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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
Together across oceans
Posted: Februar 17, 2022 | Kategorie: News
“Sometimes our faith community seems small and insular; [celebrating Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday] helped open eyes to the global family,” says Chani Wiens. The math teacher and chapel coordinator at UMEI Christian High School in Leamington,... Weiterlesen
MWC launches “Ambassador Kit” for churches to promote Indonesia 2022
Posted: September 21, 2021 | Kategorie: News
NEW materials 2022-03 As the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we travel, Mennonite World Conference representatives and Assembly team seek new ways to bring awareness and excitement for Indonesia 2022, which will be MWC’s first hybrid global... Weiterlesen
Hong Kong fears for religious freedom
Posted: Dezember 9, 2020 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Over the past year, Hong Kong has undergone tremendous political changes. The police crackdowns have been repeated one after another. How should the church manage in these times? How should believers deal with this? When I was growing up, I thought... Weiterlesen
Crossing barriers to connect deeply
Posted: Oktober 20, 2020 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Technology has cut the distance that has separated us during the pandemic times when we could not meet in person. Even though technology is able to bring us closer, it does not guarantee that we are truly connected and intertwined with one another... Weiterlesen
Season of Creation – 6
Posted: September 30, 2020 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
A prayer for frugal life Holy One, Our world is overtaken by our greed for more goods than we need. We confess our rapacious consumption, obsession with winning, and our undercutting and isolating of the most vulnerable among us. Renewing Spirit,... Weiterlesen
An incessant demand
Posted: September 6, 2020 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Like many Mennonites, I hold close the 16th-century stories of Anabaptist suffering. Like many I’m haunted all the more by the dangerous memory of the Cruciform One – ”Take up the cross, and follow me.”Weiterlesen
Standing in Solidarity with the Wayana in the French Guyana
Posted: September 5, 2020 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Lina lives in French Guyana, in a remote, rainforest community called Taluene on the Upper Maroni river. The food in Lina’s community is contaminated by gold mining. Like Indigenous Peoples around the globe, Linia’s people do not have title to their... 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
"Peace in my heart"
Posted: August 12, 2020 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Esuno Kokoro uchini (The heart of Jesus is reflected in my heart). Esuno Heiwa uchini (I have the peace of Jesus in my heart). Mitsuru Ishido wrote this song to encourage Nasu Keiko, a fellow Mennonite church member who was sewing masks to donate to... Weiterlesen
Solidarity and our interconnectedness
Posted: Juli 3, 2020 | Kategorie: From Our Leaders
As I write these words, our world is embroiled in several struggles. First, we have been clutched by a global pandemic which has disrupted any sense of normalcy we may have assumed. Our second struggle is with overt expressions of deeply rooted... Weiterlesen
Aufruf zum Gebet – Wechselndes Bittgebet
Posted: Dezember 20, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
Leiter: Auf Gott ruhen unser Heil und unsere Herrlichkeit. Er ist unsere Zuflucht und unser starker Fels. Gemeinde: Bei Gott kann unsere Seele Ruhe finden, von ihm kommt unsere Hoffnung. Er ist unser Fels und unsere Rettung. Leiter: Ihr Menschen,... Weiterlesen
Fireweed
Posted: November 14, 2019 | Kategorie: Testimonies
This poem of hope was written originally for Easter Sunday 2019. It signifies hope in Jesus as reflected in Creation. Up from the ash, where once fire raged leaving scorched black earth, rise magenta-topped stems, lithe and delicate, bowing in the... Weiterlesen
Indigenizing the church in Lamper Mijen
Posted: Juli 31, 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
“Djagalah Anak Kambing Koe” (“Tend My Lambs”)
Posted: November 8, 2018 | Kategorie: Testimonies
On his deathbed, Tee Siem Tat called his sons, Tee Yan Poen and Tee Yan Siang, and his son-in-law, Tan King Ien. To them, Tee Siem Tat spoke his last words: “Djagalah anak kambing koe” (“Tend my lambs,” John 21:15 in Old Bahasa). His grandson, Rev... Weiterlesen
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