500: The courage to love
On 29 May 2025, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) will welcome guests from around the world to The Courage to Love: Anabaptism@500. The day-long celebration commemorates the birth of the Anabaptist movement in Zurich, Switzerland. Following workshops, concerts, a panel discussion and self-guided historical walking tours, participants will gather for a worship service with ecumenical participation at the Grossmünster cathedral.
Year in Review 2024
Our member churches are like the many pieces of a mosaic. Each piece is different, but together we form one beautiful mosaic. Thank you to everyone in our churches supporting MWC.
Global Youth Summit 2025
Global Youth Summit (GYS): a time for worshipping together, reflecting on faith across cultures, learning about the local culture, and growing understanding through relevant workshops – and love. On 30 May 30 to 1 June 2025, the fifth Mennonite World Conference GYS will be happening in Germany with the theme: Empowered by love – “Inspiriert durch Liebe” (1 John 4:11).
Young adults aged 18-30 are the target audience, but youth groups accompanied by a supervising adult may also register to participate.
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A pastoral letter for Anabaptist-Mennonites in DR Congo
Beloved sisters and brothers “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.”—Romans 12:15 We received a request for prayer from our leaders in DR Congo. Pastor Jean-Pierre Muya, president of MWC member church Communauté Mennonite de Congo (CMCo), writes: “This is a difficult time in our country. Please continue to pray for the […]
In Prayer
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Urgent Prayers and Pastoral Letters
Online Prayer hours
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- Friday, 17 January 2025
- Friday, 21 March 2025
The prayer Network
The Prayer Network supports our global family by emailing prayers every two months and occasionally when an urgent call to prayer arises.
Worship Resource
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025
The first baptisms in the Anabaptist tradition took place in secret in Zurich, Switzerland, on 21 January 1525. A small group of Jesus-followers acted together with courage on their shared understanding of Scripture and the church, different from their political and religious context. Today there are churches all over the world in the Anabaptist tradition, acting together with courage to love each other, different from our political and religious contexts that too often pull us apart.
Our Magazine
Courier 2024 / 39.4
In the issue:
Perspectives
- Following Jesus in a very big house
- Following Jesus from Bengal to Bhutan and beyond
- Living out unity in Spain
- Building peace with holistic services
- Living out unity with boots and shovels
