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)

Africa representatives

Steven Mang’ana (Tanzania)
Thuma Hamukang'andu (Zambia)

Asia/Pacific representatives

Paul Phinehas (India),
Agus Setianto (Indonesia)

Caribbean, Central and South America representatives

Sandra Campos Cruz (Costa Rica)
Dario Ramirez (Paraguay)

Europe representatives

Jean-Paul Peterschmitt (France)
Rainer Burkart (Germany)

North America representatives

Lisa Carr Pries (Canada)
Iris de León Hartshorn (United States)

(From left): Steven Mang’ana, Jean-Paul Peterschmitt, Iris de León Hartshorn, Agus Setianto, Thuma Hamukang’andu, Rebecca Osiro, Rainer Burkart, Lisa Carr Pries, J. Nelson Kraybill, Sunoko Lin, Paul Phinehas, César García, Dario Ramirez. Missing from photo: Sandra Campos Cruz. Photo: Kristina Toews.

Most Recent News

New bishops in Tanzania plan for revival

The church in Tanzania underwent revival in the 1940s–1980s and the leaders of Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania (KMT) are ready to welcome it again. The newly elected bishops have cast a vision to expand the Mennonite church in Tanzania by one million people. In January 2017, several retirements caused turnover of more than half of KMT’s bishops: five new young leaders (under age 55 compared to the usual 60-plus) joined the remaining three to create a plan for revival, envisioning a Mennonite congregation in every village in Tanzania.

MWC has beauty to be shared

Bogota, Colombia – “MWC is a global family through which we experience our participation in the body of Christ,” says general secretary César García. Social media is one place we participate with each other across geographical boundaries. “We are a meeting place for the Anabaptist family,” says Chief Communications Officer Kristina Toews. “Through MWC’s online platforms, you can talk to each other, sharing lives through photos, prayers and encouragements.”

New name? MWC considers identity and brand

Changing a name is not a process entered into lightly: there are legal steps, and friends and acquaintances must learn to use the new name. More importantly, the change says something about identity: something significant has changed, or the new name better describes who you have always been. Over the past 30 years, the leaders of Mennonite World Conference (MWC) have been in conversation around the possibility of a name change.

MWC provides care after the storm

A 15th birthday celebration at their church, Casa de Oración, drew Ignacio and Liliana’s family out of their house in Manta, Ecuador, earlier than usual on 16 April, 2016, just before an earthquake struck. The 7.8 Richter scale tremor killed some 700 people and left more than 6,500 families homeless, including Ignacio and Liliana who stayed with his parents after the falling wall of the neighbour’s house damaged theirs.