On January 29th, 7pm, at Harrisonburg Mennonite Church, John D. Roth will give a lecture entitled “They Went Out From Us, But They Were Not of Us:”  The Gift and the Challenge of Church Unity in the Anabaptist Tradition. Professor Roth’s talk will focus on the challenge of unity and schism across the 500 years of our tradition, with a view to making sense of the "unraveling" of the denominational forms of church that we seem to be experiencing in the 21st century. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

John D. Roth is professor emeritus of history at Goshen College, and formerly served as editor of Mennonite Quarterly Review and director of the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism at Goshen College. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago. Roth’s many books include Choosing Against War: A Christian View, Beliefs: Mennonite Faith and Practice, Stories: How Mennonites Came to Be, and Practices: Mennonite Worship and Witness. Roth lives in Goshen, Indiana.

Congregational singing, led by Nathan May, will open and close the evening. A freewill offering will be taken.