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How have we dealt with conflict in the past?
Presented to the General Council of Mennonite World Conference Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, July 2015By Alfred Neufeldof Paraguay
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History of MWC
The Anabaptist movement dates its formal beginnings to 21 January 1525, when a group of young people gathered in a home close to the Grossmnster cathedral in Zurich, Switzerland, to commit adult baptism, a subversive act at the time.
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Growing in faithfulness: Living out our baptism
Guide for study and reflection on Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ, the Church: The Report of the Trilateral Conversations between Lutherans, Mennonites and Catholics 2012-2017 by Thomas R Yoder Neufeld, on behalf of the Faith and Life Commission This study guide is an aid for member churches of the Mennonite World Conference to receive and process…
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God calls us to Christian unity
Biblical Foundations Our Situation Cooperative Efforts Present and Future Relationships Prayer for Renewal “Renew your church, O Lord, and make us instruments of your peace! “ Date Adopted: 22 July 1998Adopted By: MWC Executive Committee and MC-GC Interchurch Relations CommitteeLocation Adopted: Goshen, Indiana, USA
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General Council presentation on Communion and Leadership
Part 1: MWC & Communion Mennonite World Conference is called to be a communion (Koinonia) of Anabaptist-related churches linked to one another in a worldwide community of faith for fellowship, worship, service, and witness. Let’s keep in mind that, according to Paul, God’s unity plan is immeasurably bigger than the plan we might have in…
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Gathered into one
As presented to the Mennonite World Conference General Council, Limuru, Kenya, 24 April 2018 Part I “All things gathered in Christ” Part II “Unity of the Spirit – the creation of body and temple” Part III “Maintaining the Unity of the Spirit – when walking together is hard” At time of writing, Thomas R Yoder…
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Declaration of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples – I
Indonesia 2022: workshop This three-part series explores the document that the Mennonite World Conference General Council approved in Kenya 2018. Presenters: Andrew Suderman is MWC Peace Commission secretary and a member of St. Jacob’s Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church Canada) and of Shalom Mennonite Congregation (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA). Joji Pantoja is MWC Peace Commission chair, a…
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Declaration on Conscientious Objection
In the world today there are still some countries that have mandatory military conscription, and there is a wide variety of policies toward conscientious objectors. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (article 18) states that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. In addition to the Christian foundation for exemption from military…
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Declaration of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples – II
Indonesia 2022: workshop The second workshop of this three-part series will look at current struggles of Indigenous Peoples and how MWC member churches and/or related organizations are walking with and standing in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and their ongoing struggles. Presenters: Andrew Suderman is MWC Peace Commission secretary and a member of St. Jacob’s Mennonite…
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Statement of solidarity with Indigenous peoples
Mennonite World Conference Declaration of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples In the Christian Scriptures, we encounter God who hears the cries of the dispossessed and suffering, feels deep concern for their welfare, and moves to save. In the Gospels, Jesus Christ, the living example for the church, embodies God’s preferred presence with the neighbor who is…
