The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online is a standing reference work maintained collaboratively by Mennonite historical societies and related institutions, covering the history, congregations and doctrine of Anabaptist and Mennonite churches worldwide. Its strength is denominational expertise combined with an ongoing editorial process, entries are written and revised by people with direct institutional knowledge of Anabaptist history rather than by anonymous general contributors, giving it real authority for factual and historical claims about specific congregations and figures. Its limit is that, as a project maintained by and for the Anabaptist community itself, it is not an independent outside scholarly source, so a claim requiring critical historical distance from the tradition's own self-understanding is better checked against an academic history of Anabaptism alongside this denominational encyclopedia.
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Citation
AuthorMennonite Historical Society and partner bodies
PublisherGAMEO
Publication Year1990
URLhttps://gameo.org/
Source Typeencyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online, a standing reference work for Anabaptist history maintained by the Mennonite historical societies and partner bodies. NotesStanding reference work for Anabaptist history, maintained by the Mennonite historical societies.
Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Anabaptism directly: "checked against an academic history of Anabaptism alongside this denominational encyclopedia."
This source names Global directly: "The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online is a standing reference work maintained collaboratively by Mennonite historical societies and related institutions, covering the history..."
This source names Mennonites directly: "The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online is a standing reference work maintained collaboratively by Mennonite historical societies and related institutions, covering the history..."
Claims Backed By This Source (57 claims)
This source backs 57 claims across the atlas. As facts: 41 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds, 3 connected. Plus 8 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Articles, 15 claims: 11 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 11 claims: 9 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Doctrines, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Denominations, 4 claims: 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Figures, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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