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How can Christian values be embodied?
Posted: November 3, 2022 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
My encounters with Anabaptist-Mennonite brothers and sisters in South Korea shaped me. They demonstrate what it means to be a Christ follower. These believers transform their own trauma into a Christ-like life. They bear passion, peace, love and a... Weiterlesen
Sermon advances mission
Posted: Oktober 31, 2022 | Kategorie: News
With sermons from Honduras, Canada, Indonesia and more, “the competition was great this time,” says Fernando Enns, jury member for the Menno Simons Sermon Prize, an initiative of Hamburg-Altona Mennonite Church in Germany and the Centre for Peace... Weiterlesen
A conversation about Scripture
Posted: Oktober 24, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“I was inspired by the radical faith of early Anabaptists, but I don’t want us to be stuck in the 16th century… Anabaptism now has a culturally diverse body,” says Hyejung Yum, co-founder of Sowing for Peace, an intercultural peace ministry based in... Weiterlesen
Let us pray
Posted: Oktober 23, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“Thank you for carrying us in your hearts,” says Siaka Traore, MWC regional representative for Central and West Africa. Mennonite World Conference members are invited to gather together Online Prayer Hour, 18 November 2022. This event will briefly... Weiterlesen
God’s mission in Anabaptist communities
Posted: Oktober 15, 2022 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
“The relationship of Anabaptism and mission is a hot topic, and the field continues to expand to include a number of disciplines and sub-disciplines emerging which attempt to integrate a vision that is both missional and faithful to the Anabaptist... Weiterlesen
A school of love and service
Posted: Oktober 14, 2022 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
“MWC was a school for me. It really helped me to know Anabaptist doctrine and understand how the church operates,” says Francisca Ibanda. Known around the world as “Maman Cisca”, Francisa Ibanda, along with Barbara Nkala, recently completed her... Weiterlesen
Mesach Krisetya
Posted: Oktober 12, 2022 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
Mesach Krisetya, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) president 1997-2003, died 30 September 2022. He was born in Jepara, Indonesia, 9 September 1939. A theologian, professor and academic administrator, author and counsellor, Mesach Krisetya was beloved... Weiterlesen
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – October 2022
Posted: Oktober 6, 2022 | Kategorie: News
We ask for your prayers dear brothers, that God may allow us to continue growing in the ministry in which we are currently working, that God may always provide what is necessary in terms of economic needs and also that in this month of October 2022... Weiterlesen
A journey of understanding
Posted: Oktober 5, 2022 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
It was with great anticipation that I went to attend a Brethren In Christ Church (BICC) conference in Mozambique, in July 2016. This was my first trip as a regional representative for Mennonite World Conference. It was held in a small town called... Weiterlesen
“We felt the connection”
Posted: September 21, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“I think this type of ‘hybrid’ connectedness has great potential for strengthening the communion of Mennonite-related churches around the world,” says Ray Brubacher.Weiterlesen
Believers bring water for drought baptism
Posted: September 20, 2022 | Kategorie: News
In the drought-prone Borena region of Ethiopia, believers saved water to hold a baptism for 120 new believers. The area in Southern Ethiopia currently has a severe water shortage. Believers excavated land and lined it with plastic to preserve... Weiterlesen
Watch for it!
Posted: September 19, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“It was nice to hear something from Indonesia and take part a little bit,” says Erwin Röthlisberger of Evangelische Mennoniten-Gemeinde Bern, Switzerland. He attended Assembly from his home in Europe. Videos from MWC’s Assembly Indonesia 2022 will... Weiterlesen
An opportunity to cross barriers
Posted: September 16, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“Jesus is our hope: even if we go through the valley of the shadow of death, he is by our side.” In the Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday materials for 2023, meet the Christian believer in Burkina Faso who declares this faith despite challenges –... Weiterlesen
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – September 2022
Posted: September 16, 2022 | Kategorie: News
IEU has 16 local churches. Serving the churches, due to the distance between them, is a bit difficult for the conference. For this reason, the conference in Panama works by region. They have five regions and each region has one or two coordinators... Weiterlesen
Fostering relationships
Posted: September 8, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“We want our regional representatives to develop deep relationships with each member church in their region,” says Arli Klassen, regional representatives coordinator. MWC’s regional representatives are part-time volunteers who develop and support... Weiterlesen
Time to correct the page
Posted: August 29, 2022 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
“Indigenous solidarity hits the heart of what we do in the Philippines with Coffee for Peace,” says Joji Pantoja, chair of the Peace Commission (2015-2022). The Peace Commission drafted a Statement of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples that was... Weiterlesen
Jesus’ message of resilience and liberation
Posted: August 26, 2022 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Reading: Matthew 5:3-20 In June 1981, our family moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, where my parents were to teach in a Baptist seminary that wanted more Anabaptist input. We arrived at a particularly raucous point in Bolivian history. In July 1980, Luis... Weiterlesen
MWC is people-centred
Posted: August 24, 2022 | Kategorie: News
People are at the heart of the worldwide community of faith that is Mennonite World Conference. “Our global community is itself the message,” declares MWC’s Reference Notebook in section 7.2. “As a church, our overall administrative approach is... Weiterlesen
Executive servants take up the towel
Posted: August 21, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“As a worldwide community of faith in the Anabaptist tradition, people in ministry are key to Mennonite World Conference,” says César García, MWC general secretary. After Assembly 17 and associated meetings, there are new people serving this global... Weiterlesen
A new shepherd
Posted: August 19, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“MWC – Continuing the work Jesus began through worship, service, mission, and evangalism” (sic). These words are inscribed upon a wooden shepherd’s staff that J. Nelson Kraybill gave to president-elect Henk Stenvers 8 July 2022 as a symbol of... Weiterlesen
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