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  • July 26, 2015
    WCC acknowledges Mennonite churches’ work for peace at its assembly

    Mennonite contributions to the ecumenical movement were acknowledged by Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC Associate General Secretary at the Mennonite World Conference.

  • December 27, 2014
    Anabaptist healthcare leaders plan global summit in 2015

    Anabaptist/Mennonite healthcare professionals will hold a joint meeting during a global leadership summit from 20-21 July 2015.

  • October 28, 2013
    Mennonites seek safe passage for aid in Syria

    Mennonite Central Committee is appealing to the UN to enable humanitarian aid to reach the estimated 3,000 Syrian families endangered there.

  • October 27, 2013
    All baptisms are royal baptisms

    Media coverage of George Windsor's baptism gave the impression that baptism is about conformity. Baptism began in a far more radical way, before its domestication by the powerful. Since then, many people have rediscovered baptism's original subversive force, as a sign of dedication to the kingdom of God – and a rejection of the kingdoms of this world.

  • August 8, 2012
    Panel to discuss non-institutional future for faith

    A Church in the heart of Edinburgh is the venue for an intriguing conversation about the future of religion beyond its inherited institutional forms.

  • April 27, 2012
    Anabaptist Theology Forum gathering, 2/3 May 2012

    The theology forum associated with the Anabaptist Network UK meets for 24 hours in Leamington Spa, from late morning through to lunch on 2/3 May 2012 - and there are a few places left for reflective practitioners and practical reflectors who might like to join us. We would prefer to have people for the whole period, but day guests can be accommodated in some circumstances.

  • November 10, 2011
    Tree planting marks deepening of Mennonite-Lutheran relations

    Mennonites have planted two trees in the 'Luthergarten' in Wittenberg, Germany, to mark the deepening of Mennonite-Lutheran relations.

  • March 14, 2011
    Anabaptists reported largely safe after Japan 'quake

    The Anabaptist-related church communities of Japan are largely safe, according to Takanori Sasaki, chair for Japan Mennonite Fellowship.

  • October 17, 2010
    The Pope and alternatives to imperial Christianity

    Many progressive Christians found themselves experiencing profoundly mixed feelings both about Pope Benedict’s visit and about the protests against it, says Simon Barrow. This is perhaps because neither imperial religion nor rejectionist forms of secularism are adequate to the task of remaking public life and public faith.

  • August 30, 2010
    Anabaptist humanitarian service groups seek global cooperation

    Anabaptist churches and service organizations from around the world have gathered in Addis Ababa to look at ways of working together more effectively.