• The beating heart of MWC 

    Deacons  The responsibilities of the Deacons Commission include overseeing the Global Church Sharing Fund (GCSF), fostering prayer within the Anabaptist communion (sending the Prayer Network email, hosting Online Prayer Hour and collaborating with the president on pastoral letters), and deacon visits.  From 2022 to the end of 2024, the Deacons Commission approved 20 GCSF proposals…

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    The beating heart of MWC 
  • Rosedale Network of Churches in the USA 

    Courier: Perspectives North America: USA Anabaptist church beginnings: A snapshot  On a cold, Thanksgiving Day in November 1910, a group of five ordained ministers gathered with other guests at the Pigeon River Conservative Amish Mennonite meetinghouse in Huron County, Michigan, USA, for the purpose of working together to further the mission of the church. Out…

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    Rosedale Network of Churches in the USA 
  • Convención Evangélica Hermanos Menonitas Nivaclé in Paraguay 

    Courier: Perspectives Latin America: Paraguay Anabaptist church beginnings: A snapshot  At no time did we hear the word leaders, but instead we spoke of the missionaries. The first leaders of the church were Mennonite Brethren: Jakob Franz in the 1930s and later Gerhard Hein.   The people left, but they sowed the Word in the community. First…

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    Convención Evangélica Hermanos Menonitas Nivaclé in Paraguay 
  • Igreja dos Irmãos Menonitas de Portugal  

    Courier: Perspectives Europe: Portugal Anabaptist church beginnings: A snapshot  A series of North American missionary couples came and went from the MB mission agency through the 1980s and 1990s but the seeds planted in a house church in the Lourés suburb of Lisbon have persisted in the form of a Mennonite Brethren church.   The first…

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    Igreja dos Irmãos Menonitas de Portugal  
  • Hmong District 20th of the Church of Christ in Thailand 

    Courier: Perspectives Asia: Thailand Anabaptist church beginnings: A snapshot  The Hmong District 20th of the Church of Christ in Thailand began with three congregations: Khek Noi church, Khun Klang Church and Pa Kluai Church.  Later, the gospel was announced and spread to the Hmong hill tribe people during the years starting in 1987. There was…

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    Hmong District 20th of the Church of Christ in Thailand 
  • Brethren in Christ Church (BICC) in South Africa  

    Courier: Perspectives Africa: South Africa Anabaptist church beginnings: A snapshot  Brethren In Christ Church (BICC) South Africa was established in 1988 by the late Reverend Hamilton Madlabane in Soshanguve, located north of Pretoria. Even though a South African started the BICC in South Africa, it was largely unknown to most South Africans at the time.…

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    Brethren in Christ Church (BICC) in South Africa  
  • The Courage to Love 

    Some of us have a tendency of thinking that we should define right doctrine and from there go to practice. Scripture first; experience next. But in many ways – in our history and in our current reality – experience pushes us to think theologically to make sense of what is happening. 

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    The Courage to Love 
  • Courier 2025 / 40.1

    A challenge for the ages  It’s a double – even triple – anniversary for Mennonite World Conference this year.   For one hundred years, Anabaptist-related national churches have been meeting together to acknowledge we are one body of Christ together, and to encourage and help each other in fellowship, worship, service and witness.  For five hundred…

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    Courier 2025 / 40.1
  • Building peace with holistic services 

    Courier: Perspectives Latin America: Paraguay  This mission of ASCIM (Association of Services within the Indigenous-Mennonite Cooperation; Associacion De Servicios De Cooperacion Indigena – Menonita in Spanish) is to promote socio-economic growth in Indigenous communities through partnership programs in education, health, economy and socio-spiritual orientation and thus supports harmonious intercultural coexistence. ASCIM grew out of evangelization…

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    Building peace with holistic services 
  • Living out unity in Spain  

    We were very few when we began to call ourselves Mennonites or Anabaptists in Spain. We gathered to develop relationships, interact with some frequency and explore topics of common interest.  

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    Living out unity in Spain  
  • Following Jesus in a very big house 

    Courier: Perspectives Africa: Benin   Casa Grande, in Benin, was founded by mission workers from Burgos Mennonite church in Spain (Iglesia Evangélica Comunidades Unidas Anabautistas, part of MWC member church Anabautistas, Menonitas y Hermanos en Cristo – España) who were involved in Benin Bible Institute. Today, partners include Mennonite Mission Network, Mennonitiches Hilfswerk, Mennonite Men and…

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    Following Jesus in a very big house 
  • Living out unity with boots and shovels 

    MDS has been responding to a repeat flood disaster in and around Barre, Vermont, USA, where volunteers have mucked out or repaired more than 50 homes. The women pictured cleaned mud out of the basement of a home flooded with river water. Photographer: Brent Trumbo  North America: USA  Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) responds to disasters,…

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    Living out unity with boots and shovels