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Assembly music: “A mountaintop experience”
Mark Wenger, singer, bass Franconia Mennonite Church, Telford, Pennsylvania, USA Assembly 16: PA 2015 “I was the old guy in the worship team. My favorite memory is the exuberance and joy of making music together with songs from all around the world. It was hard work in preparation, but terrific fun in the performance and leading.” “The global Mennonite
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Life-changing indeed!
Assembly team reflects on why they keep coming back for more Many people serving the Mennonite World Conference today started as participants or delegates to its six-yearly Assembly. Here, Assembly staff members share how Assembly transformed their view of the church: from local to global, from small to significant; from giver-recipient relationship to equal partners
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Mustard-seed faith that moves mountains
“For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20) In July 2009, leaders from the three Indonesian Mennonite conferences GITJ, GKMI and JKI found themselves in a conversation outside
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6 reasons to attend the MWC Global Assembly in Semarang, Indonesia
Before visiting Indonesia to meet the Anabaptist-Mennonite family in person, meet them through history. A Cloud of Witnesses by historian and MWC leader John D. Roth offers a brief, readable account of the three Anabaptist-Mennonite synods in Indonesia. 1. Come to the MWC Assembly to learn more about the global church. We sometimes forget that the body of Christ is bigger
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Feeding the multitude
From banquet to disaster relief In 2008, Jemaat Kristen Indonesia (JKI)’s senior pastor’s vision for feeding the multitude came into reality with the establishment of Rojo Pawon. Today, it is a thriving venture that serves a wide range of clientele: Unlimited Fire and church conferences, interreligious events, Sekolah Kristen Terang Bangsa (Light of the Nation
