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Transmission
Transmission is the title given to a series of 5 films of 10 minutes which present Anabaptist thought to people around the world to encourage a life of faith created by Affox AG, a multimedia production company. We would like to do this by providing a glimpse at the journeys we experience as disciples of Jesus…
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Responding to Climate Crisis as a Missional Responsibility
Indonesia 2022: workshop Humanity is facing cataclysmic impacts of the climate crisis and enormous effects of the loss of natural ecosystems and biodiversity. What is our calling as partners in the care of God’s good creation? The missional role of the Church in actively restoring a harmonious and future-looking interaction with our environment is absolutely…
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Land and water protection: peace work and the environment
Indonesia 2022: workshop Across many continents, Community Peacemaker Teams has supported accompaniment work in communities that suffer from environmentally and socially disruptive extractive industries. This workshop explores stories of individuals who have worked with CPT to oppose logging, extraction, fossil fuels, and land theft. We will draw lessons for Anabaptist peace and environmental work. Presenter:…
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Creation Care and MWC Responding as a Global Church
Indonesia 2022: workshop Creation Care and MWC: Responding as a Global Church “El cuidado de la creación y el CMM: Respondiendo como iglesia mundial” « La protection de la création et la CMM : une réponse de l’église mondiale » How should Mennonite World Conference respond to climate and other environmental crises which are impacting…
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Creation Care Task Force: Rationale and mandate
Creation Care Task Force Rationale: MWC is a global communion of Anabaptist churches that are together facing the climate crisis. Central to our ethos is to respond faithfully to the challenges of our world. What does it mean to follow Jesus into this crisis? Member churches Ð along with all humanity Ð are all at…
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Creation care that makes a difference
Indonesia 2022: Workshop Humanity’s impact on the environment demonstrates the need for a change of direction. Yet so often steps toward “creation care” seem overwhelmingly large or too small to make a difference. This workshop will examine ways followers of Jesus as individuals and organizations can live into a more sustainable future. Presenter: Tim Wiebe-Neufeld…
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Climate Pollinators, a webinar series
This webinar is jointly organized by the Creation Care Task Force and Anabaptist Climate Collaborative. In these webinars, MWC’s Creation Care Task Force members from each region host one hour of storytelling and Q&A. Church members from around the world will share how they are affected by climate change – and responding with resilient action and gospel hope. …
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Courier 2023 / 38.2
Inspiration and reflection Perspectives Country profile Resources General Secretary Word from the editor In crisis, a community of hope More with Less is the title of a Mennonite-famous cookbook. Home economist and former MCC service worker Doris Longacre Janzen crafted this countercultural cookbook in the 1970s. It exemplifies Mennonite ideals of simplicity and takes inspiration from…
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Courier 2018 / 33.1
Click below to download PDF. Stories include: Creation care: a biblical mandate Churches together for climate justice Taking action for your neighbourhood At peace with the land A Countercultural Lifestyle
