We are pleased to have received a $10,000 grant to organize the John Howard Yoder papers. The grant awarded by Schowalter Foundation will be used to organize, preserve and index the first 128 boxes of the late John Howard Yoder papers in Mennonite Church USA Archives--Goshen, Ind. Yoder began depositing his papers here in 1971.

John Howard Yoder is recognized as one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century. Yoder's impact on students, scholars and ordinary Christians went beyond his own Mennonite Church and his own nation. His Politics of Jesus (1972) opened a theological discussion of the radical nature of Jesus' message that continues to this day.

Yoder's message of biblical non-resistance, his wide-ranging ecumenical engagement with other denominations and faith traditions and his stature in the theological community make his collection one of the most significant recent additions to the archives in Goshen in the past decade. The collection is likely to bring scholars from around the world for generations to come. When completed, the detailed inventories, listing the many parts of this collection, will be posted on the Web for broader visibility.