Anabaptist (Mennonite, Amish and Brethren)
491 articles
GwenMennonite Disaster Service Plans New Homes in San Saba, Texas, After Deadly July 2025 Floods
Destructive and deadly flooding struck the Hill Country region of Texas on July 4, 2025, when water levels along the Guadalupe River rose rapidly. The river surged so...
Mennonite Journals Merge Into New Open-Access Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies Review
In 2025, two Mennonite academic journals, *The Conrad Grebel Review* (CGR) and *Mennonite Quarterly Review* (MQR), announced plans to partner on a new multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access publication. The...
Mennonite Disaster Service Team Prepares for October Volunteers in Crisfield, Maryland
The long-term team of Mennonite Disaster Service arrived in Crisfield, Maryland, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, to prepare for the volunteers scheduled to come in October. Over the following...
Iris de León-Hartshorn Named Interim Executive Director of Mennonite Church USA
Mennonite Church USA’s Executive Board has appointed Rev. Iris de León-Hartshorn as interim executive director, effective Jan. 1, 2027. She will be the first woman to hold the...
Suriname Expels More Than 60 White Mennonite Farmers Deemed Illegal Residents
Authorities in Suriname have carried out a pledge to expel more than 60 Amish-like white Mennonite farmers from the country. Officials said the group was there illegally and...
Mennonite Disaster Service Volunteers Honored with Augusta Dinner After Hurricane Helene Relief Work
Organizers and volunteers held a dinner in Augusta on Thursday to welcome Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers back to the city. The volunteers are helping clean up damage from...
Mennonite Church USA Leader Offers Five Questions for Congregations on Leadership Culture
In a piece republished from the winter 2026-2027 issue of Leader magazine, Dr. Lesley Francisco McClendon, senior pastor of C3 Hampton in Hampton, Virginia, and an executive board...
In Harrisonburg, Virginia, Eastern Mennonite University and Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community Enter Strategic Partnership
Eastern Mennonite University and Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community announced a strategic partnership on Monday, May 11, that strengthens and expands their long-standing relationship. The agreement allows VMRC to...
Cynthia Yoder reflects on Daniel Shenk’s memoir of leaving the Mennonites as a gay man
In a first-person essay published by Anabaptist World, writer Cynthia Yoder describes her reading of *Search for a Blessing: A Gay Man’s Journey from a Mennonite Missionary Childhood...
