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Season of Creation – 6
Posted: september 30, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
A prayer for frugal life Holy One, Our world is overtaken by our greed for more goods than we need. We confess our rapacious consumption, obsession with winning, and our undercutting and isolating of the most vulnerable among us. Renewing Spirit,... Lees meer
New partnership enables global access to Anabaptist theological education
Posted: september 18, 2020 | Categorie: News
Mennonite World Conference and AMBS enter partnership in “sharing of gifts” Mennonites around the globe yearn for Anabaptist theological education, identity formation and leadership development, but attending an Anabaptist-related college,... Lees meer
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – September 2020
Posted: september 17, 2020 | Categorie: Testimonies
The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its... Lees meer
Can preaching bring peace?
Posted: september 16, 2020 | Categorie: News
The Menno Simons Sermon Prize was established by Dr. h.c. Annelie Kümpers-Greve (1946-2017), member of Hamburg-Altona Mennonite congregation in Germany, in 2008 on her conviction about the spoken word. Each year, the Centre for Peace Church Theology... Lees meer
Season of Creation – 4
Posted: september 15, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
Prayer during a time of threat We live in a world of great beauty, but also in a world under threat. Lord, we come to you in our fragility, trusting in your loving care and providence. Please receive our prayers… for those impacted by and living in... Lees meer
Season of Creation – 5
Posted: september 15, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
God of creation We come to you this season recognizing that you are the creator, and we open our eyes to the beauty that fills the creatures, the land, the air and the water. You are creator not only of humankind, but of all that graces this planet... Lees meer
Season of Creation – 3
Posted: september 13, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
Children, don’t be intimidated Written from a maternal instinct, this lament presents a mother in a rural kitchen preparing porridge for her children. Bantwana lingatshotshobali Isihlahla soxakuxaku asisanunkuli, Ibhokola emasimini alisabonakali,... Lees meer
Global team, one focus: planning Assembly 17 in Indonesia
Posted: september 8, 2020 | Categorie: News
New staff have begun serving Mennonite World Conference to prepare for the global gathering Assembly 17, now postponed to 5-10 July 2022 in Semarang, Indonesia.Lees meer
Een onophoudelijke eis
Posted: september 6, 2020 | Categorie: Testimonies
Zoals vele mennonieten koester ik de zestiende-eeuwse verhalen van het lijden van de wederdopers. Zoals vele spookt de gevaarlijke herinnering van de gekruisigde in mijn hoofd: ‘Neem je kruis op je, en volg mij.’ [Mat.26;24]Lees meer
Solidair met de Wayana in Frans-Guyana
Posted: september 5, 2020 | Categorie: Testimonies
Linia woont in Frans-Guyana, in een afgelegen plaats in het oerwoud, Taluene geheten, aan de Marowijne. Het voedsel in Linia’s gemeenschap is besmet door de goudwinning. Evenals andere inheemse volken wereldwijd heeft Linia’s volk geen... Lees meer
Season of Creation – 2
Posted: september 4, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
God, Give us the power to trust each other and to choose the sustainable way that frees your creation from distress. Give us the power to share knowledge and to seek for sustainable solutions that allow future generations to live on Give us the... Lees meer
COVID-19 global response fund helps churches
Posted: september 3, 2020 | Categorie: News
“I have seen entire families in the garbage dumps looking to quench their hunger. I have also watched with sadness as they return the elderly from the hospitals because there are no possibilities to attend them, nor medicines to supply them,” said... Lees meer
Follow the fire: walking with Jesus in the Spirit’s presence
Posted: september 3, 2020 | Categorie: Testimonies
Side by side, the mighty river of Pentecostals today and the heirs of the Anabaptist stream of the Christian tradition may seem fairly remote from each other, but the underground reality is more closely connected than one would first detect. Photo:... Lees meer
Season of Creation 2020 – 1
Posted: augustus 31, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
Humility God of all the earth – Take us outside to your holy places. Take us out beyond our walls, Out where we can see our neighbours. Out past the garden With its ripe tomatoes and fat watermelons. Out where flowers bloom yellow and pink And sway... Lees meer
MWC charts course for future operations
Posted: augustus 26, 2020 | Categorie: News
Postpones Assembly, adjusts terms of service, financial policies “Like the Israelites in the desert, as recorded in the book of Numbers, we’re on a journey together, trusting in God’s daily provision and presence,” said J. Nelson Kraybill, MWC... Lees meer
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – August 2020
Posted: augustus 21, 2020 | Categorie: News
The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its... Lees meer
MWC shifts Assembly to 2022
Posted: augustus 20, 2020 | Categorie: News
Mennonite World Conference (MWC) decided to postpone the global Assembly until 2022: 5–10 July. In close consultation with the National Advisory Committee in host country Indonesia, the Executive Committee of MWC has decided not to hold the... Lees meer
MWC COVID-19 response fund reaches remote Indonesian island
Posted: augustus 14, 2020 | Categorie: News
For people in Sumba Island, the COVID-19 pandemic may not be their top worry. Thanks to their remote location, less than two dozen infections have been confirmed on the island as of 4 August 2020. However, the community is devastated by the economic... Lees meer
Remember your baptism
Posted: augustus 12, 2020 | Categorie: News
Trilateral dialogue report presents gifts and challenges The final report on the Lutheran-Mennonite-Roman Catholic Trilateral Conversation has been published. The report summarizes five years of theological consultations between the three communions... Lees meer
From teaching math to multiplying churches
Posted: augustus 12, 2020 | Categorie: Testimonies
School graduations, church conferences, crime awareness and prayer meetings. All these take place in our church building with participation from local churches across denominations. We have many opportunities to be peacemakers in our area, working... Lees meer
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