Anabaptist witness in the face of suffering did not end in Europe in the 16th century. Read the stories of believers from around the world who have continued to bear witness to their faith at great cost.
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Juana García — Cuba
Juana García, a pioneer leader of the Brethren in Christ Church in Cuba, passed away on January 20, 2017 at age 93. In the 1950s García worked alongside Howard and Pearl Wolgemuth, who served as Brethren in Christ missionaries in Cuba beginning in 1953. In 1960, when Wolgemuths were advised to leave Cuba following the Cuban Revolution, García and Keep Reading…
Gladys and Al Geiser — United States
“We don’t understand why it happened, but we do know that God was with Al through all this time.”
Alexander Neufeld (Part II) — Germany
“I could not work with those who would destroy the church, who were responsible for the sufferings of so many Christians.”
Alexander Neufeld (Part I) — Germany
“The Bibles were needed so badly that we used everything that we could!”
Emmanuel Wayindama
The following excerpt is taken from Jim Bertsche, “That’s all you can do to me,” in The Jesus Tribe: Grace stories from Congo’s Mennonites, 1912-2012 ed. Rod Hollinger-Janzen, Nancy Myers and Jim Bertsche (Elkhart, IN: Institute of Mennonite Studies, 2012): 71-72. Co-published with the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism. The first warning Pastor Keep Reading…