• Conflict in the church: Lessons from Acts 15

    I grew up in a Mennonite congregation in Argentina. I remember the preaching and teaching on forgiveness and reconciliation both within the church family and also in relating with those outside the faith community. I also remember situations involving tension and even the threat of division. Some of the concerns: diverging views on women’s use…

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    Conflict in the church: Lessons from Acts 15
  • Eco-theology reconciles the church with nature

    You are invited! Join us for Climate Pollinators, a webinar series on creation care. See below!  When human beings were created in Genesis, “This was the first mission of the human… to both enjoy but also to protect and take care of creation,” says Danang Kristiawan.  Danang Kristiawan is the pastor of the GITJ (Gereja…

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    Eco-theology reconciles the church with nature
  • Building resilience in church members

    Like many in Zimbabwe, Sukoluhle Ncube splits her time between the city where her family lives and works, and the rural community where they farm, 40 minutes away.  “Most of the people have two homes,” Sukoluhle Ncube says. “In the town, you come and work and all that, but in the village that’s where we…

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    Building resilience in church members
  • Serving “the least significant of the brothers and sisters of Jesus”

    Established in 1962, the Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan (FOMCIT) is a conference of 24 congregations in Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung and Hualien. It is a branch of Anabaptism, and a member of Asia Mennonite Conference and Mennonite World Conference. Impacted by COVID-19, the total baptized membership in 2022 was 1 935. The ministries of…

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    Serving  “the least significant of the brothers and sisters of Jesus”
  • Meet MWC vice-president Lisa Carr-Pries

    I am grateful for the global church. For many, it has years broadened my understanding of the world beyond my local context and has helped me raise my children to be globally conscious human beings. It definitely changed the course of my life and deepened my faith and spirituality. I have hope for the relevance…

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    Meet MWC vice-president Lisa Carr-Pries
  • The rule of ayni: reciprocal relationship

    In Kichwa, there is a word, ayni, that describes the rule and practice of interdependence.  “One does not exist unless the community exists,” says Julian Guamán. In the Kichwa worldview, that community includes all of creation, not just humans. Ayni dictates that as members of the community, humans have a responsibility to be in reciprocal…

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    The rule of ayni: reciprocal relationship
  • Universally appealing core values

    Meet Hiro Katano of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Member of the Faith & Life Commission. How do you serve MWC?   I have been a General Council member, representing Nihon Menonaito Kirisuto Kyokai Kyogikai (Japan Mennonite Christian Church Conference), since 2016. I serve MWC by connecting it with my church conference through correspondence, information, translation and…

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    Universally appealing core values
  • Courier 2023 / 38.3

    Inspiration and reflection Perspectives Country Profile Resources General Secretary Word from the editor Partake in this global communion What a joy to be together! This issue of Courier features Renewal 2023. Three years after it was first planned, this special event took place in British Columbia. Renewal is a series of events to remember the birth of the…

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    Courier 2023 / 38.3
  • Renewal: the core of the gospel

    Over the past 100 years, the world has changed immensely and at the same time, not so very much, says Henk Stenvers; both then and now, there is nationalism and polarization in church and society, and even war in Ukraine. As we prepare to mark 100 years of MWC and 500 years of Anabaptism in…

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  • Lessons enter through different doors

    After last summer, you can’t deny it. It’s here. It was the driest year in France and it’s been like that for several years. So you can see people are becoming more aware of climate change. Now it is beginning to affect them. And yet there is still so much more to  talk about.  

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    Lessons enter through different doors
  • Mennonite faith through history

    The history of Mennonites in France goes back to the beginnings of Anabaptist history. There were Anabaptists in Strasbourg by around 1526. They were quickly forced to operate clandestinely, but an Anabaptist presence would continue in Alsace throughout the 16th century.  

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    Mennonite faith through history
  • Equipping our church to care for creation

    Colombia  Now Israel, what does the Lord your God desire from you? … love him, serve him with all your heart and in all your life, and observe his commands… You see, What does it mean to worship God and to walk in his ways while keeping in mind that “the heavens and the earth…

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    Equipping our church to care for creation