Executive Committee

An Executive Committee is elected from the General Council and meets annually. Two members from each continental region are elected from the Council; a President and Vice-President are also elected by the Council. The Treasurer and General Secretary are also members of the Executive Committee.

Officers

General Secretary: César García (Colombia)
President: J. Nelson Kraybill (United States)
Vice-President: Rebecca Osiro (Kenya)
Treasurer: Sunoko Lin (United States/Indonesia)
President Elect: Henk Stenvers (Netherlands)

Africa representatives

Steven Mang’ana (Tanzania)
Samson Omondi (Kenya)

Asia/Pacific representatives

Paul Phinehas (India),
MZ Ichsanudin (Indonesia)

Caribbean, Central and South America representatives

Carlos Martínez García (Mexico)
Juan Silverio Verón Aquino (Paraguay)

Europe representatives

Alexander Neufeld (Germany)
Wieteke van der Molen (Netherlands)

North America representatives

Lisa Carr Pries (Canada)
Bill Braun (USA)

Members of the MWC Executive committee, including those outgoing and incoming, at the General Council meeting in 2018. Photo: Wilhelm Unger.

Most Recent News

MWC makes space, shares hope

“Do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord,” said Mennonite World Conference (MWC) President J. Nelson Kraybill. At the Executive Committee meetings, eight pastors and leaders from Asociación Iglesias Cristianas Menonitas de Costa Rica shared about how their congregations are growing together and start new ministries.

Growing forgiveness

It took about 490 years for government officials in Bern, Switzerland, to ask for forgiveness for persecution of Anabaptists in the region. It took less than two to get a response from Swiss Mennonites. Delegates from every congregation in Konferenz der Mennoniten der Schweiz [Alttäufer]/Conférence Mennonite Suisse [Anabaptiste] (KMS/CMS) gathered to offer forgiveness to the government of the canton of Bern in a 20 April 2019 ceremony at Église évangélique mennonite Tavannes.

“Every second, God is here, helping me”

“A chapter of my story was written while with YAMEN,” says Diana Martínez. The young church leader from Colombia served as an educational assistant at Casa Hogar Belén, a children’s home in Managua, Nicaragua, 2017–2018 through YAMEN.

Challenge and hope on the road

“We enthusiastically celebrate that we are a Christo-centric borderless faith community, because as part of Mennonite World Conference, we fraternally unite with 107 Anabaptist and Mennonite [national churches and one international association] across 58 different countries in the world,” said Maykol Luis García Morelli, president of Asociación de Iglesias Cristianas Menonitas de Costa Rica.