DownloadArticles : Anabaptist history
March 8 issue
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Ohio writer marks Lancaster tricentennial
BRYAN, Ohio — Learning about her family’s history inspired an Ohio woman to write a book celebrating the 300th anniversary of the first European settlement in what became Lancaster County, Pa.
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Southeast heritage group honors, hears historians
SARASOTA, Fla. — Nearly 300 people gathered for the sixth annual banquet of the Anabaptist Heritage Association Feb. 5 honoring Martin Lehman.
March 1 issue
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Menno who?
If there is one thing Mennonites should know a lot about, it should be Menno Simons — the 16th-century Anabaptist leader whose name others used to give their church its name.
Feb. 22 issue
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Russia researcher adds to online encyclopedia
Helmut T. Huebert has found it is possible to learn a great deal in a church parking lot.
Feb. 15 issue
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Songs celebrate three centuries
STRASBURG, Pa. — After the first European immigrants arrived in Lancaster County 300 years ago, First Nations people helped the Swiss-German settlers plant crops, hunt and survive the winter of 1710.
Feb. 1 issue
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Dyck radiated joy, drama of serving for Christ
One contemplates in awe the story of Peter J. Dyck, his life with Christ, a journey of peace and compassion through the most violent century in human history. (Dyck died Jan. 4 at the age of 95.)
Jan. 18 issue
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Skeletons found in Germany raise awareness of martyrs
SCHWÄBISCH GMÜND, Germany — It began with a simple hole in the ground.
Dec. 14, 2009 issue
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Memorial to victims of Soviet terror unveiled
ZAPORIZHIA, Ukraine — Susanna Hildebrand’s husband disappeared in 1929.
Nov. 30, 2009 issue
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Stern guardians of tradition
On my desk is A Generation of Vigilance: The Lives and Work of Johannes and Tina Harder by T.D. Regehr, published by Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, 340 pages, $19.50.
Nov. 16, 2009 issue
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Company marks 40 years of tours connecting people of faith
LANCASTER, Pa., and WATERLOO, Ont. — In the late 1960s, two employees of Mennonite Publishing House in Scottdale, Pa., organized a tour of Mennonites eager to recover connections with the roots of Anabaptism in Europe.
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