• A Culture of Peace

    A Culture of Peace, by Alan Krieder, Eleanor Krieder, Paulus Widjaja

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  • A Mennonite and Catholic Contribution to the World Council of Churches’ Decade to Overcome Violence

    INTRODUCTION An international dialogue between Catholics and Mennonites took place between 1998 and 2003, beginning with the theme “Toward a Healing of Memories”, and concluding with a report entitled Called Together to be Peacemakers (CTBP). In the hope that, on the basis of that dialogue, Catholics and Mennonites may together offer suggestions for the World…

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  • Grieving a year of increasing violence in the Middle East

    A pastoral letter on October 7, 2024  Beloved brothers and sisters of the global Anabaptist/Mennonite communion:  With heavy hearts, we mark the one-year anniversary of terrible events that signalled the beginning of a new cycle of violence in the Middle East. We are heartbroken at the number of lives taken a year ago and since.…

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  • Faithfulness in action

    The environmental crisis and our mandate to care for creation  A word of encouragement from the MWC Faith & Life Commission and the Creation Care Task Force.  Part 2 of 2  “Creation care” is taking on ever-increasing urgency.  The news reminds us daily of alarming changes in our climate. We are witnessing terrible violence against…

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    Faithfulness in action
  • The unity of the Spirit

    About the Faith & Life Commission  Anabaptist churches around the world live their faith diversely, addressing local challenges and opportunities while adhering to Shared Convictions.   The Faith & Life Commission enables MWC member churches to receive and provide counsel on Christian faith and practice, as well as on Anabaptist witness in the world today. This…

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    The unity of the Spirit
  • Reflections on Kintsukuroi

    Brokenness into glory  Clay in God’s hands Brokenness into glory  Kintsukuroi, a traditional Japanese technique, involves repairing ceramics with lacquer and gold, embracing damage as part of an object’s history instead of concealing or discarding it.   This process entails identifying broken areas and delicately mending them with precious gold, resulting in unique pieces that blend…

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    Reflections on Kintsukuroi
  • God so loved the cosmos…

    The environmental crisis and our mandate to care for creation  A word of encouragement from the MWC Faith & Life Commission and the Creation Care Task Force.  Part 1 of 2  “Creation care” is taking on ever-increasing urgency.  The news reminds us daily of alarming changes in our climate. As the Creation Care Task Force’s…

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    God so loved the cosmos…
  • Angola church supports women

    “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress” (James 1:27). Igreja Evangelica Menonita Em Angola (IEMA) has taken this to heart with a lending project to promote small business for widows and abandoned women in their community. During a meeting of IEMA’s…

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    Angola church supports women
  • Life-extending gifts to Myanmar

    Even civil war doesn’t stop the global family from supporting one another. For the Indonesia 2022 Assembly, Amos Chin from Bible Missionary Church, Mennonite (BMC), came to participate in the MWC General Council. A military coup followed by civil war had broken out in his country a year earlier, destroying the livelihoods of people there. …

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    Life-extending gifts to Myanmar
  • The mosaic of Scripture and of the church

    Peace Sunday 2024 Teaching resource  Reading Scripture has always been at the heart of the church’s life, but from early on, different ways of reading and understanding have led to conflict and division.  What is Scripture?  Already in the early centuries several movements arose with differing claims about the meaning of the Gospel and how…

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    The mosaic of Scripture and of the church
  • Peace Sunday 2024 – Activities

    2 Corinthians 4:7 describes the gospel as a “treasure” in “clay jars.” These humble vessels bring to mind the Japanese tradition of kintsukuroi that creates (or recreates) pottery from broken pieces. Damaged vessels are put back together, often with gold binding, to create a useful object once again. The new piece tells a story about…

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    Peace Sunday 2024 – Activities
  • Global gathering mourns, repents and reconciles

    The rain came with a cool breeze, driving humid heat out the open church windows. So began “That the World May Know” (John 17:23), the fourth Global Gathering of the Global Christian Forum (GCF) in Accra, Ghana.   The gathering 16-19 April 2024 marked the 25th anniversary of the Global Christian Forum. This is unique space…

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    Global gathering mourns, repents and reconciles