Resources

God’s People in Mission: An Anabaptist Perspective

A Statement of the MWC Mission Commission
A Book – the 2018 volume for the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Shelf of Literature, produced by the MWC Mission Commission.

Missional Frontier

Missional Frontier: Our goal is to share every year one missional frontier with the members of GMF and GASN networks. The idea is to inform, learn, and inspire about the work and challenges that Anabaptist churches and organizations are facing in a particular country.

Articles on Anabaptism and Mission

Starter List
Anabaptist Missiological Resources: Additional readings by category
Intersections (published by MCC)
Anabaptist Witness (formerly Mission Focus)
Missio Dei series (published by Mennonite Mission Network)

Bibliography

An extensive bibliography by C. Bauman and J. Krabill, eds., was published in book form in 2000 with over 3,250 titles. Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) has now updated this by including everything written in the past ten years (2000-2010) and made it available electronically.

Click here to see bibliography: Anabaptism and Mission: An online bibliography 1859-2011

Case Studies

EMM’s vision for a network of international churches that they started and desire to collaborate with as partners: “My Vision for the International Missions Association” by Richard Showalter.
This article tells the story of a collaboration between the Indonesian Mennonite Mission Board (PIPKA), Mennonite Central Committee and Eastern Mennonite Missions in Indonesia: "A Pioneer Partnership and its Enduring Fruit” by Richard Showalter

Mission Training

History

Online Courses

BLESS (Biblical Lands Educational Seminars and Service)

Association of Anabaptist Missiologists

List of AMM Certificate Recipients —AAM recognizes significant contributions of individuals from various Anabaptist denominations to mission practice, mission thought and mission administration at its annual gathering.
Agenda of 2nd AMM gathering – a sample of this Association’s topics of discussion and speakers.
News Release — following the first AAM gathering in 2000, explaining the Association’s purpose and the content of the gathering.
Paper presented by Lawrence Yoder at the 2nd gathering in 2000, as an example.

Most Recent News

Call to prayer for the human family

During the plague that ravaged third-century Alexandria, Bishop Cyprian tirelessly served the suffering with calm assurance that Christians find hope in Jesus Christ whether they live or die. Today, in a time of pandemic, Christian communions around the world are calling their members to take action through prayer.

Passion for service: meet Shirley Redekop

“Even with all our diversity of culture, language and practice, our Anabaptist theology draws us together as a family of faith through Christ’s love and sacrifice for us,” says Shirley Redekop. She begins a half-time role as MWC chief development officer 23 March 2020.

Do not fear: prayers for COVID-19

With Coronavirus (COVID-19) unsettling the global human family, Mennonite World Conference leaders put confidence in the living God who says, “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you” (Isaiah 41:10).

God’s call for our church and mission

“The church will slow down the work of Mennonite Central Committee,” someone told me at the 2008 MCC New Wine, New Wineskins consultative meeting in Winnipeg. “If we want to be a more effective NGO, we need to act independently from the church,” he continued.