Mennonite World Conference Info: A community of Anabaptist-related churches

January 2023

MWC Year in Review 2022

Watch video here In 2022, we found new ways to follow Jesus together across barriers. We crossed barriers of travel restrictions and distance to come together for our Assembly in 2022.  We crossed national church barriers to meet together, encounter new partners and make decisions by consensus in...

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Executive Committee approves new Commission members

“We trust it is a joy to serve the global Anabaptist family, but recognize it takes effort. We are grateful for the officers, Executive Committee and Commission members who dedicate volunteer time and care to this work,” says César García, MWC general secretary. “Thank you to J. Nelson Kraybill and...

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The house of God is never finished

Timo Doetsch, youth pastor at Evangelisch Mennonitsche Freikirche, Dresden, Germany, and General Council member for Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Brudergemeinden in Deutschland (AMBD), interviewed former Deacon Commission secretary and new MWC president Henk Stenvers. How was it for you to...

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General Council learns about unity

“The unity on the conference was more important than each position,” says Paul Duck, church leader in MWC member church Convenção das Igrejas Irmãos Menonitas (COBIM) in Brazil. “We agreed to create a path or a highway, not too narrow but also not too wide where both groups could live peacefully.”...

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Assembly 17 - Indonesia 2022 - Songs

Indonesia 2022 - songs International Songbook Cancionero Internacional Recueil International de Chants Mennonite World Conference Assembly Asamblea del Congreso Mundial Menonita Rassemblement de la Conference Mondiale Mennonite Central Java, Indonesia 5-10 July 2022 Asia and the Pacific Songs Dhuh...

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women

Helping people see hope through Christ

New staff join MWC “Anabaptism is a global movement. But how do we create channels for relationship within a global body, and how do we allow the diversity of this body to shape understandings of “Anabaptist” identity and theology?” says Anicka Fast . A new era begins for the Faith and Life...

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How can I celebrate?

I am tired of war, conflict, hunger, poverty, division, hatred, gun violence, black and white class difference, the oppression of women, slaughter of children and women, fake news, liars and unjust authorities and leaders and so many, many issues that you all are aware of.

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Assembly 17 - Indonesia 2022 - workshops

Workshops from Indonesia 2022

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A group photo of Celebration of the 49th anniversary in one of the MB congregations in Uruguay.

Anabaptist World
Fellowship Sunday

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Ministry partner: ICOMB

If you plan to participate in Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday (AWFS) in 2023, send us a message  so we can put a locator pin for your congregation.

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Jesus’ message in is so relevant and necessary today ince, one way or another, we all suffer from pain, death and consternation. This message from our Lord...

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We ended the year with gratitude to God by preparing the children, youth, and ladies camp activities to be held in January-February 2023 in Villa Maranatha.

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Prayers of gratitude and intercession

 

Pray for Malawi where a growing cholera outbreak has spread throughout the country, causing more than 500 deaths since March. It is projected to worsen with the coming rainy season. People still displaced by a January 2022 tropical storm and March 2022 cyclone lack access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene to prevent infection. Pray for MWC national member churches Brethren in Christ Church and Mennonite Brethren Church in Malawi as they work to treat and prevent disease.


One thousand Christians from more than 20 villages in Narayanpur and Kondagaon districts of Chhattisgarh state have fled violent mobs who attacked people and church buildings. Several congregations of Mennonite Church in are located in these districts. Members of the MCI Executive Committee visited the region to bring food and relief supplies, to evaluate the situation and to stand with the new believers in solidarity. The situation is very critical. We request for special prayers for the victims of the violence and to intercede for the country as a whole so that citizens of all faiths will inherit 2023 in peace and harmony.

—submitted by Vikal Rao, Mennonite Church India, Chhattisgarh


Lord, be with us in the seasons of the new year:

  • As there are births and deaths;
  • As we plant and harvest,
  • As there is breaking down and building up;
  • As we weep, laugh, mourn and dance,
  • As there is gathering and releasing, tearing and mending,
  • As there is peace and war;
  • Lord, teach our hearts through repentance and love;
  • Lord, guide our actions in courage, faith and grace;
  • Lord, walk with us through your Holy Spirit and through the prayers and presence of each other.

(Inspired by Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)


Online prayer hour registration

Upcoming MWC online prayer hour events:

  • Friday 20 January 2023 (Standard time)
  • Friday 17 March 2023
  • Friday 19 May 2023 (Daylight saving time)
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