Anabaptist Witness Blog

Welcome to our blog, a forum to foster discussion and share ideas from different corners of the Anabaptist world. It is regularly updated with short reflection pieces, reactions to articles, comments on current events relating to mission, and more. If you are interested in contributing, please review our guidelines and contact information.

Home Coming

By H. J. Recinos | Posted on April 17, 2016

Today we are featuring a poem from our regular contributer, Harold Recinos. When asked what compelled him to write this poem and share it with Anabaptist Witness, Harold responded with the following. – Ed. The Central American immigrant families with whom I engage in ministry come to the United States motivated by a desperate flight […]

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When You Feed the Hungry, Miracles Occur: Part three of three.

By Peter Stucky | Posted on April 3, 2016

In the first two blogposts (part 1 and part 2) in this series, you have learned of some of the ministries of Teusaquillo Mennonite Church in Bogotá, Colombia, and how this congregation has been willing to get out in the streets and share with others. In this final article in the series, I will share […]

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When You Feed the Hungry, Miracles Occur: Part two of three.

By Peter Stucky | Posted on March 28, 2016

Last week I shared with you (here) how Teusaquillo Mennonite Church acted on a call to feed the homeless and make a statement about hunger and national priorities in Colombia, resulting in the miracle of feeding the hungry in the skidrow area called the Cartucho (later called the Bronx). This ministry has blessed many, and […]

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When You Feed the Hungry, Miracles Occur: Part one of three

By Peter Stucky | Posted on March 21, 2016

When you feed the hungry, miracles occur. This is what happened to Jacob’s family when the land of Canaan suffered from famine, for God had prepared a divine solution through Joseph, Jacob’s son and God’s servant. This is what happened when Jesus fed the multitudes in Galilee, starting with a very modest packed lunch from […]

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Theological Education in Mission: A Century of Mennonite/Anabaptist Agencies Building Missional Capacities

By Victor Wiens | Posted on March 4, 2016

Recently at their annual gathering, CIM, the Council for International Anabaptist Ministries explored “Multicultural mission collaboration: building capacity with churches to carry out their own ministries/mission/outreach.” One of the workshops focused on global models of training church workers. This workshop was led by James Krabill (Mennonite Mission Network), Rod Hollinger-Janzen (Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission), and myself […]

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Grappling with the Allergens: Response to David Driedger and the Allergy to Mission

By Andrew Suderman | Posted on December 17, 2015

The following submission is a response to a previous article in the Anabaptist Witness blog, found here. Dear David, I would like to thank you for expressing your thoughts and voicing your concerns. It is this communal engagement and discernment that allows us to learn from one another as we explore how to journey in […]

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The Strange Language of the Kingdom: An Advent Reflection

By Joel Shenk | Posted on December 7, 2015

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds.” The Apostle Paul Romans 12:2 In 2010 Stanley Hauerwas gave a commencement address to Eastern Mennonite Seminary with the title, “Speaking Christian.” In that address he said, “To learn to be a Christian, to learn the discipline […]

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Pasteles

By Amy Eanes | Posted on November 5, 2015

In anticipation of Anabatist Witness’ next issue theme “Taste and See: Anabaptist, Food, and Mission”, to be released later this month, we’re offering up a treat of a blog post from former Seed volunteer Amy Eanes, who reflects on the spiritual goodness of preparing a tradtional Chocoano dish. We hope this whets your appetite as […]

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The Korean Ecumenical Peace Network in North America: An Introduction

By Hyun Hur | Posted on October 9, 2015

북미 한인 기독교 평화 네트워크 (Korean Ecumenical Peace Network in North America) Introduction Since the 1970’s, Christian leaders across denominations have worked together towards peace, especially for the peace and reunification of the Koreas. In an effort to revive and affirm the peace movement amongst Korean Christians, twenty church leaders from five denominations met on […]

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Old Gospel Hour

By H. J. Recinos | Posted on September 4, 2015

The following is a poem by regular Anabaptist Witness contributor H.J. Recinos. He writes: I wrote the poem Old Gospel Hour to reflect on how many churches reject the browning of the pews.  I hope this poem reminds Christians to bear witness to their Crucified Lord by crossing the boundaries of difference. The Word made flesh […]

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