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Biblical and Theological Reflections on the MWC Tagline
Presented by Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld to the MWC Executive Committee at their meeting in Curitiba, Brazil, in April 2024. I. Following Jesus – “Who do you say that I am?” Introduction A year ago, at Camp Squeah in British Columbia, Canada, the EC developed a new tagline for the MWC: “Following Jesus, living out…
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025
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…
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The ‘Anabaptist Tradition’ – Reclaiming its gifts, heeding its weaknesses
A teaching resource from the Faith and Life Commission What does it mean for member churches of Mennonite World Conference to share anAnabaptist identity? What is the value of Anabaptist “tradition” – and what does that wordmean in a global context? What are our Anabaptist understandings of mission andfellowship? In 2009, the newly appointed Faith…
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Stewardship for All?
Stewardship for All?, by Bedru Hussein and Lynn Miller
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Sharing Gifts in the Global Family of Faith
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Seeing power as God sees it Herod and the child
Indonesia 2022: workshop This workshop will study Matthew 2:1-23 and examine the upside-down portrait of power in Matthew’s story of Herod and the child. Participants will then reflect on the significance of this upside-down portrait of power for Christians living in the present-day world of 2022. Bring your Bible and join the discussion! Presenter: Dorothy…
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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…
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Ressources sur l’histoire et la théologie anabaptistes
Il existe de nombreuses ressources en langue française sur l’histoire et la théologie anabaptistes. Cliquez ici pour une bibliographie mise à jour par Claude Baecher Cliquez ici pour la Bibliothèque numérique anabaptiste
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Resources regarding the baptism report
Study guide Growing in Faithfulness: Living out our baptism Guide for study and reflection on Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ, the Church: The Report of the Trilateral Conversations between Lutherans, Mennonites and Catholics (2012-2017) Report Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ, the Church It was with the twin goals of…
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Methods and curriculum for teaching mission from an Anabaptist perspective
Lawrence YoderAAM MeetingEMS 12/8/00 “Methods and curriculum for teaching missions from an Anabaptist perspective” As look at the issues of teaching Christian mission, a very basic challenge is to invite students to discover God’s mission, and to get on board with what God is doing and wants to do in the world. The basic prayer…
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Koinonia – The Gift We Hold Together
A teaching resource from the Faith and Life Commission The word koinonia has rightly become a central term and concept for Mennonite World Conference. In addresses, publications and programmatic efforts, leaders have been nudging the global Anabaptist community to a deeper relationship with each other. Even when we don’t use the word koinonia itself, much…
