The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) is an
online encyclopedia of topics relating to
Mennonites and
Anabaptism
Anabaptism (from Neo-Latin , from the Greek : 're-' and 'baptism', german: Täufer, earlier also )Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term (translation: "Re-baptizers"), considering it biased. ...
. The mission of the project is to provide free, reliable, English-language information on Anabaptist-related topics.
GAMEO was started in 1996 as the Canadian Mennonite Encyclopedia Online by the
Mennonite Historical Society of Canada. In 2005 the project was renamed to its current title and the scope expanded with the additional partnership of the
Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission
Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Radica ...
and the
Mennonite Church USA Archives The Mennonite Church USA Archives was founded in 2001 under the denominational merger of the (old) Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church. Prior to 2001, the two largest Mennonite denominations maintained separate archives: t ...
. The collaboration has since further expanded, with the addition of the
Mennonite Central Committee in 2006, the
Mennonite World Conference in January 2007, and the
Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism in 2011.
Starting as a database of Anabaptist groups in Canada, GAMEO secured rights to copy and update the
Mennonite Encyclopedia
Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Radica ...
published by Herald Press in the 1950s and 1990. A project goal was to have the entire contents of the Mennonite Encyclopedia, including the supplement volume published in 1990, available on the web. This was accomplished by February 2009, at which time the encyclopedia contained more than 14,000 articles.
Articles are either adapted from other scholarly works or assigned to knowledgeable authors and then undergo editorial review before publication to the website.
of
Waterloo, Ontario served as managing editor from the encyclopedia's inception until 2012. Richard D. Thiessen of
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Abbotsford is a city located in British Columbia, adjacent to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver and the Fraser River. With an estimated population of 153,524 people it is the largest municipality in the province outside metro ...
was managing editor from 2012 to May 2017.
of Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana was appointed General Editor in May, 2017.
See also
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Mennonite Historical Library
The Mennonite Historical Library (MHL) is considered the world's most prominent and complete collection of resources and artifacts pertaining to Mennonites and related Anabaptist groups. It is housed in the Harold and Wilma Good Library on the ...
References
External links
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Internet properties established in 1996
Anabaptism
Mennonitism
Christian encyclopedias
Online encyclopedias
1996 establishments in Canada
20th-century encyclopedias
21st-century encyclopedias
American online encyclopedias
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