500 years: The courage to love
On 29 May 2025, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) welcomed some 3 000 guests from around the world to The Courage to Love: Anabaptism@500.
Young adults gathered the next day to be Empowered by love at the 2025 Global Youth Summit (GYS).
Early Anabaptists in Europe sought God’s face in dangerous times. Today, Anabaptist sisters and brothers around the world experience challenges of their own.
As we seek God’s face together in the global church, consider a gift of $5, $50, or $500 to MWC today to commemorate 500 years of Anabaptism. Your gift of support to MWC enables the whole body to flourish as Christ continues to build us up in love.
Year in Review 2024
Our member churches are like the many pieces of a mosaic. Each piece is different, but together we form one beautiful mosaic. Thank you to everyone in our churches supporting MWC.
Our Membership
1
International Association
110
Mennonite & Brethren in Christ national churches
61
Countries
1.45
Million
baptized believers
10 180
Congregations
News
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A reminder of our presence in the world
“We are stewards of creation; this tree reminds us that every step we take as Commissions, as Officers, and Networks has repercussions for creation,” says Henk Stenvers, MWC president. It also symbolizes our presence in the world, he said. The Executive Committee, Commissions, staff and Creation Care Task Force planted a linden tree (tilia cordata) […]
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In Prayer
If you would like to share a prayer with us, please write to prayers@mwc-cmm.org.
Urgent Prayers and Pastoral Letters
Online Prayer hour
Upcoming prayer hours are at 14:00 UTC*.
- Friday, 18 July 2025
- Friday, 19 September 2025
The prayer Network
The Prayer Network supports our global family by emailing prayers every two months and occasionally when an urgent call to prayer arises.
Worship Resource
YABs Fellowship Week 2025
Each of us is uniquely made and deeply loved by God. Yet too often, difference becomes a wall. Because of appearance, language, identity, ways of thinking or living, some are unable to find their place, even in the church.
1 Corinthians 12 tells us that we are all part of one body, and that each part is valuable.
This isn’t just a beautiful metaphor. It is a call to live out our faith.
Jesus always looked to the margins. He made space for those others overlooked. As followers of Christ, we are invited to do the same: to approach those who feel pushed aside because of their differences, not with pity, but with love.
Our Magazine
Courier 2025 / 40.1
In the issue:
Perspectives
- Brethren in Christ Church in South Africa
- Hmong District 20th of the Church of Christ in Thailand
- Igreja dos Irmãos Menonitas de Portugal
- Convención Evangélica Hermanos Menonitas Nivaclé in Paraguay
- Rosedale Network of Churches in the USA
