Previous Assemblies

Below are listed all the assemblies Mennonite World Conference has celebrated until now:

A Church service with people singing on stage and the crowd raising their hands

“Following Jesus Together Across Barriers”

President: J. Nelson Kraybill (USA)

Salatiga, Indonesia

2022: 5-10 July







Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania

“Walking With God”

President: Danisa Ndlovu (Zimbabwe)

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

2015: 21-26 Jul







Asunción,
Paraguay

“Come Together in the Way of Jesus Christ

President: Nancy Heisey (USA)

Asunción, Paraguay

2009: 14-29 Jul







Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe

“Sharing Gifts in Suffering and in Joy”

President: Mesach Krisetya (Indonesia)

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

2003: 11-17 Aug







“Hear What The Spirit is Saying to the Churches”

President: Raúl García (Argentina)

Calcutta, India

1997: 6-12 January







“Witnessing to Christ in Today’s World”

President: Ross T. Bender (USA)

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1990: 24-29 Jul







“God’s People Serve in Hope”

President: Charles Christano (Indonesia)

Strasbourg, France

1984: 24-29 Jul







“The Kingdom of God in a Changing World”

President: Million Belete (Ethiopia)

Wichita, Kansas, USA

1978: 25-30 Jul







“Jesus Christ Reconciles”

President: Erland Waltner (USA)

Curitiba, Brazil

1972: 18-23 Jul







“The Witness of the Holy Spirit”

President: Erland Waltner (USA)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

1967: 23-30 Jul







“The Lordship of Christ”

President: Harold S. Bender (USA)

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

1962: 1-7 Aug







“The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the World”

President: Harold S. Bender (USA)

Karlsruhe, Germany

1957: 10-16 Aug







“The Church of Christ and Her Commission”

President: Harold S. Bender (USA)

Basel & Zurich, Switzerland

1952: 10-15 Aug







“Brotherhood and Reconciliation”

President: Harold S. Bender (USA)

Goshen, Indiana & Newton, Kansas, USA

1948: 3-10 Aug







“400th Anniversary of Menno Simons’ Conversion and Baptism”

President: Christian Neff (Germany)

Amsterdam, Elspeet & Witmarsum, Netherlands

1936: 29 Jun-3 Jul







“Mennonite Relief Work, Mennonites in the USSR”

President: Christian Neff (Germany)

Free City of Danzig (now part of Poland)

1930: 31 Aug-3 Sept







“Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Founding of Anabaptism”

President: Christian Neff (Germany)

Basel, Switzerland

1925: 13-16 Jun