A Cloud of Witnesses

Indonesia is home

to the oldest Mennonite community outside of Europe and North America. Author

John D. Roth traces the 170

-

year history of Mennonites in Indonesia alongside the larger cultural and

religious history of the country.

By

weaving

the legacy of European colonization and Dutch Mennonite

missions

into

the history of the indigenous Anabaptist

-

Mennonite churches in Indonesia,

Roth creates a

rich narrative

tapestry.

A Cloud of Witnesses

traces the emergence of the three Mennonite

-

related groups found today in

Indonesia.

Like all churches, they have each integrated the good news of the gospel with the local culture,

ethnic identity, religious currents, and national history in a distinctive

way.

In July 2022, these three Mennonite groups in Indonesia will collaboratively host the seventeenth global

assembly of Mennonite World Conference in Semarang, Java.

A Cloud of Witnesses

helps to orient other members of the global Anabaptist

-

Mennoni

te church to the

history and identity of this unique group of churches while also providing practical travel tips, recipes,

reference notes on culture and language and tourist sites

--

making it the perfect accompaniment for

those who

plan to travel to Indone

sia

for Mennonite World Conference

in the summer of 2022.

Selamat dat

an