ecumenism Director of the ISGA, John D. Roth, received the Washington Theological Consortium Ecumenism Annual at a service at the Virginia Theological Seminary on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. He received the award alongside Dr. Timothy Wengert, professor emeritus at United Lutheran Seminary in…
In preparation for Renewal 2027 in Kisumu, Kenya this April, the ISGA—with grant support from the Schowalter Foundation—published three new translations of John Driver’s Life Together in the Spirit. Originally published in Spanish, the ISGA helped to create an English version, along with a new introduction and as responses from…
ISGA director, John D. Roth wrestled with this question in his recent article in the Mennonite Quarterly Review “How to Commemorate a Division? Reflections on the 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation and its Relevance for the Global Anabaptist-Mennonite Church Today.” This conversation has sparked further reflections, including responses by…
The second celebration in a 10-year series of events commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement will be held this spring in Kisumu, Kenya. Anabaptist-Mennonite speakers from around the world will reflect on the theme “The Holy Spirit transforming us,” exploring how Anabaptist-Mennonites have understood the Spirit in the…
More than 150 people representing nearly a dozen different denominational traditions gathered on the campus of Goshen College, September 14-16, to participate in “Word, Spirit, and the Renewal of the Church,” the 18th Believers’ Church conference since the series began in 1967. The conference, co-sponsored by ISGA, Goshen College, and…
Biblioteca Digital Anabautista The digitization of materials for the Biblioteca Digital Anabautista (BiDA) continues. The ISGA, Mennonite Historical Library, and AMBS have been collaborating on the development of a digital library of Anabaptist-Mennonite theological resources in Spanish. Hosted by ISGA’s Global Anbaptist Wiki (www.anabaptistwiki.org) and supported by…
