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Creation Sunday 2026 worship resource
6 September 2026 The MWC Creation Care Working Group suggests the use of the following resources for the celebration of Creation Sunday in MWC congregations in September 2026. Why celebrate Creation Sunday? We have feast days celebrating Jesus (Christmas and Easter) and the Holy Spirit (Pentecost). Creation Sunday celebrates the Triune God as Creator. In…
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Creation Sunday 2026 letter
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Greetings from the Creation Care Working Group (CCWG) of Mennonite World Conference! With hearts of gratitude for the beauty and sustenance that God gives us through creation, we are excited to announce Creation Sunday on 6 September 2026. Christians enter into the story of our faith by celebrating central…
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Courier 2025 / 40.4
Unity is God’s gift “So that they may be one, as we are one,” Jesus prayed in John 17:22. This prayer for those who follow Jesus has been acutely relevant since the moment he spoke it. The Anabaptist movement whose 500th anniversary we mark this year was a “church split” at the time. The many…
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Courier 2025 / 40.2-3
This issue of Courier is a taste of the 500th anniversary Inspired by Zwingli’s famous invocation to “do something courageous!”, MWC gave the theme “The Courage to Love” to our 500th anniversary year. We marked it with a registration-free event in the streets of Zurich, Switzerland, on Ascension Day, 29 May 2025. It’s also the…
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Celebrating our journey toward reconciliation
Celebrating our journey toward reconciliation with the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Celebrating Our Journey toward Reconciliation with the Catholic Church Celebrating Our Journey toward Reconciliation with the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)
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The Courage to Love: Anabaptism@500 event video
On 29 May 2025, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) welcomed guests from around the world to The Courage to Love: Anabaptism@500. The day-long celebration commemorated the birth of the Anabaptist movement in Zurich, Switzerland. Following workshops, concerts, a panel discussion and self-guided historical walking tours, participants gathered for a worship service with ecumenical participation at the…
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Courier 2025 / 40.1
A challenge for the ages It’s a double – even triple – anniversary for Mennonite World Conference this year. For one hundred years, Anabaptist-related national churches have been meeting together to acknowledge we are one body of Christ together, and to encourage and help each other in fellowship, worship, service and witness. For five hundred…
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Restoring Our Family to Wholeness study guide
A guide for study, worship and dialogue “Restoring Our Family to Wholeness: Seeking a Common Witness”
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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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The Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace of the World Council of Churches
The World Council of Churches called for a “pilgrimage” of justice and peace. Applying a transformative spirituality, local communities have been visited in every region, to celebrate the gifts of life, to touch the wounds, and to transform the injustices. Key-themes have emerged on the way: Truth and Trauma, Land and Displacement, Gender Justice, and…
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Restoring Our Family to Wholeness: Seeking a Common Witness
A Common Statement of Confession, Gratitude and Commitment Mennonite World Conference appointed several people to participate in an ongoing ecumenical dialogue with the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). This is one of the state churches who in the 1500s persecuted the early Anabaptists in Europe. Together, this group of theologians from WRCR and MWC…
