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Walking together while speaking different languages
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA – “Isn’t English your first language?” Marius van Hoogstraten (Netherlands) asked Don McNiven (Canada), after a laughter-filled conversation about the proper spelling of the English word “future.” Both men are members of Mennonite World Conference’s Program Oversight Committee, which met in October to further plan the upcoming Assembly at the Farm Show…
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Warmth, Honesty Mark Mennonite-Adventist Dialogue
Liestal, Switzerland—Representatives of Mennonite World Conference and the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists met in dialogue May 28-31 at the Bienenberg Study and Conference Center in Liestal, Switzerland. The four days of conversation were characterized by both Christian warmth and frank exchange of perspectives. This was the second round of dialogue based on the theme,…
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Interchurch Relations
MWC’s mission statement includes the goal to “relate to other Christian world communions and organizations.” Interchurch dialogue On-going interchurch dialogue As a global communion of Anabaptist-related churches, Mennonite World Conference engages in interchurch dialogue with other Christian world communions and organizations. World Communion of Reformed Churches After a one-year hiatus for logistical reasons, plans for…
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Commissions
The four Mennonite World Conference (MWC) commissions represent MWC at work between and beyond the global assemblies, which are held every six years. The commissions have been described as the four chambers of one heart, which seeks to link the global community of Anabaptist-related churches for fellowship, worship, service and witness. Each of the commissions is…
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Renewal 2021 webinars
“Believe and Be Baptized” The Anabaptist-Mennonite Tradition History, theology and pastoral challenges 6 June 2021 John D. Roth Giving and Receiving within the Body of Christ Learning from the Mennonite-Catholic-Lutheran Conversations on Baptism 13 June 2021 Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld
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Gathered into one
As presented to the Mennonite World Conference General Council, Limuru, Kenya, 24 April 2018 Part I “All things gathered in Christ” Part II “Unity of the Spirit – the creation of body and temple” Part III “Maintaining the Unity of the Spirit – when walking together is hard” At time of writing, Thomas R Yoder…
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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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Grants honour Lord over all creation
God created the world as an intricate web of relationships. When creation suffers, people suffer too, as part of creation. Recognizing our responsibility in this global challenge, Creation Care Working Group* of Mennonite World Conference has established a Creation Care Fund to play a small role in equipping MWC member churches to respond to our contemporary ecological crises. In April 2026 the grant…
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Begin with prayer
“It was wonderful to begin this year praying together,” said Willi Hugo Perez after January’s online prayer hour. “May God encourage and strengthen the spirit of unity and peace in our beloved Anabaptist Mennonite family throughout the world.” Around 80 people gathered on Zoom at 14:00 UTC on 16 January 2026 to pray together at Mennonite World Conference’s bimonthly event. The…
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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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Following Jesus into baptism
Clothed together in Christ Presented by Thomas R Yoder Neufeld On this 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement, and the 100th birthday of the MWC, we are taking the opportunity to reflect deeply on where we come from, where we find ourselves today, and where we are going.
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