• The Courage to Love: Anabaptism@500 event video

    On 29 May 2025, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) welcomed guests from around the world to The Courage to Love: Anabaptism@500. The day-long celebration commemorated the birth of the Anabaptist movement in Zurich, Switzerland. Following workshops, concerts, a panel discussion and self-guided historical walking tours, participants gathered for a worship service with ecumenical participation at the…

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  • A reminder of our presence in the world

    “We are stewards of creation; this tree reminds us that every step we take as Commissions, as Officers, and Networks has repercussions for creation,” says Henk Stenvers, MWC president. It also symbolizes our presence in the world, he said. The Executive Committee, Commissions, staff and Creation Care Task Force planted a linden tree (tilia cordata)…

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    A reminder of our presence in the world
  • Invitation to screen Mennonite documentary 

    Celebrating 500 years of Anabaptism, the new documentary, Where the Cottonwoods Grow, is booking screenings in communities around the world. You are invited to be part of it by arranging your own local screening.  Where the Cottonwoods Grow follows the 1874 migration of Mennonites from Imperial Russia (Ukraine) to the West – a journey of…

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    Invitation to screen Mennonite documentary 
  • Activities for thinkers and movers 

    There will be something for everyone at The Courage to Love, a one-day event to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism, 29 May 2025. Activities for the registration-free event in Zurich will include a panel discussion and a “story trail.”  A world on fire  “Most early Anabaptists advocated for nonviolent witness in a context of…

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    Activities for thinkers and movers 
  • Anniversaries, fellowship and consensus 

    Around the world, Anabaptists are marking 500 years of our Jesus-following movement with worship services, historical lectures and regional gatherings.   For Mennonite World Conference (MWC), the anniversary year coincides with the triennial meeting of the General Council. Additionally, 2025 is a double anniversary: it also marks 100 years of MWC drawing together Anabaptists into one…

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    Anniversaries, fellowship and consensus 
  • Renewal 2021 webinars

    “Believe and Be Baptized” The Anabaptist-Mennonite Tradition History, theology and pastoral challenges 6 June 2021 John D. Roth Giving and Receiving within the Body of Christ Learning from the Mennonite-Catholic-Lutheran Conversations on Baptism 13 June 2021 Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld

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  • Renewal 2019 in Costa Rica

    Renewal 2027, April 2019 in San Heredia, Costa Rica  

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  • Nothing Remains as It Was Renewal yesterday — and today
  • Anabaptism@500 tours

    *For the most up to date information, see the event subsite:* Self-guided tours Tours with Tourmagination Tours with Weldon     TourMagination: Historian and former Hesston College professor John Sharp will lead the 15-day Celebrate 500: Classic Anabaptist Heritage Tour, May 19 – June 3, 2025  TourMagination: Dutch Mennonite Ayold Fanoy will lead the 15-day…

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  • Counting on love

    In 2025, the global Anabaptist movement looks back over 500 years of existence. Mennonite World Conference invites all to a major event on Ascension Day,29 May 2025, in Zurich, Switzerland.   Even as we look back on a long past, the focus of the commemoration is on the current reality of the Anabaptist movement.   Who are…

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    Counting on love
  • 500th anniversary website revealed

    “Anniversaries are a time to stop and reflect: we remember where we have come from, consider who we are today and anticipate where God is calling us to be,” says César García, MWC general secretary.  “The courage to love” is the theme for Mennonite World Conference’s anniversary year in 2025.  For more information on MWC’s…

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    500th anniversary website revealed