Masthof Press

The signs of decline are everywhere in the American church. Instead of finding blame in other places, the author asks "What if God is dismantling the church?" For Kanagy, the decline of the church is...

This is the true story of Ruth Reimer Yoder, a German Mennonite girl, growing up in Nazi Germany. Near the end of World War II, she and her family became refugees in Denmark before being reunited...

The third in a series of stories about children living in western Virginia during the end of the 1800s. Experience life with the Shank family as they learn and grow in many different ways, but in the...

The fifth in a series of stories about children living in western Virginia during the end of the 1800s. After the death of their parents, Maggie and Becky join the Brunk family of four sisters and...

God's call to prison ministry came to Nelson Zeiset at twelve years old. From that time, the Lancaster County Mennonite boy ordered his life accordingly, with a singular purpose to take the Gospel...

How does one handle a sudden, dramatic accident-an accident that takes the life of one's five-year-old son? In this true story, meet the Smucker Amish parents who live in Lancaster Co., Pa., and...

Join Becky, a curious and lively 8-year-old girl, as she embarks on a journey of discovery! Becky loves climbing trees, playing with chickens, and asking lots of questions. When she learns that her...

This fourth book is the most autobiographical and "memoir-like" of the series, pulling together in one volume the author's experience of life-long inner religious and emotional turmoil, growing up in...

This book is of a different tone and nature than the first two, as we experience the author leaning more toward his pastoral voice than the prophetic-though both remain in the mix. While these are...

Join young Sofia as she watches several different kinds of fish swim around in aquariums, ponds, touch pools, and giant fish tanks. Beautiful color illustrations accompany the text and bring the...

The fourth in a series of stories about children living in western Virginia during the end of the 1800s. After influenza takes the lives of both his parents, Peter comes to live with his Shank...

The sixth in a series of stories about children living in western Virginia during the end of the 1800s. Many changes in the CrossRoads community call for a variety of ways to say goodbye. Some...

In this second book in the series-"A Church Dismantled"-the author looks objectively at our society and church communities, both as a sociologist of religion as well as a Mennonite pastor. The book...

The second book in a series of stories about children living in western Virginia during the end of the 1800s. Discover the changes happening in Levi Shank's family as pets come and go before Levi...

Who were the Anabaptists? What happened 500 years ago that was so significant? Why does the Anabaptist movement still matter today? This collection of paintings, stories, and poems celebrating the...

The first of a series of stories about children living in western Virginia during the end of the 1800s. Follow the life of Samuel and Ruth Shank as families grow and new friendships develop as the...

The seventh in a series of stories about children living in western Virginia during the end of the 1800s. A one-room school becomes the social center for children in grades one to eight. The parents...

Join the Fridberg family as Widow Maria Barbara and her four children brave hardship and overcome the obstacles to traveling from their village of Massenbach in what is now Germany to the city of...

Claudette spends most days playing with her two best friends in the lagoon. When they join in the hermit crab shell exchange Claudette is too picky, leaving her with only one shell to choose...

Walter Brueggemann is a very successful person who wrote more than 100 books, but still sometimes wonders if he has done anything of value. This biography written for children shows how even though...

This book brings to life the firsthand account of Matthew Sims who earned three Purple Hearts while serving as Combat Medic "Doc Sims." He lived through the Iraq and Afghanistan battlefields...