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- This year, the world celebrates 500 years of the Anabaptist movement. There are websites, European tours planned and Anabaptist-themed study Bibles on the way. Anabaptism itself is a kaleidoscopic movement—the Radical Reformation it spawned included reformers from the violent apocalypticism of Thomas Müntzer to the peaceful separatism of Menno Simons. Today, its descendants include traditions as variant as the Amish and, well, the Mennonite Brethren. It is a movement that spans the globe, with the majority of those baptized into Anabaptist-rooted churches coming from Africa, Asia and Latin America. And it all started with a baptism. “Fear came over them…” […]
- “Why was baptism such a big deal?” Whenever I talk with new learners about the evangelical Anabaptists of the Reformation period, I know this will be a question that comes up. One the one hand, the very idea that someone could be hunted and killed over what seemed like a squabble over baptismal practice appears extreme to many today. On the other hand, that these early radicals were willing to let themselves be drowned, hanged or even burned over their baptismal convictions seems at first glance to be perhaps wasteful. (By one estimate, 4,000 Anabaptists were martyred during the early […]
- “You belong to the accursed Anabaptists, who originate strange sects, opinions, errors and contention among the people!” It was 1544 and John Claesz and Lucas Lambertsz van Beveren stood before four judges in Amsterdam, listening to the charges against them. Although everyone in Christendom was baptized as infants, these two men renounced that event and repeated the ritual as adults. As a result, they found themselves arraigned on charges of being Anabaptist. What does it mean to be Anabaptist? Looking at heroes like Claesz and Lambertsz from five centuries ago, we might be tempted to think the spirit of Ana-baptism […]
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USMB Gathering 2020 - Opening Session
This session was pre-recorded and aired on Facebook and YouTube - July 22, 2020
USMB Gathering 2020 - Session 1: Increasing Your Church's Impact in the Community - Boris Borisov
This session was live on July 22, 2020
USMB Gathering 2020 - Session 2: Increasing Our Impact Through Generosity - Jon Wiebe
This session was live on July 23, 2020
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USMB Gathering 2020 - Business Session
This session was live on July 23, 2020
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USMB Gathering 2020 - Session 3: Increasing and Maximizing the Impact of the Town and Country Church - Ron Klassen
This session was live on July 23, 2020
Link to Ron's book: Leading Through Change
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USMB Gathering 2020 - Session 4: Increasing Our Impact Through Leadership Development - Kadi Cole
This session was live on July 24, 2020
Link to Kadi's book: Developing Female Leaders
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USMB Gathering 2020 - Closing Session
This session was live on July 24, 2020
* Recording was edited to correct technological glitches and include the correct videos.
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Congolese Mini-Summit
This session was live on July 25, 2020
* This recording is in English with translations in French and Swahili.
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