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“What's Good News?”

Thursday, December 3 — 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. EST
Friday, December 4 — 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST
Virtual Conference

Thank you to everyone who attended this year's conference! Check back on this page as we start planning the 2021 conference.

2020 Conference Highlights
What are the stories we’re telling in this time of upheaval, fear and polarization? Whose voices are being lifted up?


You who bring good news to Zion,
    go up on a high mountain.
You who bring good news to Jerusalem,
    lift up your voice with a shout,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
    say to the towns of Judah,
    “Here is your God!”  —Isaiah 40:9 (NIV)
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THURSDAY AFTERNOON KEYNOTE: Osheta Moore
We will tell better stories
Social media has been invaluable in rallying White peacemakers to care about racial injustices in our country; however, that medium has the potential to be hostile. It’s easy to forget there are people behind the posts and to truly know how to take our online conversations about race and justice into our real lives. Can we be peacemakers for the racial divide today? We can, as long as we commit to becoming better storytellers.

FRIDAY MORNING KEYNOTE: Danielle Klotz and Paul Schrag
The courageous work of becoming Anabaptist World

September 1, 2020, launched a new era of Anabaptist independent journalism with the merger of Mennonite World Review and The Mennonite. Three months in, the process of merging continues, and the work of serving an audience with a broad spectrum of theological beliefs presents both ongoing challenges and opportunities. Together Klotz and Schrag will share about the journey of becoming Anabaptist World and speaking courageously as a faith-based platform.

Special thanks to our 2020 conference sponsors:
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2020 Keynote Speakers:

Thursday Afternoon

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Osheta Moore

Podcaster, blogger, everyday peacemaker, Outreach and Teaching Pastor at Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Osheta is the author of Shalom Sistas: Living Wholeheartedly in a Brokenhearted World (Herald, 2017) and Dear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace (Herald, forthcoming).
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Friday Morning

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Danielle Klotz

Danielle Klotz is executive director of Anabaptist World (AW). She lives in Goshen, Indiana, with her partner, Nata, and their son, Francesco. Before joining AW, Dani worked in marketing, communications and, for a shorter time, development at Mennonite Mission Network. She is an alumna of both Hesston College and Goshen College, and served for a year with Mennonite Mission Network in Brazil.
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Friday Morning

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Paul Schrag

Paul Schrag is editor of Anabaptist World (AW). Previously he was on the staff of Mennonite World Review for 32 years, serving as editor since 1996. He attends First Mennonite Church of Newton, Kan. He is married to Wendy and has two young adult daughters, Abby Koch and Becca Schrag. Though he now edits a magazine, he's still a newspaper addict who gets both sides of the story by reading The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal every day.  

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Friday Morning Devotional

David Cramer

David Cramer is teaching pastor at Keller Park Church in South Bend, Indiana, and managing editor at the Institute of Mennonite Studies at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. Previously he was associate editor at Baker Academic and Brazos Press in Grand Rapids, Michigan. David is co-editor of The Activist Impulse: Essays on the Intersection of Evangelicalism and Anabaptism (Pickwick, 2012) and co-author of A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence (Baker Academic, forthcoming). His writing has appeared in Christian Century, The Mennonite, and Sojourners, and at his Patheos blog Anabaptist Revisions.  
AC's annual conferences provide a rare, valuable opportunity for people working in the faith-based communications space to share ideas, challenges, questions and keep up to date with trends and best practices within Anabaptist organizations across North America."
–Mike Strathdee, MEDA

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