Global Anabaptist Wiki

The Global Anabaptist Wiki is an interactive community of Anabaptist-Mennonite groups from around the world. Initiated by the Mennonite Historical Library at Goshen College, the site is committed to helping individual groups: 1) tell their own stories; 2) post and preserve electronic archives; and 3) become better informed about other groups in the global Anabaptist fellowship. Like all wiki-based projects, this is a collaborative venture that relies on the local expertise of many people.

[Please Note: This project is still in its early stages of construction. To explore updates, view our recently added pages or recent changes . Check back frequently to see what new material has been added!]

In addition to including basic information about specific regions and Anabaptist-related groups, the Global Anabaptist Wiki is a place for collecting personal stories that highlight what it means to be an Anabaptist-Mennonite in your part of the world. You don't have to be an expert! Just contribute your own stories about your life as an Anabaptist or Mennonite in your own context.

• To learn more about stories on the Global Anabaptist Wiki read our about stories page.

• To contribute your own stories or read others' stories check out the stories page that lists stories by region.

• Or to see a list of all the stories on the Global Anabaptist Wiki browse through the stories category page.

We envision the Global Anabaptist Wiki to become a major site for primary sources related to the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition: from the 16th century to the present and in a wide variety of languages. Please post any public domain sources you think might be of interest to other users of the Global Anabaptist Wiki. Our staff will help to sort and organize source material into appropriate categories as it is added.

• To learn about contributing sources, start at the about sources page.

• To view sources organized by region, check out the sources page.

Browse Anabaptist Communities by Region

(Click on a continent to begin)

Browse Anabaptist Communities by Members of Family Tree

• Brethren in Christ
• Beachy Amish
• Church of the Brethren
• Hutterites
• Mennonite-Related Groups
• Mennonite Brethren
• Old Order Amish
• Russian Mennonite Related Groups

Mennonite World Conference (MWC) is a global faith community in the Anabaptist tradition that links together Anabaptist-related churches and engages other world communions and organizations. Every six to seven years Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences and groups gather for a general assembly.

In 2009 MWC included 227 organized Mennonite or Brethren in Christ conferences across 80 countries and six continents. Membership stood at 1,616,126, with 60% of members living in Africa, Asia, or Latin America.

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Jesus Village Church (JVC) is one of two Anabaptist affiliated churches in South Korea. Unlike other global Anabaptist communities outside of Europe and North America, JVC is not the result of a mission plant. Rather, JVC began out three years of intensive study by Korean Christian professionals as they tried to rediscover the New Testament Church and implement it in a Korean context. These leaders felt that the Anabatist Church fit what they desired most closely, and in 1996 they started the JVC...

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A variety of different immigrant Mennonite groups live in the Chihuahua state in northern Mexico. Click on the links below to learn more about these groups.

• Altkolonier Mennonitengemeinde (Old Colony Mennonites)

• Iglesia de Dios en Cristo Menonita (Church of God in Christ, Mennonite)

• Kleine Gemeinde (Small Colony Mennonites)

• Sommerfelder Mennonitengemeinde (Sommerfeld Mennonites)

Mennonite Weekly Review (RSS):

MB church members among dead and wounded in Congo fuel explosion

(14 Jul 2010 14:33)

KINSHASA, Congo — Mennonite Brethren churches in eastern Congo are raising funds to aid victims of a July 2 fuel truck explosion that killed or wounded more than 100 members of one of their congregations. [?]

Chileans rebuild, witness in months after quake

(28 Jul 2010 12:19)

In the five months since a devastating earthquake, Mennonite churches in Chile have engaged in mutual aid and witness. [?]

Inspiring generosity

(29 Jun 2010 15:24)

A recent letter from Danisa Ndlovu and Larry Miller, leaders of Mennonite World Conference, gave me awesome information that generated praise of our living God. [?]

MWC hires new editor as retiring editor ends nine-year term

(29 Jun 2010 16:24)

After nine years as news service editor for Mennonite World Conference, Ferne Burkhardt of Petersburg, Ont., retired as MWC news service editor in June. [?]

Paraguayans share gift from MWC

(16 Jun 2010 14:23)

Presidents of the eight conferences that hosted the 2009 Mennonite World Conference assembly have decided to share equally a $50,000 gift from MWC. [?]

User Submitted:

• Jul. 22, 2010 - Lutherans Take Historic Step in Asking for Forgiveness from Mennonites

• Jun. 2, 2010 - Ministries come of age in Ecuador

• Apr. 16, 2010 Lutherans and Mennonites Affirm Joint Concerns for Peace

• Mar. 19, 2010 MWC funds boost projects for member churches in global South

• January 2010 Mennonite Central Committee's (MCC) Response to the Haiti Earthquake

• Oct. 8, 2009 - Now 1.6 Million Anabaptists