Menno Media
Menno Media is a nonprofit Anabaptist publishing house in Harrisonburg, Virginia, producing Herald Press books, Sunday school and youth curriculum, hymnals, and quarterly magazines for Mennonite congregations and church educators in North America.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded-
- HeadquartersHarrisonburg, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Menno Media does
Menno Media (operating as MennoMedia) is a nonprofit denominational publisher headquartered in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with a secondary office in Elgin, Illinois, and 11-50 employees. The organization produces Anabaptist-focused religious educational materials through its flagship Herald Press imprint, publishing books, Sunday school and youth curriculum, vacation Bible school programs, hymnals, and two quarterly periodicals (Leader magazine for church leaders and Rejoice! devotional magazine). Its product portfolio is organized as a complete faith formation ecosystem spanning toddlers (Wee Wonder) through adult Bible study (Salt & Light), including six named curriculum series, more than 384 Herald Press titles, and supporting programs such as the E3 Book Club quarterly subscription, CommonRead denominational reading initiative, and the -ing Podcast.
The business operates on standard content management and e-commerce infrastructure: customers purchase directly at mennomedia.org with account registration, credit card payment, and phone support (1-800-245-7894), while digital products are delivered as EPUB/PDF zip files or streaming video. Curriculum is sold as one-time purchases with tiered digital pricing scaled to classroom size (1-5, 6-15, 15-25, and 26+ student tiers, with site licenses up to $283.99 USD), and print books range from $9.99 to over $40 USD. Recurring revenue comes from periodical subscriptions and the E3 Book Club quarterly book club.
Go-to-market combines direct-to-consumer e-commerce with event-driven denominational outreach and channel partnerships, most notably co-publishing with Brethren Press for Salt & Light, Reach, and Generation Why curriculum, and CommonRead joint marketing with Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada. Customers are primarily Anabaptist church pastors, Christian educators, and Mennonite congregations across the United States and Canada, with Spanish-language resources (Sal y Luz, El camino de Jesús series) extending reach into Latino ministries. Funding is supplemented by philanthropic grants, including a 2026 Schowalter Foundation grant for a storytelling initiative with Mosaic Mennonite Conference. Amy Gingerich serves as executive director and publisher under a third four-year appointment.
Menno Media firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Menno Media
- Legal name
- Menno Media
- Website
- https://mennomedia.org
- Company type
- Private
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Menno Media is a nonprofit Anabaptist publishing house in Harrisonburg, Virginia, producing Herald Press books, Sunday school and youth curriculum, hymnals, and quarterly magazines for Mennonite congregations and church educators in North America.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Menno Media industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Religious Publishing
- NAICS
- Book Publishers (513130), Periodical Publishers (513120)
- SIC
- Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Religious Education & Catechetical Publishing (Sunday School, Catechism, Study Guides) (MPAJAHAC)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Devotional & Prayer Publishing (Devotionals, Prayer Books, Meditation Guides) (MPAJAHAB), Children’s Religious & Values-Based Publishing (MPAJAFAL)
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Where Menno Media is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Harrisonburg
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
Menno Media business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Book Sales: MennoMedia publishes books under Herald Press imprint and other imprints, selling directly through their website. Books include fiction, non-fiction, devotionals, and academic religious texts. The catalog shows 384+ Herald Press titles with categories spanning biography, fiction, religion, history, and more.
- Curriculum Sales: Religious education curriculum sold as teaching kits, teacher guides, student materials, and digital downloads. Products include Shine (children), Reach (youth), Generation Why (youth), VBS programs, and adult Bible studies. Both print and digital formats available with tiered pricing.
- Periodical Subscriptions: Quarterly magazines including Leader (for church leaders) and Rejoice! (daily devotional). Both available in print and digital formats with subscription pricing.
- E3 Book Club Membership: Quarterly subscription service delivering 3 curated Herald Press books per quarter (12 books annually) to pastors and church leaders with free shipping, representing approximately 35% savings versus individual purchases.
- Hymnal and Music Products: Hymnals including Voices Together and related music resources for congregational worship.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Digital Teaching Kits - Tiered by Student Count |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Print Books - Variable by Title |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Path to Peace Curriculum |
| Subscription | Pay-as-you-go | Periodical Subscriptions |
| Subscription | Quarterly | E3 Book Club Quarterly Shipment |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Reach Youth Curriculum Units |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | VBS #KidsConnect Boxed Set |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Wee Wonder Early Childhood Curriculum |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels6 records
Menno Media product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Menno Media is a non-profit denominational publishing house that produces Anabaptist-focused books, religious education curriculum, periodicals, and hymnals primarily through its Herald Press imprint. The organization sells age-spanning curriculum (toddlers through adults), quarterly magazines, storybook Bibles, music resources, and study materials directly to churches, pastors, educators, and individual believers via its own e-commerce site and denominational partnerships.
Product overview
MennoMedia is a nonprofit Anabaptist publisher offering a comprehensive portfolio of religious education resources, periodicals, and books. The product portfolio centers on curriculum products organized around specific age groups and use cases: Shine (children's Sunday school, VBS, Kids Can Club, Wee Wonder for toddlers), Generation Why and Reach (youth), Current and Salt & Light (all-ages/small groups), and Leader Magazine and Rejoice! (periodicals for church leaders and devotional use). The publishing arm Herald Press produces books through series like The Jesus Way, Upside-Down Living, Believers Church Bible Commentary, and With the Word. Supporting programs include E3 Book Club subscription service, CommonRead initiative, -ing Podcast, Close to Home pamphlet series, and the Voices Together hymnal. The Peace Table: A Storybook Bible serves as the foundational text for much of the Shine curriculum. Additional resources include the Anabaptist Community Bible, Lamenting Racism study materials, and free downloadable certificates and Bible reading charts. Products are available in multiple formats including print, digital downloads, ePub eBooks, and streaming video.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Shine: Sunday school and VBS curriculum for children and youth focusing on faith formation
- Voices Together
- Leader
- Rejoice!
- Shine Curriculum
- Reach
- Generation Why
- Salt & Light
- Current
- Kids Can Club
- Wee Wonder
- Path to Peace
- KidsConnect
- Lamenting Racism
- E3 Book Club
- -ing Podcast
- Close to Home
- CommonRead
- Anabaptism at 500
Products and services
- Herald Press Books Publishing imprint producing books on theology, Anabaptist studies, biography, fiction, and ministry resources for pastors, church leaders, and individual readers across multiple book series.
- Shine Curriculum Sunday school and Vacation Bible School curriculum for children (PreK through grade 8) offering comprehensive faith formation built around The Peace Table: A Storybook Bible, available in print and digital formats with tiered licensing for church sizes.
- Reach Curriculum Interactive faith formation curriculum for high school youth offering flexible six-week units with biblical and topical explorations, intergenerational sessions, and optional weekly text messages.
- Generation Why Youth Bible study curriculum for grades 6-12 enabling youth to apply Scripture to real-life topics and engage in faith discussions.
- Wee Wonder Curriculum Toddler curriculum for children ages 2 introducing God through song, action rhymes, Bible stories, and responsive play, available as a boxed set with Leader's Guide, Music CD, and Bible Activity Cards.
- Kids Can Club! All-in-one children's club curriculum for grades 1-5 with 10 energetic sessions per unit featuring Bible stories, crafts, activities, games, and music.
- Current Curriculum Non-dated intergenerational digital curriculum bringing children, youth, and adults together in worship and learning through annual themed units.
- Salt & Light / Sal y Luz Quarterly Bible study curriculum for Sunday school classes and Bible study groups available in English and Spanish, providing Christ-centered sessions with spiritual practices, commentary, and discussion prompts.
- #KidsConnect VBS Vacation Bible School curriculum incorporating Shine's faith formation approach with relationship building, gathered worship, spiritual practices, and discovery-based learning for children.
- Path to Peace Curriculum Peace education curriculum allowing teachers and children to follow peace paths in The Peace Table: A Storybook Bible, with modules for PreK-Kindergarten and Elementary age levels.
- Leader Magazine Quarterly magazine subscription for church leaders offering practical ministry ideas, feature articles, new resources, and seasonal worship series available in print and digital formats.
- Rejoice! Devotional Magazine Quarterly devotional magazine subscription featuring daily Bible readings, inspirational messages, prayers, stories, poems, and daily prayer requests, available in print and digital formats.
- E3 Book Club Quarterly subscription book club for pastors and church leaders delivering 3 curated Herald Press books per quarter with free US/Canada shipping, providing approximately 35% savings versus individual purchases.
- The Peace Table: A Storybook Bible Storybook Bible presenting Bible stories in accessible format for children with peace themes, used as the foundational text for the Shine curriculum and adopted by Hesston College as a required textbook.
- Anabaptist Community Bible Bible project from MennoMedia/Herald Press offered in special editions including leather and soft-touch versions, reflecting Anabaptist perspective and study notes.
- Voices Together Hymnal Hymnal and congregational music resource with supporting materials available through voicestogetherhymnal.org for Anabaptist worship settings.
- Lamenting Racism Study Six-session anti-racism study resource featuring videos with leading pastors and theologians engaging biblical lament as anti-racism practice, including Leader's Guide, Participant Journal, and streaming video licensing.
- Close to Home Pamphlets Series of pamphlets designed to help Christian caregivers address mental health and social issues including alcoholism, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, PTSD, and other life challenges.
- The Jesus Way Book Series Concise book series deeply rooted in Anabaptist theology, written by international scholars, pastors, and practitioners to help readers deepen their faith.
- Upside-Down Living Book Series Series of short books exploring Jesus' upside-down call away from status and power toward service and sharing, covering parenting, prayer, faith-sharing, violence, identity, money, Sabbath, and technology.
- With the Word Bible Study Series Bible study and devotional series exploring specific books of the Bible from an Anabaptist perspective for group or individual study.
- Believers Church Bible Commentary Series Multi-volume Bible commentary series from Herald Press providing theological commentary from an Anabaptist perspective.
- Free Downloadable Resources Free downloadable church resources including certificates (marriage, membership, baptism, transfer, parent/child dedication), Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, and Bible reading charts.
Quantifiable outcome
- Nearly 1 million copies of More-with-Less cookbook sold over 50 years, demonstrating sustained market demand for their content
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Companies that use Menno Media
Customer profileNamed customers5 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Menno Media technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration4 records
Feature3 records
Menno Media partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Mosaic Mennonite ConferencecoreMennoMedia received Schowalter Foundation grant to launch a storytelling initiative in partnership with Mosaic Mennonite Conference. The initiative focuses on discipleship and involves joint development of storytelling resources for the conference.
- Brethren PresscoreMennoMedia and Brethren Press announced a new partnership for quarterly adult curriculum. The collaboration produces Salt & Light (adult Bible study), Reach (high school youth curriculum), and Generation Why (youth curriculum). This is a co-publishing relationship combining resources from both denominational publishers.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeminorHerald Press and Mennonite Central Committee collaborated on the 50th anniversary edition of More-with-Less cookbook, inviting stories of food, faith, and community for possible inclusion in the commemorative edition.
- Hesston CollegeminorHesston College adopted The Peace Table: A Storybook Bible as a required textbook for their Introduction to Biblical Literature course, demonstrating institutional validation of MennoMedia's curriculum quality.
- Mennonite Church USAcoreCommonRead initiative partnership encouraging every Mennonite to read selected books. Mennonite Church USA co-selects titles with Mennonite Church Canada and Herald Press to promote congregational reading and discussion.
- Mennonite Church CanadacoreCommonRead initiative partnership encouraging every Mennonite to read selected books. Mennonite Church Canada co-selects titles with Mennonite Church USA and Herald Press to promote congregational reading and discussion.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Menno Media competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Group Publishing: Denominationally independent publisher specializing in children's and youth curriculum, Sunday school, and VBS programs (including Faithweaver and Simply Loved). Closely comparable to MennoMedia's Shine, KidsConnect VBS, and Reach curriculum lines.
- Augsburg Fortress: Publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America producing books, curriculum (Sparkhouse), and liturgical resources. Comparable in serving a mainline denomination with full-age curriculum, periodicals, and hymnal-style products similar to MennoMedia's portfolio.
- Church Publishing Incorporated: Official publisher of the Episcopal Church producing books, curriculum, the Book of Common Prayer, and Forward Day by Day devotional. Closely mirrors MennoMedia's mix of denominational publishing, devotional periodicals, and worship/liturgical resources.
- Presbyterian Publishing Corporation: Publisher of the Presbyterian Church (USA) producing theological books, curriculum, and the monthly Presbyterians Today/Presbyterian Mission Today periodicals. Comparable denominational publishing mix spanning books, curriculum, and periodicals.
- Abingdon Press: Publishing arm of the United Methodist Church producing adult Bible studies, children's curriculum, and theological books. Directly comparable in operating a denominational curriculum-plus-books business across age groups and denominations.
- Judson Press: Publishing ministry of American Baptist Churches USA producing books on Christian living, leadership, and ministry. Comparable as a small denominational publisher with a book-centric catalog and ministry-focused content.
- Sparkhouse: Youth and family ministry brand of Augsburg Fortress producing Sunday school curriculum, intergenerational programs, and family resources. Directly comparable to MennoMedia's Shine, Current, and Path to Peace intergenerational curriculum offerings.
- Concordia Publishing House: Publishing arm of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod producing curriculum, hymnals, and theological books. Similar full-stack denominational publishing model including children's and youth curriculum comparable to Shine and Reach.
- Brethren Press: Publishing arm of the Church of the Brethren, co-publisher with MennoMedia on Reach, Generation Why, and Salt & Light curriculum. Operates as a similarly sized denominational publisher with overlapping Anabaptist-adjacent content and shared production economics.
Broad incumbents
- David C Cook: Interdenominational Christian publisher with a much broader footprint in curriculum, music, and children's resources (e.g., Deep Blue, Bible-in-Life). Comparable products but operates at significantly larger scale across multiple denominations rather than serving a single theological tradition.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
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Frequently asked questions about Menno Media
What does Menno Media do?
Menno Media is a non-profit denominational publishing house that produces Anabaptist-focused books, religious education curriculum, periodicals, and hymnals primarily through its Herald Press imprint. The organization sells age-spanning curriculum (toddlers through adults), quarterly magazines, storybook Bibles, music resources, and study materials directly to churches, pastors, educators, and individual believers via its own e-commerce site and denominational partnerships.
Is Menno Media a public or private company?
Menno Media is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was Menno Media founded?
Menno Media was founded in -1. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Menno Media based?
Menno Media is headquartered in Harrisonburg, United States, in the North America region.
How does Menno Media make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Book Sales are the primary driver. The others are curriculum Sales, periodical Subscriptions, E3 Book Club Membership and hymnal and Music Products.
Who are Menno Media's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Group Publishing, Augsburg Fortress, Church Publishing Incorporated, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, Abingdon Press, Judson Press, Sparkhouse, Concordia Publishing House and Brethren Press. David C Cook is listed as a broad incumbent.
Does Menno Media have an API?
No public API is recorded for Menno Media.
What industry is Menno Media in?
Menno Media's product category is Religious Publishing. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAJAHAC, Religious Education & Catechetical Publishing (Sunday School, Catechism, Study Guides), with a secondary code of MPAJAHAB, Devotional & Prayer Publishing (Devotionals, Prayer Books, Meditation Guides). Its NAICS code is 513130 and its SIC code is 2731.