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Theme
The Courage to Love
Why this theme was chosen
The first baptisms in the Anabaptist tradition took place in secret in Zurich, Switzerland, on 21 January 1525. A small group of Jesus-followers acted together with courage on their shared understanding of Scripture and the church, different from their political and religious context. Today there are churches all over the world in the Anabaptist tradition, acting together with courage to love each other, different from our political and religious contexts that too often pull us apart.
Biblical text options
- Old Testament: Genesis 50:15-21
- Psalm: Psalm 133
- Gospel: Luke 7:36-50
- New Testament: 1 John 4:7-21
In This Package
- Liturgies and symbols for gathering and benediction
- Sermon
- Commemorating 500 years of Anabaptism with history, liturgy and reconciliation
- Children’s activity
- Tithes and offering suggestions
- Celebration ideas
Additional Resource
Multimedia resources online
Written resources online in English, Español, Français, Deutsch, हिंदी and Português
- Video readings of Scripture texts
- Video sermons in English, Español, Français and Deutsch
- Video testimonies in English, Español, Français, 中文 and Swahili
- Song videos
- Photos
- Year in Review video
- Celebration map
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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 in different parts of the world. It is our hope however, to strengthen our sense of shared identity and community in the midst of all the diversity present throughout the Anabaptist body. Young people represent one of the important target audiences.
Find also a study guide for sharing questions about the film in small group or youth groups.
Transmission 2023 Migration
Transmission 2023 – English “How worldwide migration an displaced persons are being supported by loving and caring people.” This global phenomenon is the subject of 2023’s Transmission video.
In this video, young Mennonites in Greece, Lebanon, Colombia, USA and DR Congo share about their work of welcoming displaced persons.
Transmission 2022 Latin America
Transmission 2022 – English The third production in the Transmission series focusing on creation care is ready for viewing. Ophelia, a Swiss woman, after living and working in Costa Rica, wondered what she could learn from her contemporaries in Latin America on the subject. The production includes stories from Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador and Honduras. This production ends with challenge triggered by an enterprise in the Netherlands as a way of inspiring all viewers, young and old to think and act boldly and with vision when it comes to creation care.
Transmission 2021 Indonesia
Transmission 2021 – English In Transmission, Hani and Adi share amazing faith journeys while they relate as Mennonites (a small minority) and Muslims (a large majority) in Indonesia. Hani reflects on how she sees the face of God in the people (both Muslim and Christian) she encounters in the remote village of Tempur, high in the mountains of Jepara. Adi introduces us to the power of interfaith dialogue and the resulting transformation of Solo from a city of violence to a city of peace.
From Indonesia we jump to the Netherlands where the relationship between Anabaptists and Muslims is impacted by a Muslim minority.
Canadians, Europeans, and Indonesians worked together to bring this unique production to life.
Transmission Ethiopia 2020
Transmission 2020 – English Transmission Ethiopia 2020 introduces its audiences to the Meserete Kristos Church through their experience with persecution (and freedom of religion), spiritual maturity, the place of youth in the church, the importance of music and prayer life. In this case, Salom, a French young adult reflects (after her return to France from her visit to Ethiopia), on what she learned from her peers and elders in the church.
We hope to gain a young generation of people who will be involved in making the next in the series and the final 90-minute documentary which we hope to expand to a secular audience in 2025. For the moment, we are targeting the Christian world.
Video in English, Spanish, French, German, Amharic subtitles
–release by Affox AG
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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 mind.
Presenter: Larry Miller
Part 1 Part 2: Leadership & Communion
“Leadership that Facilitates Unity” or “Leadership that Builds Communion”
- What characteristics are important for leaders of national churches in order to build communion?
- What are leadership weaknesses that effect negatively meetings and even relationships among church leaders?
In short, the question is what kind of leaders do we need in order to have healthy meetings and especially, beyond meetings, healthy global communion?
Presenter: Larry Miller
Presented to: General Council, December 2022 (Zoom)
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Como construimos espacios de discernimiento en tiempos de fundamentalismos religiosos y políticos
Toda comunidad saludable debe dialogar abiertamente sobre temas controversiales, como forma de encarnar la fe en Jesús y poder seguir juntos, superando las barreras y desafíos que el mundo nos plantea hoy y tener esperanza y vencer el miedo .
Tres amigos de trayectoria anabautista: Menonitas; María Elena Arango Libreros, (Colombia) Luis María Almán Bornes (Argentina ) y Víctor Rey Bautista (Chile). Concordamos que la Teología Anabautista podía decir algo en tiempo de pandemia. Iniciamos reuniones semanales el 13 de mayo del 2020. Hoy somos cinco en el equipo coordinador.
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday Scripture passages read in English, Hindi, Javanese and Indonesian with subtitles in English, Spanish and French
- Old Testament: Isaiah 55:1-6 (click here to download)
- Psalm: 27
- Gospel: John 4:1-42 (click here to download)
- New Testament: Philippians 2:1-11
Readers:
- Preshit Rao, India, registration assistant
- Lorenzo Fellycyano, Indonesia, registration assistant
- Lydia Suyanti, Indonesia, Assembly office assistant
- Sarah Yetty, national co-coordinator & logistics
- Simon Setiawan, Indonesia, national co-coordinators assistant
Isaiah 55 Isaiah 55 (Indonesian) Psalm 27 Psalm 27 (Hindi) John 4:1-42 John 4 (Indonesian) Philippians 2:1-11 (Javanese) -
Being Anabaptist Christians Today (1993)
Mennonite World Conference General Council Meeting
Africa Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Women’s Gathering
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 14–21 July 1993Gathered together from thirty-eight countries and many contexts at Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) these days in mid-July 1993, we have shared stories and testimonies which cause us to examine our own cultures in light of the gospel. Truly we have been a community seeking to discern and interpret faithfully God’s Word for our time.
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If you plan to participate in Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday (AWFS) in 2022, put a locator pin here (instructions below) so we can celebrate and pray along with you:
How to add a pin
(If you do not have a Google account, please email your congregation name, city, country and national church to info@mwc-cmm.org so we can add your pin.)
On desktop:
1. Click this link to open in Google Maps.
2. Type the name of your congregation in the search bar.
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2022
Centrality of Christ
A disciple is someone who learns from a teacher. Anabaptists learn from Jesus and commit to live a life shaped by the life of Jesus. They look to scripture to see how Jesus acted and related to others. Anabaptists seek to keep Jesus as the center of their lives.
“Centrality of Christ” from Let the Children Come to Me: Nurturing Anabaptist Faith within Families, by Lisa Weaver and Elizabeth Miller; design by Judith Rempel Smucker. Cascadia Publishing House (2019). Used with permission.
