Anabaptist Climate Collective appoints interim executive director | Anabaptist World

The Anabaptist Climate Collaborative (ACC) board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Leah Reesor-Keller as interim executive director. Reesor-Keller succeeds Douglas Day Kaufman, wh...

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She left Amish life. Now millions watch her cook in Amish dress. | Anabaptist World

When Lovina Zook put her dark green Amish dress back on for the video that catapulted her into online fame, butterflies flooded her stomach.

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AW call for submissions: The Faithful & the Political | Anabaptist World

How does your faith guide your political choices (or avoidance of politics)? How can people of faith effect change through political action? What faith-based words and actions are most needed in the c...

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To heal our wounds, release the ghosts of our past | Anabaptist World

Disputes and misunderstanding are not unique to Mennonites, but I wonder if aspects of our history and culture make us more susceptible to conflict and harsh patterns of judgment and division.

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Faith is back in Democratic politics | Anabaptist World

After decades of watching Democrats dodge the God question, I think they finally have an answer.

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Caring for those who care deeply about the planet | Anabaptist World

Small talk isn’t on the agenda at a ­Climate STARR training. In­stead, participants in­troduce themselves by answering the question: “How is your heart?”

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These Catholic sisters want to start a new order with a difficult mission: Helping clergy-abuse survivors | Anabaptist World

Sister Theresa Aletheia and Sister Danielle Lussier are the only community of religious sisters in the Catholic Church fully dedicated to serving abuse victims.

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Court again decides against Amish vaccine exemptions after Supreme Court ruling | Anabaptist World

A group of Amish parents and schools in New York lost their second bid to secure a religious exemption to state vaccine mandates in June after the U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to an appeals c...

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Schlabach saw dramatic growth of faith during 32 years in Mongolia | Anabaptist World

When Laura Schlabach arrived in Mongolia in 1993, there were only about 1,000 Christians in the sparsely populated country tucked between Russia and China. By 2025 that number had blossomed to an esti...

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First woman to serve on MC mission board dies | Anabaptist World

Doris Kramer, 102, the first woman to serve on the Mennonite Board of Missions, the mission agency of the Mennonite Church, died May 20 in St. Jacobs, Ont.

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The AI ethics debate looks different from Manila | Anabaptist World

North Atlantic fears about AI are justified. But institutions with fewer inherited resources are showing why resistance can also be a luxury.

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Songwriter’s worship music reached broadly | Anabaptist World

Canadian songwriter Brian Doerksen, 60, known for praise songs such as “Come, Now is the Time to Worship” and “Refiner’s Fire,” died July 21 at his home in Abbotsford, B.C., a few days after the famil...

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Five things Friday roundup: Things to keep in mind while loving and listening in the face of disagreement | Anabaptist World

Disagreement is inevitable: you just need two people and time. So the question is not whether you’ll find yourself in a disagreement, but how will you respond.

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Sometimes you can skip leafy greens | Anabaptist World

In the industrialized world, the risks we encounter with food are minimal and well defined, and we understand how to mitigate them. Except when something terrifying happens.

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A solid span and an apt metaphor | Anabaptist World

Laughter — that’s one of the main things Phil Helmuth remembers from the joint Mennonite Disaster Service and Islamic Relief USA bridge-building project in May and June in Hendersonville, N.C.

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If the church doesn’t rise up for the disabled, who will? | Anabaptist World

Moving forward does not require first answering every question. The gospel calls us to simply take the next right step.

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Pacific Southwest Conference minister to resign in January | Anabaptist World

Stanley W. Green, executive conference minister of Pacific Southwest Conference of Mennonite Church USA, will end his role in January.

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Sight & Sound ‘Christian Broadway’ shows will soon stream on faith-based platform | Anabaptist World

This summer, the large-scale musicals about biblical figures such as Noah, Jesus and Ruth will be available to view via Wonder Project on Prime Video in the U.S.

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Summit to explore Christian responses to militarism | Anabaptist World

“Waging Peace: A Militarism Summit” Nov. 6-7 at Forest Hills Mennonite Church in Leola, Pa., will bring together Christians to explore faithful responses to war, political polarization, nationalism an...

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Africa mission director dies while traveling to Canada | Anabaptist World

John Fumana, 60, executive director of Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, died May 15 en route to Canada.

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Artist Spotlight: Melissa Strawser | Anabaptist World

I hope people take away from my work the energy that transforms, heals and often saves lives.  I pray the dialogue I create continues on for legacy.

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Theologian who led writing of Confession of Faith dies | Anabaptist World

Helmut Harder, 92, a theologian and denominational leader who co-led the writing of a statement of beliefs used by many North American Mennonites, died May 7 in Winnipeg, Man.

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Five things Friday roundup: Loving yourself as God loves you | Anabaptist World

For some of us, the struggle to love ourselves is real. Many forces are out there telling us that we are bad, not good enough, and that we’re not doing enough. Forcing ourselves to see though God’s ey...

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Let’s celebrate menopause | Recipe: Blueberry chia pudding | Anabaptist World

A lesson I learned in seminary was to mark milestones and meaningful moments with intentional ritual, so they do not blend into the background of everyday life and get lost in mundane rhythms. Moments...

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Can AI replace vocation? | Anabaptist World

For many, the uncertainty is about more than employment — it's about meaning and purpose.

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Central District revisits Confession’s article on marriage and family | Anabaptist World

Central District has begun discussions to refine its welcoming message, both for its own benefit and to help the discernment of congregations seeking to join the conference from outside the Anabaptist...

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The upside-down growing season | Anabaptist World

In Florida, we celebrate the upside-down growing season, or at least upside-down compared to the norms of the northern U.S. and Europe.

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GAMEO celebrates 30 years of offering resources on Mennonite and Anabaptist communities | Anabaptist World

The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) recently celebrated its 30th anniversary as an open-access repository focused on Mennonite and Anabaptist communities, history, and theology...

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A dash of holy impertinence | Anabaptist World

To hear him tell it, Peter Wiebe has lived from one miracle to another — a stream of stories now stretching over 98 years.

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