News and Updates from the “Rhizome” Newsletter

Current and back issues of Rhizome, the ISGA’s biannual newsletter, may be found below. To subscribe to future issues of Rhizome, please visit our subscribe page. Each edition is available in full as a PDF. Additionally, links to individual articles are included below for quick access.

• Rhizome – January 2025
  • Storytelling at 500 Years
  • Mexican historian to speak about creating church historical archives
  • Goshen College student contributes to Anabaptism and Mission bibliography update
  • Quilt stories and connections

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• Rhizome – July 2024
  • Seminary student writes biographies of MKC church leaders
  • Visiting scholar explores Ecuador connections
  • BiDA provides trustworthy sources for leadership development
  • Community of Anabaptist Theological Institutions gather in Mexico

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• Rhizome – December 2023
  • Student researchers make strides with interview database
  • New Uploads to BiDA in 2023
  • Constructing Mennonite theology in Indonesia
  • Ethiopian church leader teaches in global Anabaptism course
  • From the Director
  • Biography: Samuel M. Mlotshwa (1914-2012)

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• Rhizome – June 2023
  • Maple Scholar to catalog interviews with Latin American Anabaptists
  • The Benefits of Historical and Contextual Research 
  • Baptism study guides distributed across Mennonite Church USA
  • Students gather metadata on materials from Ethiopian church
  • ISGA welcomes new administrative assistant
  • From the Director

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• Rhizome – October 2022
  • The ISGA Hosts History Writing Webinars
  • Elizabeth Miller Starts as ISGA Director
  • ISGA Publishes Baptism Study Guide
  • BiNA Launches
  • Claiming the Promise of Life Abundant

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• New ISGA Director Announcement – June 2022
  • Email Announcement
  • Letter to ISGA Supporters

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• Rhizome – Mar 2022
  • ISGA Initiates Research Fellow Program
  • ISGA Research Fellow Bios
  • Goshen College Searches for New ISGA Director
  • ISGA News and Project Updates 

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  Special Spring 2022 Press Release:

  • Transitions at the ISGA
  • Director John D. Roth’s letter to supporters and friends of the ISGA
  • Job Posting for the new ISGA Director
  • MennoMedia Announcement

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• Rhizome – Sept 2021
  • New History of Indonesian Anabaptists and Travel Guide Published
  • New ISGA Research Assistant and Translator
  • “Believe and Be Baptized”: ISGA Promoting Webinars, Workshops, and Study Guide
  • Recordings of Latin America Church Leaders Preserved

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• Rhizome – Mar 2021
  • ISGA Awarded Grant from the Calvin Institute for Baptism Project
  • Oral Interviews from Latin American Church Leaders Now Digitized
  • ISGA Collaborations
  • New Publications & Resources

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• Rhizome – Oct 2020
  • ISGA Publishes History of Indonesian Church
  • ISGA Seeks Input for Online Storytelling Project
  • New Social Media Logo

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• Rhizome – Mar 2020
  • A Day in the Life of the Global Anabaptist Church
  • New Uploads to BiDA
  • Staff Transitions
  • Nurturing Global Connections

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• Rhizome – Oct 2019
  • “Power and Preservation” Symposium
  • Statement of Affirmations and Commitments
  • Intergenerational Family Resource 

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• Rhizome – Mar 2019
  • GAMEO Workshops Global Expansion
  • Visiting Scholars Explore Mennonite Missions in the Chaco
  • GAP Translations Completed and Continued

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• Rhizome – Sept 2018
  • BiDA Growth
  • GAMEO Goes Global
  • Roth Receives Ecumenism Award
  • Texts Now in Translation
  • Looking into the Future

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• Rhizome – Feb 2018
  • ISGA hosts Believers’ Church Conference
  • How to Commemorate a Division?
  • More on Renewal 2027

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• Rhizome – Sept 2017
  • ISGA Hosts Global Research Symposium at Goshen College
  • GAMEO Finds a New Home at the ISGA
  • Project Updates and Visiting Scholars

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• Rhizome – Mar 2017
  • Publication of the Global Anabaptist Profile final report
  • An online Anabaptist library of Spanish-language theological resources
  • Three major translation projects serving Mennonite World Conference

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• Rhizome – Sept 2016
  • Global Anabaptist Profile results to be published
  • Anabaptist family devotional guide enters testing phase
  • Bearing Witness publishes MWC interviews

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• Rhizome – Feb 2016
  • Bearing Witness to Release Book with Plough Publishing
    • Bearing Witness – Press Release
    • Order Bearing Witness Book
  • SangMin Lee reflects on time in prison
  • Emerging Anabaptism in Korea

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• Rhizome – Aug 2015
  • Global Anabaptist Profile surveys and maps Mennonite World Conference
  • Sang-Min Lee released from prison
  • First recipient of Schafer-Friesen Research Fellowship conducts research on Anabaptist theology and engineering
  • ISGA Director John D. Roth reflects on five years of the ISGA

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• Rhizome – Jan 2015
• Rhizome – June 2014
• Rhizome – Jan 2014