Anniversary

• News from our Canadian Friends

  Another resource is available here: https://bwabaptistheritage.org/500-years/

  

• 500th Anniversary Resources

  Find resources to support your exploration of the 500th Anniversary here: There is an introductory reading list on the Anabaptist tradition at: https://amnetwork.uk/resource/anabaptism-introductory-reading-list/. There is a special issue of the Journal of European Baptist Studies: https://jebs.eu/ojs/index.php/jebs/index The Anabaptist Community Bible has been published by MennoMedia. Details at:https://anabaptismat500.com/ An introductory online course, ‘Encountering the Anabaptists’, has…

  

• Walk London’s Anabaptism Trail in 2025

  Download the leaflet and take a walk around the sites in London associated with Nonconformist history

  

• Introducing ‘Together Across Difference’

  The Anabaptist Mennonnite Network, in partnership with the project Peaceful Borders, is aiming to facilitate 10,000 conversations during 2025 as part of the Together Across Difference initiative, celebrating the 500th Anniversary of Anabaptism in Europe. Our new Together Across Difference project uses the method for communications called 'Weaving Trust', pioneered recently by friends in Citizens UK. An…

  

• Talking Anabaptism

  Why Anabaptism? A few folks talk about their engagement with the movement. See more on the AMN YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSYarjL7-5zOD9eePOJQoLiY7C6eR8fFB&si=PtmvHOoJzmp4KPDd

  

• Anniversary Events

  What's happening where in 2025? 18 January: Day conference with David Bebbington and Stuart Murray Williams at Bristol Baptist Church, 1 Queensferry Rd, Edinburgh EH4 3DJ Information from [email protected] 22 February: Day conference at Clay Community Church 206 Bardowie Street, Glasgow G22 5AB co-sponsored by the Anabaptist Mennonite Network and the Scottish Network Churches. Information…

  

• Anabaptism: A Brief History

  ReformationsSixteenth-century Europe was in the throes of major cultural changes that were disrupting the political, economic, social and religious arrangements that had persisted for several centuries. In particular: Medieval feudalism was giving way to capitalism and a new urban middle class was growing in influence and threatening traditional social power structures. Nationalism was becoming an…