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A witness to the gospel together
Posted: May 25, 2023 | Category: News
One city, one decade, two movements, 500 years. Today, representatives of Mennonite World Conference (MWC) have embarked on dialogues with representatives of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), a movement that also arose in Zurich in... more/más/suite
An occasion for confession and transformation
Posted: March 21, 2022 | Category: From Our Leaders
A focus on history can easily shade into hero worship – a focus on earthly figures rather than on Jesus, “the founder and perfector of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2). Preserving historical memories can become a form of nostalgia, or a defense of the dead... more/más/suite
A biblical foundation to stand on
Posted: October 6, 2021 | Category: From Our Leaders
Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of Deacons, Faith and Life, Peace, Mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give... more/más/suite
Following Jesus our hope in(to) the climate crisis
Posted: November 5, 2020 | Category: From Our Leaders
Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give... more/más/suite
Remember your baptism
Posted: August 12, 2020 | Category: News
Trilateral dialogue report presents gifts and challenges The final report on the Lutheran-Mennonite-Roman Catholic Trilateral Conversation has been published. The report summarizes five years of theological consultations between the three communions... more/más/suite
Preserve church documents, say church historians
Posted: August 13, 2019 | Category: News
“The global church works best when all her parts are engaged in sharing their stories,” said Patrick Obonde, director of missions at the Anabaptist Leadership Education Centre in Kenya. On 17–19 June 2019, historians, pastors and archivists did just... more/más/suite
MWC books: a global conversation
Posted: July 19, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
“Although each congregation has its own history and social and cultural background, it is common to experience the same sorts of conflicts, troubles, and situations,” says Ellul Yongha Bae, a Mennonite church leader and publisher in South Korea. “... more/más/suite
Transformed by the Holy Spirit to be witnesses of Jesus Christ
Posted: April 27, 2018 | Category: From Our Leaders
Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give... more/más/suite
Catholic, Lutheran, Mennonite, Trilateral Dialogue Commission on Baptism
Posted: January 26, 2018 | Category: News
Elspeet, Netherlands – Representatives of the Catholic Church (Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity), the Lutheran World Federation, and Mennonite World Conference met in Elspeet, the Netherlands, 9–13 February 2015, for the third... more/más/suite
Dialogues on baptism close with learning and prayer
Posted: April 12, 2017 | Category: News
Fifth meeting of the Catholic, Lutheran and Mennonite Trilateral Dialogue Commission on baptism Augsburg, Germany – Representatives of the Catholic Church (Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity), the Lutheran World Federation, and the... more/más/suite
Transformed by the Word
Posted: March 21, 2017 | Category: From Our Leaders
Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give... more/más/suite
Reconciling the radical reformation
Posted: July 22, 2016 | Category: News
Report on Bearing Fruit , the Lutheran World Federation Task Force to follow up the “Mennonite Action” at the LWF Eleventh Assembly in 2010. Bogotá, Colombia – The reconciliation process between the Lutheran World Federation and Mennonite World... more/más/suite
Deep in our theological DNA
Posted: June 22, 2016 | Category: From Our Leaders
Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give... more/más/suite
Learning to Know Each Other Better: Researchers embark on a global study of MWC member-churches
Posted: May 19, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
In 2012, MWC partnered with the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism (ISGA) at Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA) to launch a multi-year, multi-part research initiative. The goal? To develop a more nuanced picture of the MWC constituency... more/más/suite
Incorporation into the body of Christ
Posted: April 27, 2016 | Category: News
Fourth meeting of the Catholic, Lutheran and Mennonite Trilateral Dialogue Commission on baptism Bogotá, Colombia – Representatives of the Catholic Church (Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity), The Lutheran World Federation, and... more/más/suite
Is Christian faithfulness possible without unity?
Posted: October 21, 2015 | Category: From Our Leaders
By all accounts, the 16th Mennonite World Conference Assembly 21–26 July 2015 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, was a resounding success. Memories of worshiping with more than 8,000 people from 65 countries; unexpected encounters with old and new... more/más/suite
Mennonites and Lutherans Continue Journey Toward Reconciliation
Posted: August 11, 2014 | Category: News
Goshen, Indiana – On 20-23 July, a six-member task force appointed by Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Faith and Life Commission met at Goshen College with counterparts from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) to review progress globally on the... more/más/suite
Mennonites, Catholics and Lutherans hold second round of dialogue on baptism
Posted: July 4, 2014 | Category: News
Strasbourg, France - “I continue to be inspired by the mutuality of our work,” commented John Rempel of Toronto, Ontario, one of the Mennonite participants in the 26-31 January 2014 second meeting of the Trilateral (Catholic, Lutheran, Mennonite)... more/más/suite
Baptism the focus of trilateral dialogue by Mennonites, Catholics and Lutherans
Posted: January 14, 2013 | Category: News
Rome, Italy/Bogota, Colombia – An international trilateral dialogue between Mennonites, Catholics and Lutherans began in Rome, 9-13 December 2012. According to a joint release issued after the Rome meeting, the overall theme of the five-year process... more/más/suite
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