Eileen R. Kinch is digital editor at Anabaptist World. She studied English at Chatham College and writing as ministry at Earlham School of Religion. She is the author of Gathering the Silence (Finishing Line Press). Her poetry has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including Foreshadow, Topology Magazine, Convivium, Fledgling Rag, and Enlivened by the Mystery: Quakers and God. Her essays have appeared in the Journal of Mennonite Writing, CrossCurrents, and the Mezzo Cammin Women Poet’s Timeline. She and her husband Joel Nofziger live near Tylersport, Pennsylvania, with their two cats. She is a member of Keystone Friends Meeting in Lancaster County.
John D. Roth is project director of MennoMedia’s Anabaptism at 500 initiative. Prior to that role, Roth was a professor of history at Goshen College (1985–2022), where he also served as director of the Mennonite Historical Library and editor of the Mennonite Quarterly Review. Roth has published widely on topics related to Anabaptist-Mennonite history, theology, and church life. He is also the founding director of the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism at Goshen College and is active in Mennonite World Conference. John and his wife Ruth enjoy spending time with their grandchildren and are members of Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship in Goshen, Indiana.
