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MWC books: one church's peace project
Posted: Juli 22, 2019 | Kategorie: News
“Why would you help us? Who are you Mennonites?” A family from Colombia asked this of their friends at Grantham Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church in St. Catharines, Ont., Canada. With bureaucratic assistance from Mennonite Central Committee and... Weiterlesen
MWC books: a global conversation
Posted: Juli 19, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
“Although each congregation has its own history and social and cultural background, it is common to experience the same sorts of conflicts, troubles, and situations,” says Ellul Yongha Bae, a Mennonite church leader and publisher in South Korea. “... Weiterlesen
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – July 2019
Posted: Juli 19, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its... Weiterlesen
Work that is open to the world
Posted: Juli 17, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Renewal 2027 testimony: Anabaptists today Renewal 2027 is a 10-year series of events organized by Mennonite World Conference’s Faith and Life Commission to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the beginnings of the Anabaptist movement. This series... Weiterlesen
A gentle peace witness: The Mennonite church in the Philippines
Posted: Juli 12, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Since 2016, the Philippines has been led by a president who is controversial for his anti-drug campaign. There has been an increase in extra-judicial killings where policemen are said to execute drug pushers and anyone who fights back. There is a... Weiterlesen
Each Step is a Prayer
Posted: Juli 12, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Each step is a prayer. Each step is a supplication to the God who knows what it means to wander for months or years on end, searching for a land of promise. Each step is a sacred protest, calling out to God for mercy and justice. Thus millions of... Weiterlesen
Discipling girls and boys
Posted: Juli 5, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
In this issue, we have examples of how members of the Anabaptist Mennonite family are making a place for children in their local churches around the world. We are Iglesia Cristiana Menonita el Perú (Mennonite church of Peru). We are a faith... Weiterlesen
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – June 2019
Posted: Juni 25, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its... Weiterlesen
Moving forward together
Posted: Juni 21, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Have you ever made a decision when you were for the idea and the other person was against it? Or, been on a board when a vote went five in favour and four against? It’s not fun to move ahead that way, is it? Which of us, if we think of relationships... Weiterlesen
Prayers for children
Posted: Juni 19, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
In this issue, we have examples of how members of the Anabaptist Mennonite family are making a place for children in their local churches around the world. The children are truly well catered for during these BICC Zimbabwe General Conferences ... Weiterlesen
Nurturing peace in children
Posted: Juni 12, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
In this issue, we have examples of how members of the Anabaptist Mennonite family are making a place for children in their local churches around the world. The Peace, Integrity and Lifeskills Clubs (PILLS) are values education-based clubs for the... Weiterlesen
Mennonite and Reformed reconciliation in a global perspective
Posted: Juni 11, 2019 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
“Reformed and Anabaptist are branches from the same tree,” said Hanspeter Jecker, a Mennonite theologian from Switzerland. “Anabaptist convictions that once were controversial – such as the voluntary nature of church membership and rejection of... Weiterlesen
MWC makes space, shares hope
Posted: Mai 22, 2019 | Kategorie: News
“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... Weiterlesen
Salt and light: Young Anabaptists pray
Posted: Mai 21, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
How can we be salt and light in the world? Young Anabaptists are exploring this question together through the YABs Fellowship Week worship resources. Pray with young people about the Anabaptist church around the world: Kenya (Wycliff Ochieng):... Weiterlesen
Protecting children
Posted: Mai 17, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
“Is it actually necessary to think about those topics (abuse, neglect)? I mean, we are part of a Christian church!” This is a common reaction I get while educating people about the topic of “Safe Church.”* Sadly, though, it is a fact that churches... Weiterlesen
"Let the little children come to me"
Posted: Mai 17, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
“Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs” (Mathew 19:14). The Gospels record Jesus saying these words to those who want to remove the children from his presence. Jesus... Weiterlesen
Growing forgiveness
Posted: Mai 17, 2019 | Kategorie: News
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... Weiterlesen
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – May 2019
Posted: Mai 16, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its... Weiterlesen
From darkness to light
Posted: Mai 8, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
No matter how many times you visit India, the overcrowded cities, hazy air and animal-people-vehicle jammed streets of this country with more than 1.3 billion people are an assault to your physical senses and inner spirit. The contrast between light... Weiterlesen
Justice on the journey: Migration
Posted: Mai 6, 2019 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give... Weiterlesen
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