ISGA Collaborations
On November 10, 2020, the ISGA participated in Round 2 of “The Anabaptist Story Lives On: Virtual Museum & Archive Tour.” This virtual Zoom tour organized by TourMagination involved archivists and executive directors from Anabaptist and Mennonite museums, archives, and heritage centers in the USA and Canada. In the November session, John D. Roth introduced the work of the ISGA in a presentation titled “From Zurich to Addis Ababa: How Anabaptism Became a Global Movement.” Follow this link to watch the presentation: https://www.tourmagination.com/vtour-2/
As a part of a collaboration with MWC, ISGA Administrative Assistant, Kristen Swartley, has been supporting the work of the Creation Care Task Force (CCTF). The task force, appointed in the summer of 2020 by MWC, recently completed a survey of the global Anabaptist-Mennonite Church to gain better understanding of current attitudes toward the on-going climate crisis. Swartley has helped to organize and translate survey results. After last fall’s hurricanes in Central America, Swartley also connected with survey participant Karen Flores Vindel for on-the-ground information and wrote a piece about the impacts of climate change titled “Hurricanes wreak havoc in Central America.” Follow this link to read the story on the MWC website.
As the 500th year anniversary of the first Zurich baptisms in 1525 draws nearer, the film production company Affox AG, headed by Swiss Mennonite Max Wiedmer, has partnered with a variety of Anabaptist-Mennonite organizations to create a series of five short films (one per year, with a final 90 minute docu-drama to appear in 2025) featuring Anabaptists around the world today. The first 10-minute film focusing on the Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia is already available, and production for the second film in Indonesia and the Philippines will start soon. ISGA’s director, John D. Roth, has served as a consultant for this project. Look through the posts on our Facebook page to find links for a project trailer and first film featuring the Ethiopian Mennonite church: https://www.facebook.com/instituteforthestudyofglobalanabaptism. For French, Spanish, Amharic, and German translations of this trailer, follow links under the Youtube video or check the Affox AG Youtube page.