We are striving to live and proclaim a faithful gospel witness in the midst of this rapidly changing cultural and political landscape. Some of our healthiest and most vibrantly growing congregations are ethnic, racially diverse and comprised of many immigrants. A significant tension for many immigrant families is the need to assimilate to thrive in the US while also maintaining cherished cultural values. This is especially a challenge for the second and third generations.
—submitted by LMC
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Cordial greetings from the Anabaptist Missionary Church of Bolivia. We ask for your prayers so that God may help us train pastors and leaders who wish to proclaim the gospel and plant new churches in Bolivia’s nine departments.
—submitted by Estavan Gonzales Villarroel
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As we commemorate 500 years of Anabaptism, may we rightly remember our shared past. May we renew our commitments to following Jesus, living out unity in community with others, and building peace. May we also invest in our common witness with other members of Christ’s global body.
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The loss of license to receive funds from overseas has deeply affected Mennonite Christian Service Fellowship of India, a meeting that unites development and mission work of 8 Anabaptist-Mennonite conferences in India. Pray for discernment as they learn new ways of working and finding funds to support projects. Local churches already face strain to pay pastors.
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Natural and climatic conditions are one of the challenges in our region. There are many possible natural disasters that always threaten and become challenges. In Indonesia, for example,earthquakes, landslides and floods occur. In the Philippines, typhoons often occur which destroy many things and also cause floods. This is indeed a problem, but it is also an opportunity for churches of believers to carry out a missionary call to provide assistance to people affected by disasters.
—submitted by Agus Mayanto, MWC regional representative for Southeast Asia
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Pray for intergenerational unity in worship. Preferences for worship styles often differ between age cohorts. This can cause arguments or the development of separate worship events. Pray that each generation will extend grace to each other and remain in relationship, willing to learn from each other.
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Pray for the internally displaced people in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who are very vulnerable with many risks.Pray for the Mennonite churches locally and in the country who are supporting those in need.
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Praise God for the meetings of the EMLC (European Mennonite Leaders Conference) which are an instrument of forming and building a communion/koinonia among its members. There is an openness and willingness to recognize each other. Pray that these experiences will continue to be taken home and shared further. Praise God for the efforts of the European Coordinator (and MWC Regional Rep) José Arra”s continue to bring previously unknown branches of our European Anabaptist-Mennonite family into this communion. Pray that through the diversity of old and new Anabaptist-Mennonites, there is opportunities to refocus on identity, slowly carving new from the old.
Photo: European Mennonite Leaders Conference (EMLC) met in Barcelona, 2023/Liesa Unger
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In northern Brazil (Recife), an apartment building a block from the local Mennonite church fell into itself, crushing, injuring and killing several of their members. The church was grateful for MWC’s words of encouragement and asked for continued prayers as they dealt with grief, relocation of those who lost their homes and outreach.
—submitted by Cynthia D¸ck
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Pray for the superintendent, pastors and congregations of the Cabo Delgado district, which underwent a recent terrorist attack. Pray for terrorist activity to cease in Cabo Delgado and for the church to grow and thrive. Pray also for wisdom for Bishop Mubecane Filipe Manharage as he leads the Church in Mozambique.
—submitted by BIC World Mission
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Please pray for the leaders of national churches in Canada and the USA. Numerous conferences have undergone senior staff leadership transitions, or will be undergoing transitions in the coming months. Pray that our member churches will be appointing wise, godly leaders that will guide their communities to follow Jesus, live out unity and build peace in their denominational families and in the broader Anabaptist fellowship.
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For centuries, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been plundered for its wealth and by the greed of those in power, whose sole concern is their own enrichment.
This affects the way people live together and the national cohesion. In the province of Grand Bandundu, where a large number of Mennonites live, there is armed unrest between the Bayaka and Bateke tribes.
In the east of the country, on the Rwanda-Burundi border, where Mennonites are gradually settling in, an armed rebellion is destabilizing the province. The collapse of the economy has given rise to tensions. Conditions are ripe for ethnic cleansing, which has already begun.
Please pray for the eradication of greed and corruption, and that the Mennonite Christians of DR Congo will give an example of peace in a troubled country. We need your prayerful support.
—submitted by Reverend Professor …rik Kumedisa, Director of the Centre Biblique Anabaptiste, Kinshasa, DR Congo
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