Assembly

What is Assembly?

Mennonite World Conference Assemblies are reunions of the Anabaptist-Mennonite family worldwide and take place every six years. We look forward to our next Assembly, which will be held in Ethiopia in 2028.

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  • How to make friends and pray for people – online

    How to make friends and pray for people – online

    11 tips for using the Assembly Hub: You can meet brothers and sisters within the wide diversity of the Mennonite World Conference family in the Assembly Hub.

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  • How the Assembly Hub crosses barriers of space

    How the Assembly Hub crosses barriers of space

    “It’s not the planned things that change us; it’s the encounters,” says Benjamin Isaak-Krauß, a two-time Assembly participant from Germany. Online participants find space for those barrier-crossing encounter at Mennonite World Conference’s event in the Assembly Hub.  Event programs can be inspiring; however, the moments that make life change are often spontaneous connections over food…

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  • Assembly strives to lower carbon footprint

    Assembly strives to lower carbon footprint

    “Gathering” has become a bigger idea. Two years of changing pandemic restrictions taught people to be together virtually. Mennonite World Conference’s global Assembly benefits from this Zoom savvy. MWC’s event is open for anyone around the world to register to participate in these five days of fellowship from wherever they are. Additionally, recordings on the…

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  • Youth voices need to be heard

    Youth voices need to be heard

    GYS: Life in the Spirit: Learn, Serve, Worship  “What a unique opportunity to ask, observe and listen more than we speak,” says Christen Kong, Mennonite Church Canada delegate for the Global Youth Summit (GYS), 1-4 July 2022 in Salatiga, Indonesia.   “I am looking forward to meeting other Mennonite youth and documenting the ways they live…

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  • Join Assembly online

    Join Assembly online

    Host a watch party – for your Sunday service or at any other time Assembly Hub Poster How to register Speaker handout (all) Workshops Bulletin announcements Watch live? See time charts Ambassador kit Offering handout USA Canada You can access all content until 30 September 2022 as long as you register.  

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  • Attend all online workshops

    Attend all online workshops

    Pray, learn and dialogue together at Assembly “What’s exciting and inspiring about the workshops and meetings at MWC’s Assembly are the learnings that one receives from hearing new experiences and different teachings for following Jesus Christ,” says Pablo Stucky, Mennonite World Conference regional representative for Latin America.   At an in-person event, registrants must choose one…

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