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1. God calls us to Christian unity

   ... in global, national, and local inter-confessional church fellowships and councils; we encourage consideration of such ... with respect to the relative sizes of conversation partners, power balance factors, etc.   The Mennonite World Conference and ... can help our churches by providing written materials and leadership to guide existing and new conversations and relationships with other ...

   KarlaB - 10/06/2020 - 18:59

2. Newcomers to natives: Diversity and challenges for Mennonites in Brazil

   ... them were Brazil and Paraguay. European and North American church leaders encouraged the refugees to move as a group to Paraguay, where ... superstition,” “direct divine revelation,” power controlling-centred gospel, prosperity gospel, etc. Diversity and ...

   pwadmin - 01/27/2020 - 17:32

3. Anabaptist seed grows in Venezuela

   ... in its seminary program. Stucky, a Mennonite pastor and church leader from Bogota, Colombia, taught a course in “Radical Anabaptist ... Anabaptists. He attributed the signs of new life to the power of the resurrection of Christ. “Resurrection power is manifested when ...

   pwadmin - 11/18/2019 - 14:38

4. Crossing cultural barriers in missions

   ... हिन्दी A barrier-crossing church, First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Canada, celebrates Anabaptist World ... tend to operate from a host theology (derived from money, power and privilege) ought to learn to cultivate a guest theology (normally the ...

   pwadmin - 05/05/2020 - 18:41

5. Anabaptist Movement Flourishing in South Korea

   ... of Global Anabaptism at Goshen College; Baptist seminary church historian Byung Doo Nahm; Sang Kyu Lee of the Presbyterian Kosin ... years, South Koreans have lived in the shadow of a nuclear power to the north. Consequently, military service is an important part of ...

   pwadmin - 01/27/2020 - 17:47

6. The challenge of diversity: A call to discernment and transformation

   ... not start with a single understanding of a new face of the church, but rather developed different ideas in the many struggles in various ... other. Patriarchial behavior, the misuse of uncontrolled power and the victimization of individuals and the stigmatization of whole ...

   pwadmin - 01/28/2020 - 12:53

7. Children of light

   ... —Nancy R. Heisey teaches biblical studies and church history at Eastern Mennonite University. She served as president of MWC ... Jesus Christ,” and refusing allow our disagreements “the power to cause division among us.”  The Apostle Paul tells us that we ...

   pwadmin - 01/27/2020 - 17:55

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