Courage to Enter the Song: A Mennonite Action Guide to Grassroots Organizing

Morgan Koehler on December 11, 2025

book cover of Courage to Enter the Song A Mennonite Action Guide to Grassroots Organizing

Since November 2023, Mennonite Action has organized and led a movement among Anabaptist Christians for peace and justice in Palestine. Through this action guide, Mennonite Action now makes the theological basis and practical tools for grassroots movement organizing available to anyone seeking the courage to enter the song.

“The grassroots group Mennonite Action demonstrates theology’s resources for movement building and a compelling call to reject imperial religion today. Mennonite Action may well be a ‘front light.'”
—Janna Hunter-Bowman, associate professor of peace studies and Christian social ethics, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

About the editors

Nick Martin is a social movement organizer, trainer, strategist, and co-founder and campaign director at Mennonite Action. He served as the deputy national field director for the Bernie Sanders campaign in 2020 and co-founded the grassroots political organizations Lancaster Stands Up and Pennsylvania Stands Up.

Jonathan Smucker is a political organizer, campaigner, strategist, and co-founder of Popular Comms Institute, Lancaster Stands Up, Pennsylvania Stands Up, Common Defense, Beyond the Choir, and Mennonite Action. He is a sociology PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals.

To order online (credit card)

Learn & Lead

Admissions & Aid

About AMBS

Resources & Events

Support AMBS