Not so fast my neo-Anabaptist brothers (and sisters?). It seems like a brief and short response to the prevalent myth running in neo-Anabaptist circles, in regards to the problem of white homogeneity ...

In the dead of night, Madge’s summer camp counselors chant “THE CATHOLICS ARE COMING!” and The Anabaptist Game begins. Fleeing make believe persecution, Madge hurdles through the Kansas Prairie ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has formally apologized for Lutheran persecution of Anabaptists in 16th-century Europe. A statement approved by the ELCA Church Council, the denomination’s ...

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Modern-day Münster with St. Lambert's church in the background. Photo: DPA While many people might know of Münster as a wealthy uni town or the country's bike capital, few know that it belongs to a ...

Have you ever heard of the Bruderhof? It’s an international movement in the Anabaptist tradition. They are Christians who live in intentional communities — 23 of them, on four continents — and share ...

Pope Leo XIV encouraged the Anabaptist (Mennonite) movement to live with love the call to Christian unity and the mandate to serve others. The Holy Father made the statement in a message published May ...

This story of the Michael Sattler family, the Paul Glock family, and the Klaus von Grafeneck family has never been told before. On the surface, it is not a story at all but two rather isolated ...

Making sense of the colorful, complex tapestry of Amish, Mennonites, and Brethren. Tourists in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania tend to assume that they are at the center of the Anabaptist world (not ...

Liz Hess' painting of the Emmental area in Switzerland looks deceptively idyllic: Green pastures, snow-capped mountains, a church spire, grazing cows, gentle farms and a winding pathway. It's only the ...