• Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference considers Peace Network

    Bogotá, Colombia – Conrad Grebel University College hosted academics, practitioners, artists and church workers at the inaugural Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference and Festival, 9–12 June 2016. In Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 203 people from 20 countries (from Canada to Colombia to DR Congo) attended 30 concurrent sessions. Three plenary speakers (including Fernando Enns of Germany and…

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    Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference considers Peace Network
  • Reconciling the radical reformation

    Report on Bearing Fruit, the Lutheran World Federation Task Force to follow up the “Mennonite Action” at the LWF Eleventh Assembly in 2010. Bogotá, Colombia – The reconciliation process between the Lutheran World Federation and Mennonite World Conference has created fertile ground for collaboration. A report summarizing the LWF-MWC action of reconciling with Mennonites over…

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    Reconciling the radical reformation
  • Deep in our theological DNA

    Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give guidance and propose resources to member churches, and facilitate MWC-related networks or fellowships working together on matters of…

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    Deep in our theological DNA
  • Deep in our theological DNA

    Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give guidance and propose resources to member churches, and facilitate MWC-related networks or fellowships working together on matters of…

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    Deep in our theological DNA
  • Being a Peace Church: How are we doing?

    We estimate that there are 9,500 congregations throughout the world that are part of the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) family. These congregations are found in every continent and in every imaginable context. This means that there are, potentially, thousands of active communities of the peace of Christ functioning in many contexts in need of reconciliation.…

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    Being a Peace Church: How are we doing?
  • Learning to Know Each Other Better: Researchers embark on a global study of MWC member-churches

    In 2012, MWC partnered with the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism (ISGA) at Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA) to launch a multi-year, multi-part research initiative. The goal? To develop a more nuanced picture of the MWC constituency specifically, and the global Anabaptist church generally. The project has two components. The first, the Global…

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    Learning to Know Each Other Better: Researchers embark on a global study of MWC member-churches
  • Recognizing our interconnectedness

    Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give guidance and propose resources to member churches, and facilitate MWC-related networks or fellowships working together on matters of…

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    Recognizing our interconnectedness
  • Incorporation into the body of Christ

    Fourth meeting of the Catholic, Lutheran and Mennonite Trilateral Dialogue Commission on baptism  Bogotá, Colombia – Representatives of the Catholic Church (Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity), The Lutheran World Federation, and Mennonite World Conference met in Bogotá, Colombia, 29 February–4 March 2016, for the fourth meeting of the International Trilateral Dialogue Commission. The Commission…

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    Incorporation into the body of Christ
  • Peace Sunday 2016 – worship resource

    Overcoming hatred, loving enemies(Matthew 5:43—48)

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  • JUST coffee in the Philippines

    At one of the breakout sessions in MWC Assembly Gathered 2015 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, last July, former and present MWC workers exchanged coffee from their respective countries during their reunion. Unbeknownst to many, one special brand traded that day is not just another coffee. Coffee for Peace from the Philippines is JUST coffee. The story…

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    JUST coffee in the Philippines
  • What We Believe Together 2015

    Second Edition Exploring the “Shared Convictions” of Anabaptist-related churches by Alfred Neufeld Photography by Merle Good Introduction by César García Published in cooperation with Mennonite World Conference

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  • Celebrating Peace Sunday: A call for people who sow peace in peace

    Pietermaritzburg, South Africa – September 21 marked the International Day of Peace – an event observed around the world with the hope that global citizens may renew their desire to work for peace. Mennonite World Conference and its member churches participated in this global day of commitment to peace by celebrating Peace Sunday on September…

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    Celebrating Peace Sunday: A call for people who sow peace in peace