John D. Roth Archives | Mennonite Church USA

Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference brings together conference communicators

Eric Massanari shares about Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference's annual Conference Communicator Council meeting, featuring a presentation by MC USA Archives Coordinator Olivia Krall. Eric Massanari serves as the executive conference minister... read more →

February 5, 2025
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Archives, Menno Shorts

Anabaptism at 500 anniversary event looks back to live forward

Thousands attended, in-person or online, MennoMedia's Anabaptism at 500 celebration at College Mennonite Church, Jan. 21. Updated January 23, 2025. By Jessica Griggs for Mennonite Church USA [caption id="attachment_77815" align="aligncenter"... read more →

January 22, 2025
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Menno Shorts

Making of The Anabaptist Community Bible

In celebration of the 499th birthday of Anabaptism, John Roth reports on development of the Anabaptist Community Bible, which is slated to be ready for readers on the 500th birthday... read more →

January 23, 2024
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Menno Snapshots

The transformative Anabaptist hermeneutic

This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. For many years (1985-2022), John D. Roth was a professor of history at Goshen College, where he also served as director of the Mennonite Historical Library and editor of The Mennonite Quarterly... read more →

September 2, 2022
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Menno Snapshots

Cultivating relationships with the ELCA

John D. Roth served as a representative of Mennonite Church USA on a series of ecumenical dialogues with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2001-2004) focused on the “condemnations” of... read more →

October 18, 2016
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Church to Church Relations, Menno Snapshots

Heart with loving heart united

Andre Gingerich Stoner is director of Holistic Witness for Mennonite Church USA A few weeks ago about 40 people gathered in a church fellowship hall to reflect on what we... read more →

May 7, 2015
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Holistic Witness, Interchurch Relations, Menno Snapshots

‘Seeking the gifts of others as if our lives depended on it’

Event looks to interchurch relations for models for intra-church relations Anton Flores-Maisonet, founding member of the Alterna Community in LaGrange, Ga., speaks at an event held... read more →

River of Anabaptist story stirred by archival venue change

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July 11, 2012
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News

Events mark reconciliation among Lutherans and Mennonites

By Mary E. Klassen [caption id="attachment_3569" align="alignright" width="200" caption="André Gingerich Stoner, director of holistic witness and interchurch relations for Mennonite Church USA, and Kathryn M. Lohre, director of ecumenical and... read more →

April 18, 2012
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Equipping, News