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Mission and Migration
Global Mennonite History Series: Latin America released in 2010 (also available in Spanish and French) By Jaime Prieto Valladares Translated and edited by C. Arnold Snyder General editors: John A. Lapp, C. Arnold Snyder
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Missional Frontier: DRC
Mennonite churches in Democratic Republic of Congo Background The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country located in Central Africa, inhabited by nearly 80 million people, belonging to500 tribes and living on a surface of 2 345 410 square kilometers. The country experienced two waves of evangelism. The first evangelism occurred during the15thcentury through the…
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Missional Frontier: Kenya
A Mission Story of KMC – witnessing in faith Country context in Brief Kenya Mennonite Church (KMC) is a conference registered in The Republic of Kenya. Kenya has a total land area of 581,309km2. Around 9.5% of this total land area is arable. The population is 48 million with a growth rate of 2.3%. Women…
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Missional Frontier: Portugal
Mennonite Churches in Portugal Background In September 2020, our association went through some profound changes in its structure. First, we saw some board of administration members and church leaders leave the association for different reasons. A pastoral couple, Kardoso Mente and Maria Efekele, left Portugal to start a new journey in France. Kardoso used to…
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Missional Frontier: Uruguay
Uruguay has an extension of 176.215 Km². It borders with Brazil in the north, and with Argentina in the west along the Uruguay River and the south along La Plata River, as well as the Atlantic Ocean. There were 3,500,000 inhabitants in the country in 2010, half of which live in and around the Capital,…
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God’s People in Mission: An Anabaptist Perspective
God’s People in Mission: An Anabaptist Perspective, 2018. Based on the 10 missional statements that resulted from the work of the Mission Commission.
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Healthy church boundaries in power and sexuality
Indonesia 2022: workshop Practical tools for promoting appropriate behavior in power and sexual relationships in leadership and pastoral work based on Healthy Boundaries material developed by Faith Trust Institute, with adaptations for Latin America, sections of the Colombian Mennonite Church’s ethics manual, and training experiences. Presenters: Alix Lozano served as president of the Mennonite Church…
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History of MWC
The Anabaptist movement dates its formal beginnings to 21 January 1525, when a group of young people gathered in a home close to the Grossmnster cathedral in Zurich, Switzerland, to commit adult baptism, a subversive act at the time.
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Diálogos Anabautistas
Indonesia 2022: taller Como construimos espacios de discernimiento en tiempos de fundamentalismos religiosos y políticos Toda comunidad saludable debe dialogar abiertamente sobre temas controversiales, como forma de encarnar la fe en Jesús y poder seguir juntos, superando las barreras y desafíos que el mundo nos plantea hoy y tener esperanza y vencer el miedo .…
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Discipleship and Justice: What’s your context
Indonesia 2022: Workshop Work for clean water, sustainable living, racial justice and other issues are converging in peacemaking as an expression of our Christian discipleship. New churches are being birthed. Participants are invited to come and share stories about peacebuilding in their context as it relates to our Christian faith. Presenter: Sharon Norton
