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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2022
Theme Following Jesus together Biblical texts One Lunch offering In this package Additional resources Multimedia resources Videos
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Assembly News #6
Assembly only circles back to the same continent every 25 years, so upon hearing that Indonesia would host the Assembly, she was already planning to come with her husband. “And then Liesa asked if I would like to organize the Global Church Village. I was immediately transported back to my experience in Calcutta, excited about…
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Assembly News #5
The pandemic has forced churches to find different ways to gather. “Urban churches do virtual services. We also encourage older members to watch the livestream. However, in smaller towns, the internet may not be reliable so we organize socially-distanced service with masks on and sanitizing stations,” said MZ Ichsanuddin from GITJ, MWC executive committee member.…
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2021
Theme: Following Jesus together across barriers Why this theme was chosen: This is the theme chosen for the Indonesia 2021 Assembly. As a global Anabaptist faith community our priorities are summarized in these words. Biblical texts: Old Testament: Isaiah 55:1-6Psalm: 27Gospel: John 4:1-42New Testament: Philippians 2:1-11 Relationship between the theme and the biblical texts: We…
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Assembly News #4 Special Edition
*UPDATE* New Date On 18 August 2020, the Executive Committee has decided to move the Assembly by one year to 5Ð10 July 2022. Indonesia will still be the host country; the Holy Stadium church in Semarang, Central Java, the place for the meeting. Click below to read full PDF
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Assembly News #4
COVID-19 has had an impact in many areas of our lives. As the Assembly planning team, we are still on target to celebrate with you in Indonesia in July 2022. Should a change become necessary we will move the Assembly to a later date. Place and program will stay the same. If we make a…
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Peace Sunday letter 2020
19 June 2020 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Prince of Peace! We write to invite you and your congregation to observe Peace Sunday together with brothers and sisters in the global Anabaptist church family on 20 September 2020. Accompanying this letter, we…
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Assembly News #3
Assembly Gathered Program Music We will sing different styles of music from Indonesia and around the world. An international team will lead the singing. We will hear special music from different parts of the globe in plenary sessions and at the Global Church Village. We will learn new songs to take home & share with…
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Worship dance in JKI churches
In Indonesia, the congregation that worships in the Holy Stadium in Semarang (Jemaat Kristen Indonesia — JKI) includes dancers during the worship through music. This introduces creative, expressive art and provides another ‘language’ to worship the Lord. An expression of the heart, movements symbolize honour, adoration, joy and thanksgiving. Dance can include tambourine, ribbons, banners…
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Assembly News #2
GYS: Global Youth Summit 2021 Life in the Spirit: Learn. Serve. Worship. GYS is a gathering of Young Anabaptists (age 18+) from all over the world. The fourth Global Youth Summit will be held just before Assembly Gathered of Mennonite World Conference, on 2Ð5 July 2021 in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia (about 50 km south…
