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Europe Volume of Global History Series Released

Testing Faith and Tradition, the history of European Mennonite churches, has been released as part of the Global Mennonite History Series.

A project of Mennonite World Conference, this second volume in the series tells the story of Mennonite churches coming into being across Europe, endeavoring to remain faithful through nearly five centuries.

Much has been written about the beginnings of these fellowships. But until now, far less has been available about the years that followed. Frequent wars during the past 480 years strained these Mennonite churches immeasurably, especially when their governments battled each other. This volume recounts those torturous and formative experiences.

Seldom have the distinguishing features of the Dutch, the French, the Germans, the Swiss, the Russian — and, more recently, the U.K., the Italian, and the Spanish — Mennonite churches been examined. These churches' cultural and historical differences are significantly unique, and they are a key part of the history told in these chapters by European Mennonite historians and church leaders. The Umsiedler, with their sheer numbers and religious vigor, are a current force included in this ongoing story.

Today many of these Anabaptist-descended Mennonite churches throughout Europe are declining in membership, but they are not without reinvigorated faith and hope. Writers from within these various fellowships have contributed the chapters to this frankly told, highly engaging story. Hanspeter Jecker, of Switzerland, and Alle G. Hoekema, of The Netherlands, served as co-editors of this volume. (John A. Lapp and C. Arnold Snyder are the Series editors.)

Testing Faith and Tradition: Global Mennonite History Series, Europe is available in the U.S. from Good Books (www.GoodBooks.com, or by calling 800/762-7171), in Canada from Pandora Press (www.PandoraPress.com) or from www.Amazon.com or www.bn.com, and in Europe may be ordered from info@ads.nl.

— Phyllis Pellman Good, MWC Communications Consultant