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Learning together and apart
Posted: April 25, 2022 | Kategorie: News
Nobody anticipated the pandemic barrier that would challenge Assembly plans when they chose the theme “Following Jesus together across barriers”. One year later than the original date, the 17th Assembly of Mennonite World Conference takes place 5-10... Weiterlesen
Morning coffee – or evening tea
Posted: April 22, 2022 | Kategorie: News
Assembly plenaries set YABs and Commissions in conversation “It’s remarkable that I can share,” says Ebenezer Mondez, YABs (Young AnaBaptist) committee representative for Asia. “I come from a very small church with no more than 1 000 members... Weiterlesen
Connect with local congregations during Assembly online
Posted: April 21, 2022 | Kategorie: News
How is the gospel being shared in Indonesia, a country with the largest Muslim population in the world? Find out as you worship together with four local congregations that will host the evening worship sessions during MWC’s Assembly 17: in Jepara,... Weiterlesen
Join the MWC Assembly – together – online!
Posted: April 20, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“The Mennonite World Conference Assembly is a space to learn more about our brothers and sisters from different parts of the world. Everyone, regardless of budget or vacation time, will have the opportunity to gather online to worship, fellowship... Weiterlesen
Why have an Assembly?
Posted: April 18, 2022 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
Former MWC president Danisa Ndlovu (2003-2015) spoke with MWC about hosting the 2003 Assembly in Zimbabwe, his home country. This interview has been edited. “Circumstances tend not to favour expectations. You don’t choose what is happening at any... Weiterlesen
Praising God together across barriers
Posted: April 14, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“I can see one family with a lot of members, worshipping the same Father,” says Natacha Kyendrebeogo from Burkina Faso. She is one of four young people serving through YAMEN on the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly team in Indonesia. YAMEN (... Weiterlesen
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – April 2022
Posted: April 12, 2022 | Kategorie: News
Transformed by the Spirit The filling of God’s Spirit in our lives is reflected through both the continual maturing process by the Spirit to reflect God’s character and by the Spirit’s filling that results in boldness to proclaim Christ and... Weiterlesen
“They didn’t want to leave”
Posted: April 11, 2022 | Kategorie: News
Virtual education series explores peace theology At the end of the first evening of the virtual educational series, “From Chaos to Shalom: Exploring Peace Theology Together,” Andios Santoso and Joe Sawatzky struggled to wrap up the Zoom session. The... Weiterlesen
How should Mennonite World Conference engage the church with creation care?
Posted: April 4, 2022 | Kategorie: News
This series of stories on the creation care survey has illuminated the importance of issues like climate change in the lives of Anabaptists around the world. We now come to the last question: what should Mennonite World Conference do in response?... Weiterlesen
After Zoom, prayers carry on
Posted: April 4, 2022 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Online Prayer Hour doesn’t end when the hour does. Not only do participants in Mennonite World Conference’s bimonthly prayer meeting continue for another 15 minutes – greeting each in other in a pandemonium of languages – they also carry prayers... Weiterlesen
How Assembly food waste will end up as fertilizer
Posted: März 30, 2022 | Kategorie: News
In Indonesia, a country where sorting and proper treatment of trash is rare, how do we run the Assembly sustainably? In 2019, Bangun P. Nugroho, a member of Jemaat Kristen Indonesia (JKI church) Holy Stadium in Semarang, Central Java, realized that... Weiterlesen
A golden opportunity to strengthen health systems
Posted: März 22, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“Not on my watch!” The math wasn’t good enough for Sara Hildebrand. The COVAX plan to bring 1 billion doses of vaccine to people in the developing world would reach less than 20 percent of world’s poorest people in 2021. “The world needs people of... Weiterlesen
An occasion for confession and transformation
Posted: März 21, 2022 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
A focus on history can easily shade into hero worship – a focus on earthly figures rather than on Jesus, “the founder and perfector of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2). Preserving historical memories can become a form of nostalgia, or a defense of the dead... Weiterlesen
Anabaptists around the world care for creation
Posted: März 17, 2022 | Kategorie: News
Stories from around the world teach how we respond as faith communities to the challenges of climate change. The 353 responses to the Creation Care Task Force survey contained many stories of churches caring for creation. This month, we highlight... Weiterlesen
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – March 2022
Posted: März 15, 2022 | Kategorie: News
God’s Spirit gives us hope (Romans 15:13)! The presence of God’s Spirit in our hearts bears witness that we are adopted as children of God and heirs to his promises (Ephesians 1:5-6; Romans 8:14-17; Galatians 4:4-7). The Spirit is described as a... Weiterlesen
Prayers beat swords into plowshares
Posted: März 10, 2022 | Kategorie: News
"Hope that results from faith in Jesus may be defined as ability to see a new reality. To long for a different world and behave as if we were already in it. Waiting on Christ is never passive, never simply a feeling." Mennonite World Conference... Weiterlesen
Indonesia 2022: less on-site, more creative options
Posted: März 1, 2022 | Kategorie: News
How will we gather for Assembly 17? The Executive Committee has opted for limited on-site attendees and many options for online attendees at the hybrid Assembly 17. MWC Assembly is hosted by the three Indonesian Anabaptist-Mennonite synods in... Weiterlesen
Offener Brief an Seine Heiligkeit Patriarch Kirill von Moskau und ganz Russland
Posted: Februar 27, 2022 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
Da Russland Waffen auf die Ukraine loslässt, rufen wir Sie als christliche Führungspersönlichkeit in Russland auf, mutig für das Evangelium des Friedens zu sprechen und zu handeln. Unabhängig von den Gründen, die für den Angriff auf die Ukraine... Weiterlesen
A pastoral letter regarding Ukraine
Posted: Februar 24, 2022 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
We call on Mennonites around the world, and all who confess Christ as Lord, to join in praying for the peace of Ukraine. We grieve violence and we reject efforts by any nation to dominate another. We pray for leaders of Ukraine, Russia and allied... Weiterlesen
Indonesia Assembly surmounts barriers
Posted: Februar 22, 2022 | Kategorie: News
Will there be Assembly this summer? Absolutely! Who will attend in Indonesia? Watch for upcoming news. In their February online meeting, the Executive Committee are deciding on the attendance model for Assembly, based on the most current public... Weiterlesen
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