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Peace Sunday 2026 – worship resource
Theme: Solidarity: from power over to power with Why this theme was chosen: This is the direction of solidarity: power moving with compassion toward those who are oppressed. Sometimes our different mixtures of power and vulnerability mean that we need to have our feet washed. And sometimes we need to wash others’ feet. When we…
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Stir the hearts of nations and neighbours
The president of Mennonite World Conference sent out a pastoral call for prayer some months ago, first for Venezuela after violent intervention in their governance by the USA, then for Cuba which is suffering food and fuel shortages due to a USA fuel blockade.
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A time for collective discernment
All four MWC Commissions met at Mennorode, Elspeet, Netherlands, 12–14 May 2026 prior to CMERK.*
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Urgent prayer for Venezuela
We call on your prayers and actions of solidarity with our members in Venezuela.
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A posture of solidarity
We often hear this biblical passage as a call to service, and that is one way to understand it. Indeed, Jesus does encourage his disciples to seek the role of a servant, humbling themselves through the act of foot washing.
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A pastoral letter to Anabaptists in DR Congo
At this time, we call on our global communion to pray with our siblings in DR Congo and beyond amid an Ebola outbreak.
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From a small Mennonite village to a global family of faith
“Anabaptists are very diverse in wonderful ways (languages, cultures, unique strengths to contribute to the larger family of Anabaptism). But the diversity of conviction on some very major issues (theology, ethics, mission) creates significant challenges,” says Tim Geddert. As chair of the Faith & Life Commission (2025-2031), Tim Geddert leads the team’s effort in navigating…
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Solidarity through learning
“These are global issues we share together!” said several participants in webinars by the Networks of Mennonite World Conference. The two education networks (GAHEN* & GAPSEN*) and GASN* held online workshops the first quarter of the year to resource their members. *Global Anabaptist Higher Education Network (GAHEN) *Global Anabaptist Primary/Secondary Education Network (GAPSEN) *Global Anabaptist…
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Urgent prayer for Cuba
We call on your prayers and actions of solidarity with our members in Cuba. Pastor Luis Hernández Bermudez of MWC member church Sociedad Misionera Cubana Hermanos en Cristo (Brethren in Christ) writes…
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Urgent prayer: bombing in Myanmar
“Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you.Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress.Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call.” Psalm 102:1–2 Beloved sisters and brothers On 10 February 2026, the military junta of Myanmar launched air strikes in the…
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Global Anabaptist Forebears
A new biography-based history series “We need a new generation of textbooks… We could gather around these stories in church groups, in seminary classrooms, around campfires. It’s a process of…realizing that many of our forebears in faith come from other continents… We need to recognize them as kin.” Anicka Fast, series editor Many Anabaptists live…
