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Anabaptist Council For Truth

What is truth?

Is there a universal truth
or is it different for different people?

Our desire is that these resources will point you to the Way, help you know Truth and how it is applied in life.

truth

  1. the true or actual state of a matter
  2. conformity with fact or reality; verity

What God established is the reality that exists, whether we accept it or not. God revealed this reality through His Word, Jesus Christ, who said I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.

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Latest Articles

  • Martyrs Mirror Dirk Willems

    Anabaptism: A Primer

    Introduction What is Anabaptism? Why does Anabaptism matter? This article is an attempt to briefly answer those two questions. One of the most defining moments in church history occurred in 1523 in Zürich, Switzerland. The religious atmosphere in Western Europe throughout the medieval period was predominantly Roman Catholic, but change…

    Daniel J. Yoder

    January 23, 2026  ·  12 min read

  • Wooden scaffolding around restored church building

    The Hidden Framework Reshaping Anabaptist Faith: How Good Intentions and Scholarly Appeals Are Quietly Redefining the Gospel

    Conservative Anabaptist communities today face tremendous pressure from progressive theology. As mainline Mennonite conferences have embraced positions incompatible with Scripture, faithful believers have sought solid ground. Many have turned to historical scholarship, early church fathers, contemporary scholars, seeking frameworks to defend biblical faith against liberal drift. When progressives dismiss biblical…

    Edmund Martin

    January 23, 2026  ·  18 min read

  • Open Bible on black tabletop with palm tree background

    Learning Simplicity from Jesus

    I was born into an Anabaptist home, but I am not an Anabaptist solely because of that. I do, however, consider it very influential and a blessing. But, I am a happy Anabaptist! I believe conservative Anabaptism, although filled with imperfect people, has strengths as a system of Biblical interpretation…

    Clyde Byler

    December 18, 2025  ·  9 min read

  • Open Bible beside a notebook titled ‘Priorities’ with a map, camera, passport, and coffee on a wooden desk.

    A Bucket List Mentality

    So, what do you have on your bucket list? You know, that list of things that you “just have to do” before you “kick the bucket.” There are so many places to go, people to meet, and things to do! A quick Google search of “favorite places to go” reveals…

    Martin Layman

    December 18, 2025  ·  7 min read

Latest Book Reviews

  • Zondervan handbook of biblical archaeology

    Zondervan Handbook of Biblical Archaeology [H. Wayne House; Randall Price]

    Implicit in accepting the Bible’s inerrancy is accepting it as history. Those who separate theological truth from historical truth, as it turns out, create an acid that destroys everything it touches. The Bible simply cannot be right about marriage, or human dignity, or justification if it’s wrong about the history…

    Bryce Wenger

    August 15, 2025  ·  3 min read

  • Why Social Justice is Not Biblical Justice

    Why Social Justice is Not Biblical Justice [Scott Allen]

    This past year, the polarizing prominence of Black Lives Matter has brought the social justice movement to everyone’s doorstep. Increasingly, those blissfully or willfully ignorant are forced to take sides – to share the right posts on social media, to put up the right sign in the yard, to signal…

    Bryce Wenger

    August 15, 2025  ·  2 min read

  • Why bother with the church

    Why Bother with Church? [Sam Allberry]

    By the world’s estimation, the church has been sliding – for several decades – down the track of obsolescence. Though once a pillar of Western society, the church no longer enjoys popularity or social approval. And increasingly, not just the world, but also the next generation of church members is…

    Bryce Wenger

    August 15, 2025  ·  2 min read

Our mission was born in the 1980s to proclaim Truth to a church in apostasy. In 1999 we redirected our focus to warn and encourage the remnant to remain faithful in the Truth.

In 2021 we needed to reincorporate as an Indiana nonprofit and decided to change the name to better reflect our mission and purpose in the 21st century.

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