Tag: anabaptist

  • Willems statue commissioned for Manitoba museum

    Willems statue commissioned for Manitoba museum

    A peace exhibit committee has commissioned Manitoba sculptor Peter Sawatzky to build a bronze statue of martyred Anabaptist Dirk Willems.  Based on an engraving of Willems, by Jan Luyken in Martyrs Mirror, the monument is intended to recognize the Anabaptist ideals of peacemaking. The life-size statue, to be completed in 2018, will be the focal…

  • Swiss official offers apology for Anabaptist persecution

    Swiss official offers apology for Anabaptist persecution

    It can’t change the past, but it can impact the future. In surprise comments delivered in early November 2017, a government official in Bern, Switzerland, requested forgiveness for persecution by the church and state of Anabaptists centuries earlier. The request was issued Nov. 11 by Bernese government councillor and director of churches Christoph Neuhaus at…

  • Anabaptist Educators Speak Up!

    Now that I’ve finished my master’s in Education and a certificate in Peacebuilding from a Mennonite university, I suppose I should know something about Anabaptist education. In truth, though, from my experience, studying, and research, Anabaptist education seems very similar to just “good” education.  There is a lot of information on what it takes to…

  • Community and Authority

    I am not entirely sure how my recent piece in CM will be received with respect to church authority.  The basic point of the column was draw attention to both the conflicting or contending lines of authority that we have drawn and also, most importantly, to acknowledge that we have drawn them.  This was not…