Save the date!
Plan for your congregation to participate in Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday in 2026.
Sunday 25 January 2026
Each year, Anabaptist-related churches around the world are encouraged to worship around a common theme on a Sunday close to 21 January, usually the fourth Sunday in January. On that date in 1525, the first Anabaptist baptism took place in Zurich, Switzerland. Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday provides an opportunity to remember our common roots and celebrate our worldwide koinonia.
Find the 2026 worship package
Find all materials from previous years’ celebrations here:
MWC regional representatives from different continental regions designate writers and direct preparation of worship material reflecting life and the church in their part of the world for this celebration. Planning for this special day rotates among the five continental regions. The materials generally include suggestions for worship, prayer requests from around the world, an introduction to the church in the region producing the materials, stories and sermon prompts.
Churches around the world are invited to translate if necessary, adapt, copy and distribute the material to their local churches. The churches are asked to plan an Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday worship service that will help them enter more fully into fellowship, intercession and thanksgiving with and for the global faith family.
One Lunch Offering
Invite every member to contribute the cost of at least one lunch in their own community to support the networks and resources of our global Anabaptist church family.
Social media
Join MWC on Facebook for highlights from the worship materials, for prayer requests, and to engage with your own ideas for celebrating our global family in your own congregation.
Speakers bureau
MWC member congregations are welcome to invite one MWC speaker per year to bring a message from the global Anabaptist-Mennonite family.
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2026
Theme Solidarity Why this theme was chosen Our MWC tagline lists “living out unity” as a core part of our identity. We exercise solidarity with our fellow Anabaptists across denominational lines locally, around the world, with the body of Christ more broadly, and with partners in building peace and pursuing justice. Solidarity is another word…
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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.#mwcmm #followingJesus #livingoutunity #buildingpeace
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025
Theme The Courage to Love Why this theme was chosen The first baptisms in the Anabaptist tradition took place in secret in Zurich, Switzerland, on 21 January 1525. A small group of Jesus-followers acted together with courage on their shared understanding of Scripture and the church, different from their political and religious context. Today there…
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Speaker’s bureau
Invite the global church into your congregation! MWC member congregations are welcome to invite one MWC speaker per year to bring a message from the global Anabaptist-Mennonite family. This may be for Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday, Peace Sunday or any day you wish to give special attention to the global family. Please consider giving an…
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True Evangelical Faith
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs True evangelical faith,Menno Simons/Larry Nickel© 2013 Cypress Choral MusicReprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-740570
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Somlandela / We Will Follow Jesus
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs Somlandela / We will follow / Mari Ikut / Je te suivrai / SeguiremosZimbabwean traditional, Indonesian Elina Ciptadi© PDReprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-740570
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Siyahamba
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs Siyahamba / We are marching / Caminamos en la luz / Nous marchonsSouth African traditional, English Gracia Grindal© 1984 Peace of Music Publishing AB (admin. Walton Music Corp., a division of GIA Publications, Inc.) © One License Reprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-740570
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Segala Puji Syukur
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs Segala Puji Syukur / Shout for joy / Zanmei zhuNiko Njotoahardjo, Fountain of Praise Ministries© 1987 Niko Njotorahardjo, Fountain of Praise Ministries (contact assistant ilonatumiwa@yahoo.com)Reprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-740570
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Sari Sristhi ke Malik Tumhi Ho
Assembly 17 – Indonesia 2022 – Songs Sari Srishti Ke Malik Tumhi HoMr Kiran Kumar PradhanReprinted / Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-740570
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Song videos from Asia for AWFS
Member churches in Asia do not use any of the three official languages in MWC. Their worship music includes many songs that are not translated into any of MWC’s three languages. These are videos of songs frequently used in local congregations which MWC congregations are encouraged to use during their own worship, as prelude or…