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Interconnected family celebrates peace
Posted: Oktober 21, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Peace (English) – Paix (French) – Amani (Swahili) – Mirembe (Luganda): children at a Uganda Mennonite church wrote “Peace” in multiple languages. (See photo below.) Each year, the Peace Commission prepares a worship resource for Peace Sunday... Weiterlesen
Kenya Mennonite: a living church
Posted: September 11, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
After an eight-year gap, leaders and members of Kenya Mennonite Church (KMC) held its national convention in in the town of Migori in August 2023, attended by 1 300 people. A delegation from Mennonite World Conference consisted of president Henk... Weiterlesen
Living everyday is a miracle
Posted: August 7, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Ethiopia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. We’re unique in some ways but the same with the rest of African countries in some other ways. We’re a very poor country with a population of around 110 million.Weiterlesen
The rule of ayni: reciprocal relationship
Posted: August 4, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
In Kichwa, there is a word, ayni , that describes the rule and practice of interdependence. “One does not exist unless the community exists,” says Julian Guamán. In the Kichwa worldview, that community includes all of creation, not just humans. Ayni... Weiterlesen
Uniting people through technology
Posted: August 3, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Witnessing in Hong Kong and beyond Church members gather in a school auditorium, singing worship songs in both Cantonese (the mother tongue for most people in Hong Kong) and Mandarin. The Chinese languages share a script that contains thousands of... Weiterlesen
We are peace-loving Mennonites
Posted: August 1, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Dear MWC and Mennonite Church Canada, you are the angels sent by God to Myanmar. You fed us when we were hungry. When we are down, you comfort us. You help us when we are refugees. You bring us a ray of hope when we are hopeless.Weiterlesen
Each in their own accent
Posted: Juli 17, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
“I learned that each participant has their own accent; it comforted me to know that having an accent is normal,” says Hens Sita, a member of GITJ Kelet, Indonesia. In advance of the Mennonite World Conference Assembly in Indonesia, IndoMenno (a... Weiterlesen
It feels like yesterday
Posted: Juli 4, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
“There are so many memories and landmarks for the entire GYS/Assembly period that if I were to mention them all it will need another 11 more days to explain it!” says Peleka Jonathan Mpemba, a Global Youth Summit (GYS) delegate for Kanisa la... Weiterlesen
A declaration for peace
Posted: Juni 20, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
The walls were the trees of the forest, the lights and sound from solar-powered batteries and the waters for baptism were the river itself. The spirit of worship through singing, the fervent prayers and the calls to follow Jesus, our hope, in the... Weiterlesen
Peacebuilding after disaster
Posted: Juni 8, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
“Your textbook worked!” Darnell Barkman told his former professor Lisa Schirch after floodwaters overcame his region in November 2021. The pastor at Yarrow United Mennonite Church in B.C., Canada, implemented all his peacebuilding training to... Weiterlesen
New ways of being the church
Posted: Mai 29, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
“The pandemic has challenged churches to look for new ways of being the church – especially as we exist in a multi-religious society as a minority,” says Cynthia Peacock, regional representative for Southern Asia. As an MWC regional representative,... Weiterlesen
The taste of generosity
Posted: Mai 26, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
As frequently as once a week, a welcome visitor shows up at the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) office in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, bearing gifts. “Pie man” Tim Sauer’s gifts involve strawberries, grapes, rhubarb, apples, sour cherries – and... Weiterlesen
Pacifism and nonviolence should be a way of life
Posted: April 18, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
In daily life, too, we need the ability to deal with conflicts in a healthy and peaceful way. In my opinion, it is one of the tasks of the churches to practice this and thus train nonviolence as a lifestyle. If you succeed in this, you are more... Weiterlesen
Graphic design and cooking pave the way to emotional resiliency
Posted: April 13, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
What do cooking and graphic design have in common? For Adi Nugroho, it’s never been about mastering either of these skills. Technical skills are simply the backdrop for developing emotional tools and creating a space for connection, even across... Weiterlesen
A lunch break in the presence of God
Posted: März 29, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
The “pause for prayer” at the Mennonite church of ChâtenayMalabry (Paris, France) was created in March 2021as part of the journey towards Easter in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initiated by our former pastor, Silvie Hege, it took the form of... Weiterlesen
Journeying into the unknown, tasting goodness now
Posted: März 20, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
South Korea was very successful in its response to the pandemic, especially during the early stages. The virus was contained and death rates were low although the government refrained from issuing drastic measures such as lockdowns or business... Weiterlesen
A treasure of unity in the pearl of Africa
Posted: März 10, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
“MWC brings people from different cultural backgrounds together into one basket,” says Bishop Simon Okoth of Mennonite Church Uganda. A chance airport encounter allowed Simon Okoth to bring that cultural mixing to Mennonite congregations in his... Weiterlesen
Life and faith within God’s community
Posted: März 2, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
We never imagined that the pandemic and its scars would affect our lives and the lives of our institutions to the extent it has. The church could not divorce itself from the difficult realities we lived through, and that still affects the “new... Weiterlesen
“Deliver us from evil”
Posted: Februar 27, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Gebet anlässlich des 1. Jahrestages des Angriffskrieges der russischen Regierung gegen die Menschen in Ukraine 24. Februar 2023 Krieg verursacht unendliches Leid. Lokal, wo Menschen Waffengewalt, Vergewaltigungen, Tod und Vertreibung erfahren;... Weiterlesen
It was as though they were celebrating with us
Posted: Februar 10, 2023 | Kategorie: Testimonies
“We know that we are part of a larger community, but sharing this Sunday leads us to live it concretely,” says Sylvain Lavoué, church board vice president at Église Protestante Mennonite, Villeneuve le Comte, France. The church celebrated Anabaptist... Weiterlesen
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