• Welcoming my enemy

    I come from a people called the Banyamulenge. We are cattle herders and live in the high mountains of Eastern Congo overlooking Lake Tanganyika. Over the years, my people have been forced from one area to another in search of green pastures for our livestock. When the Belgians ruled this part of Africa, we lived…

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    Welcoming my enemy
  • 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…

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  • Peace Sunday 2018 – worship resource

    A renewed peace church welcomes the stranger

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  • Embracing vulnerability

    A renewed peace church calls for renewed commitment to one another; even those who may be our enemies. Building bridges resolves disconnectedness. Without relationship and connectedness peace cannot flourish. This is essential if we want to relate with those who are of a different faith or culture. A significant challenge in multi-faith and cross-cultural relationships…

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    Embracing vulnerability
  • God’s church and its vocation for peace

      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…

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    God’s church and its vocation for peace
  • Peace Sunday 2016

    “Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace” (James 3:18). In a world ravaged by violence, it is not easy to be a Peace Church – a church dedicated to the ways of Christ’s peace. These ways require much intentionality, persistence and even sacrifice. It is not always certain that Christ’s ways of peace will be effective. And yet the author of James reminds…

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    Peace Sunday 2016
  • 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
  • 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?
  • 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
  • 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