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COP 29 blogs by a Dutch Mennonite

Updates from COP 29 – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) 11-22 November 2024 Baku, Azerbaijan *These updates will appear in English only.* Back to the dream... #1 introduction – 10 November 2024 “We are witnessing terrible... Weiterlesen

“Remember your baptism”

Could Anabaptist-Mennonites practice “remembering our baptism” as a tool for lifelong discipleship? Although they often baptize infants, both Catholics and Lutherans call upon the believer – sometimes every year – to “remember your baptism” into a... Weiterlesen

Investing in young adults is key

“Investing in young adults is a key way to move forward. Mennonite World Conference is the best way I can imagine to do that,” said Doug Klassen, executive minister of Mennonite Church Canada and the North America representative on MWC’s Executive... Weiterlesen

Making the broken beautiful

“Participation in football and tree planting together provided shared experiences that that went a long way in uniting individuals from different religious and ethnic backgrounds,” said Rev. George Ochieng, general secretary of Kenya Mennonite... Weiterlesen

They just want me to learn

From Indonesia to Bolivia – a YAMEN year through the five senses: Taste: fresh food (especially the meat) Touch: tight hugs and kissing the cheeks with sound Smell: sun on the skin Hear: noise of a city (microbuses, taxis, people who talk loudly,... Weiterlesen

Revenge songs then and now

What do music star Shakira and biblical prophet Deborah have in common? In a special service on 6 September 2024, Riki Neufeld explored revenge songs through a peace lens with the Mennonite congregation in Hamburg-Altona, Germany. The Center for... Weiterlesen

Prayer: To hope and act with creation

The Season of Creation , an annual ecumenical initiative, concludes with the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi on 4 October. Inspired by his Canticle of Creatures and Romans 8:19-25, this prayer invites us to praise, repent and lament, and then “to... Weiterlesen

Grieving a year of increasing violence in the Middle East

A pastoral letter on October 7, 2024 Beloved brothers and sisters of the global Anabaptist/Mennonite communion: With heavy hearts, we mark the one-year anniversary of terrible events that signalled the beginning of a new cycle of violence in the... Weiterlesen

Counting on love

In 2025, the global Anabaptist movement looks back over 500 years of existence. Mennonite World Conference invites all to a major event on Ascension Day,29 May 2025, in Zurich, Switzerland. Even as we look back on a long past, the focus of the... Weiterlesen

Sharing of gifts with other church communions

“Being chair at the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions is a role of service. It is a role where you serve other secretaries by preparing the agenda, logistics and materials for our meeting, and leading and facilitating robust... Weiterlesen

500th anniversary website revealed

“Anniversaries are a time to stop and reflect: we remember where we have come from, consider who we are today and anticipate where God is calling us to be,” says César García, MWC general secretary. “The courage to love” is the theme for Mennonite... Weiterlesen

Faithfulness in action

The environmental crisis and our mandate to care for creation A word of encouragement from the MWC Faith & Life Commission and the Creation Care Task Force . Part 2 of 2 “Creation care” is taking on ever-increasing urgency. The news reminds us... Weiterlesen

The unity of the Spirit

About the Faith & Life Commission Anabaptist churches around the world live their faith diversely, addressing local challenges and opportunities while adhering to Shared Convictions . The Faith & Life Commission enables MWC member churches... Weiterlesen

100 years of evangelism in DR Congo

“100 years of evangelism in Congo.” From 4-11 August 2024, Communauté des Églises des Frères Mennonites au Congo celebrated the 100th anniversary of their national church. The celebration in Kikwit – delayed by two years due to the pandemic –... Weiterlesen

New staff build on foundation

Mennonite World Conference lives out unity through relationships. There have been some changes to the faces that help develop these relationships, through regional representatives and communications. Regional representative coordinator Janet Plenert... Weiterlesen

Courageous choirs sing of love in Zurich

Anabaptist Christians in a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood of 137 000 residents in Nairobi practice “The Courage to Love” on a daily basis. “Our modest Anabaptist congregation faces acceptance, evangelism and cultural fusion difficulties,” says... Weiterlesen

MWC-Generalsekretär schliesst sich dringendem Friedensaufruf an

Der Generalsekretär der MWK, César García, hat zusammen mit mehr als 200 christlichen Führungspersönlichkeiten aus aller Welt einen Brief unterzeichnet, in dem «von ganzem Herzen ein umfassender und dauerhafter Waffenstillstand, die Rückkehr der... Weiterlesen

God so loved the cosmos...

The environmental crisis and our mandate to care for creation A word of encouragement from the MWC Faith & Life Commission and the Creation Care Task Force . Part 1 of 2 “Creation care” is taking on ever-increasing urgency. The news reminds us... Weiterlesen

Angola church supports women

“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress” (James 1:27). Igreja Evangelica Menonita Em Angola (IEMA) has taken this to heart with a lending project to promote small business... Weiterlesen

In Memoriam: Bijoy Kumar Roul (1950-2024)

Dr. Bijoy Kumar Roul, founder and chair of the Brethren in Christ (BIC) Church, Cuttack, Odisha, India, died 12 July 2024. He represented BIC Odisha on Mennonite World Conference’s General Council since the church became a member in 2003. “I had... Weiterlesen