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Week of prayer on COVID-19 pandemic
Monday 22 March 2021 Day One Prayers of Lament (We lament the more than 2 million people who have died and the deadly impact of the pandemic on the vulnerable, especially children.)* Opening Prayer God who sees all and knows all,your eyes are upon us, your children, in this our time of pain and suffering. We…
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MWC Global Church Sharing Fund responds to pandemic needs
Instead of being a great leveller, the COVID-19 pandemic is exposing pre-existing systemic inequalities that benefit some and disadvantage others. How can the Anabaptist family respond? Mennonite World Conference has invited Anabaptist mission and service agencies to coordinate their financial response to COVID-19 hardships experienced especially by under-resourced member churches around the world. Pre-conditions in parts of Africa,…
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Jesus Christ: our hope
The Bible undergirds human rights “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). Here in Burkina Faso, we have been confronted with terrorist attacks for more than four years. It is an inexplicable situation, because even though the attacks are recurring, no one has claimed responsibility. Faced with…
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Solidarity with a Mennonite church at a crossroad
From 1–8 December 2019, a joint delegation from Mennonite World Conference’s Peace Commission and Deacons Commission visited three Mennonite churches in Hong Kong, other denominations and also some educational institutions to offer solidarity and to respond to the request for further perspectives on Anabaptist peacemaking. The delegation members included Peace Commission Chair and Coffee for Peace founder Joji Pantoja,…
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A little more light
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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Generous love amid war in Democratic Republic of Congo
Loving the generous people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is not difficult, but evil happening in the rural Kasaï region of that lush country is hard to comprehend. In December 2017, survivors of civil war there told a delegation from the Mennonite World Conference Deacons Commission of surprise attacks on their villages from…
