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Commemorating 500 years of Anabaptism
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025 Part A: Origin of Anabaptism in 1525 Part B: Origin of Anabaptists/Mennonites in your own country Part C: WCRC and MWC Common Statement of Confession, Gratitude and Commitment Part D: A Responsive reading of gratefulness, based on Psalm 136 This content is provided to give context for Anabaptism@500 years –…
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“The Courage to Love” activity
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025 Luke 6:32 says if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Human beings have the tendency to love those who love them. It is easy to love those who love us or who are good to us. But Jesus teaches us to love those who…
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Celebration ideas
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025 Participate in person or join in online on 29 May 2025 On Saturday 29 May 2025, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) will welcome guests from around the world to The Courage to Love: Anabaptism@500. The day-long celebration commemorates the birth of the Anabaptist movement in Zurich, Switzerland. Following workshops, concerts, a…
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“Unless a seed dies” (John 12:24)
“Disperse and connect.” This motto guided Hawkesville Mennonite Church as they closed the congregation’s active ministry and disbursed the assets to support other ministries. Mennonite World Conference was one of the beneficiaries from this congregation in rural Ontario, Canada. “The church’s assets will be used to promote the ongoing mission of the church,” says David…
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COP 29 blogs by a Dutch Mennonite
Updates from COP 29 – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) “We are witnessing terrible violence against God’s beloved creation. And we are increasingly aware of how much we share in the harm, both as sinners and as sinned-against,” says Thomas R Yoder Neufeld, chair of the Faith & Life Commission. “We must…
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“They just want me to learn”
From Indonesia to Bolivia – a YAMEN year through the five senses: This is how Arni Alice Paidjo describes her time in Bolivia, Santa Cruz. The member of Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia (Muria Christian Church of Indonesia, GKMI) in Salatiga, Indonesia, served with YAMEN 2023-2024. The Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network (YAMEN) program is a…
