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Jesus unsere Hoffnung – Nachfolge in Zeiten der Klimakrise
Posted: November 5, 2020 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
Wie die Kammern eines Herzen Blut, Nährstoffe und neuen Sauerstoff durch die Adern pumpen, so dienen die vier Kommissionen der Mennonitischen Weltkonferenz dem weltweiten Leib täuferischer Kirchen in den Bereichen Diakonie, Glaube & Leben,... Weiterlesen
Renewal through dialogue
Posted: November 1, 2020 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
Pandemic and racism loom large in the Americas and in many parts of the world today. Those scourges also were rampant 500 years ago when Anabaptism emerged. Racism fueled European conquests in North and South America, and settlers brought diseases... Weiterlesen
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday worship materials
Posted: Oktober 17, 2020 | Kategorie: News
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday is an opportunity to remind our communities of faith that we are all part of one body made up of many tribes, languages and nations (Revelation 7:9). Each year, we encourage Anabaptist-related churches across the... Weiterlesen
Fearless and prudent
Posted: Oktober 14, 2020 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
Our churches in this time The 12 MWC regional representatives gather online every quarter to reflect on the struggles and joys of the Anabaptist churches in their regions. In our latest gathering, they shared the burdens and creative resilience they... Weiterlesen
Global team, one focus: planning Assembly 17 in Indonesia
Posted: September 8, 2020 | Kategorie: News
New staff have begun serving Mennonite World Conference to prepare for the global gathering Assembly 17, now postponed to 5-10 July 2022 in Semarang, Indonesia.Weiterlesen
COVID-19 global response fund helps churches
Posted: September 3, 2020 | Kategorie: News
“I have seen entire families in the garbage dumps looking to quench their hunger. I have also watched with sadness as they return the elderly from the hospitals because there are no possibilities to attend them, nor medicines to supply them,” said... Weiterlesen
Follow the fire: walking with Jesus in the Spirit’s presence
Posted: September 3, 2020 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Side by side, the mighty river of Pentecostals today and the heirs of the Anabaptist stream of the Christian tradition may seem fairly remote from each other, but the underground reality is more closely connected than one would first detect. Photo:... Weiterlesen
MWC shifts Assembly to 2022
Posted: August 20, 2020 | Kategorie: News
Mennonite World Conference (MWC) decided to postpone the global Assembly until 2022: 5–10 July. In close consultation with the National Advisory Committee in host country Indonesia, the Executive Committee of MWC has decided not to hold the... Weiterlesen
Grace at the heart of our witness
Posted: August 9, 2020 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Early Anabaptists left or were expelled from monasteries and congregations of the Roman Catholic church. But Anabaptists retained this very monastic ideal: that it is possible – essential – for Christians to take seriously the Sermon on the Mount (... Weiterlesen
“Renewal will come by daring”
Posted: Juli 30, 2020 | Kategorie: News
There was no “Anabaptist theology” in the 16th century – there were many Anabaptist theologies, says Astrid von Schlachta. The Mennonite historian is leading the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism in 2025. “Daring” is the name of... Weiterlesen
Jesus' credibility
Posted: Juli 23, 2020 | Kategorie: Testimonies
The way we relate with other churches has a direct impact in our missional witness. That is one reason, among many others, why Mennonite World Conference engages churches of other Christian traditions in dialogue. The credibility of Jesus is more... Weiterlesen
Will there be another Assembly miracle?
Posted: Juni 22, 2020 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Did you know that a pandemic has preceded three consecutive Mennonite World Conference Assemblies in the Global South? For Zimbabwe in 2003, it was SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). For Paraguay in 2009, in was H1N1 (also known as Swine Flu... Weiterlesen
God’s paintbrush of diversity
Posted: Juni 18, 2020 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
It does not happen often, but I am at a loss for words as cities across the United States burn, and as I have endured several weeks of seeing black bodies sacrificed in the name of order and discipline. I am torn between being an enraged black man... Weiterlesen
Task force tackles creation care challenge
Posted: Juni 15, 2020 | Kategorie: News
As we follow Jesus, Mennonites value simplicity and responsible stewardship of the resources God gave us. At the Assembly in Pennsylvania in 2015, these convictions drove Mennonite World Conference organizers to give each participant a reusable... Weiterlesen
12 considerations before you reopen your church doors
Posted: Juni 2, 2020 | Kategorie: News
When stay-at-home guidelines are eased and church doors and sanctuaries reopen, worship and church ministries will, undoubtedly, look different than before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. And so it should – so that we continue to keep ourselves... Weiterlesen
MWC Global Church Sharing Fund responds to pandemic needs
Posted: Mai 14, 2020 | Kategorie: News
Instead of being a great leveler, the COVID-19 pandemic is exposing pre-existing systemic inequalities that benefit some and disadvantage others. How can the Anabaptist family respond? Mennonite World Conference has invited Anabaptist mission and... Weiterlesen
New MWC website is mobile friendly and multilingual
Posted: Mai 14, 2020 | Kategorie: News
A fresh look will greet web visitors to mwc-cmm.org after 14 May 2020. The website has been redesigned with greater functionality. Mobile viewers will find responsive design that displays well on a smaller screen. MWC teaching documents, worship... Weiterlesen
Jesus Christ: Our Only Hope
Posted: Mai 11, 2020 | 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
Creation care and baptism report approved at Executive Committee meetings
Posted: April 23, 2020 | Kategorie: News
Mennonite World Conference will appoint a creation care task force to raise awareness and propose actions for our global church family. The task force will work in closely with the four MWC commissions. “This [discussion] comes at the right time,”... Weiterlesen
Immigrants revitalize the church
Posted: März 11, 2020 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Joji Pantoja reminds me of how immigrants spread the gospel in the early church. Like Lydia of Acts 16, Joji Pantoja is an international businesswoman and chair of the MWC Peace Commission. Born in the Philippines, she moved to Canada in 1986, then... Weiterlesen
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