Tag: global Anabaptists

  • Symposium explores how to preserve Anabaptist history

    Symposium explores how to preserve Anabaptist history

    More than 30 people from 12 countries gathered at Goshen College on June 17-19 to talk about gathering and preserving the sources that are crucial to the history of the global Anabaptist-Mennonite church. The group, composed of historians, pastors, archivists and others, shared a keen interest in keeping the history of the global church alive…

  • MWC census shows increased numbers

    MWC census shows increased numbers

    “Uganda is ripe for evangelism and the church is growing,” says Bishop Simon Okoth, national coordinator of Uganda Mennonite Church. The new Mennonite World Conference (MWC) member church, accepted by the Executive Committee in 2017, grew from 310 members in seven congregations in 2015 to 553 members in 18 congregations in 2018. Every three years,…