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Creation Care Task Force: Rationale and mandate
Creation Care Task Force Rationale: MWC is a global communion of Anabaptist churches that are together facing the climate crisis. Central to our ethos is to respond faithfully to the challenges of our world. What does it mean to follow Jesus into this crisis? Member churches Ð along with all humanity Ð are all at…
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Declaration on Conscientious Objection
In the world today there are still some countries that have mandatory military conscription, and there is a wide variety of policies toward conscientious objectors. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (article 18) states that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. In addition to the Christian foundation for exemption from military…
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Consultation on Believers’ Baptism
Report on the Consultation on Believers’ Baptism Participants in the Consultation on Baptism in Kingston, Jamaica 08-10 January 2015
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AWFS Scripture reading
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday Scripture passages read in English, Hindi, Javanese and Indonesian with subtitles in English, Spanish and French Readers:
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Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ, the Church
Lutheran-Mennonite-Roman Catholic Trilateral Conversations 2012–2017 It was with the twin goals of increasing mutual understanding and helping one another grow in faithfulness to Jesus Christ that a trilateral dialogue took place between Lutherans, Mennonites and Roman Catholics, from 2012 to 2017. Over the course of the five year period, the dialogue followed the well-established interchurch…
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Being Anabaptist Christians today
Being Anabaptist Christians Today (1993) Mennonite World Conference General Council MeetingAfrica Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Women’s GatheringBulawayo, Zimbabwe, 14–21 July 1993 Gathered together from thirty-eight countries and many contexts at Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) these days in mid-July 1993, we have shared stories and testimonies which cause us to examine our own cultures in light of…
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Catholicity and diversity
Reference documents Presented to the General Council of Mennonite World Conference Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, July 2015 By Martin Junge, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation
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Churches Engage Asian Traditions
Global Mennonite History Series: Asia released in 2011 Authors I. P. Asheervadam, Adhi Dharma, Alle Hoekema, Kyong-Jung, Kim, Luke Martin, Regina Lyn Mondez, Chiou-Lang Pan, Nguyen Thanh Tam, Nguyen Thi Tam, Takanobu Tojo, Nguyen Quang Trung, Masakazu Yamade and Earl Zimmerman General Editors John A. Lapp, C. Arnold Snyder
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Climate Pollinators, a webinar series
This webinar is jointly organized by the Creation Care Task Force and Anabaptist Climate Collaborative. In these webinars, MWC’s Creation Care Task Force members from each region host one hour of storytelling and Q&A. Church members from around the world will share how they are affected by climate change – and responding with resilient action and gospel hope. …
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Colombia May 2021
Mennonite Christian Church of Colombia PUBLIC OPINION PIECE In favour of the right to peace and life with dignity Inspired by our faith in Jesus and His Gospel of Peace with Justice, the Mennonite Christian Church of Colombia categorically repudiates the acts of violence that were unleashed this week in our country. In one sense…
