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AWFS 2026: Tithes and offering ideas
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2026 MWC invites a special offering to be taken for the global Anabaptist church community on World Fellowship Sunday. One way to think about this offering is to invite every member to contribute the value of one lunch in their own community to support the networks and resources of our global…
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Bridge builders
Changes on regional representatives team “I have witnessed firsthand the power of ‘Living out Unity’ amid diverse communities and the constant need for “Building Peace” through dialogue and understanding,” says Vikal Pravin Rao, incoming regional representative for South Asia. MWC’s regional representatives are part-time volunteers who develop and support relationships with MWC member, associate-member and potential-member churches;…
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Deep, spiritual transformation on YAMEN year
“I have always desired to see and understand the world beyond my immediate environment, to learn from diverse communities. When I learned about YAMEN’s vision for young people of global learning and service, I saw it as a platform that will expose, shape and equip me for the betterment of myself, the church and my community,” says Moses Johnson Jumbo. Moses Jumbo, a member from Mennonite Church, Inen district, Nigeria, served…
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The Courage to Love
She was a young, enslaved girl. We don’t know her name, but we do know that she was a prisoner of war. We can only imagine the vulnerability, loss and trauma she must have endured as a displaced person – an enslaved refugee in a foreign land. The story is told in 2 Kings 5. Naaman, a…
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AWFS 2026: Testimonies from Europe
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2026 Solidarity on Lesbos “And now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, and the greatest of these is love.”—1 Corinthians 13:13) What do these three things look like when we put them into practice? They look like loyalty, anticipation and solidarity. And the greatest of these is solidarity. And now faith,…
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Encyclopedia expands user access
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” (Galatians 6:9). This verse inspires the management board of GAMEO. In 2025 and 2026, the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online is focused on improving user experience and author engagement. One initiative…
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“I became a Mennonite in my heart”
Cynthia Peacock served Mennonite World Conference as regional representative to South Asia 2014–2025. She was also chair of the Deacons Commission from 2009–2015. At the General Council meetings in Germany in May 2025, Timo Doetsch (General Council delegate for Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Brüdergemeinden in Deutschland – AMBD) asked her to share her experience. Following Jesus as…
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A challenge and a prayer
“I always leave Online Prayer Hour feeling encouraged,” says Ginny Hostetler, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Every two months, Mennonite World Conference hosts this online gathering. Participants spend most of the hour sharing and praying together in small groups according to language. This September, breakout rooms were facilitated in English, French, Spanish, Hindi, and, for the first…
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YAMEN: Opening a window onto the global church
YAMEN 2024/2025 orientation at Cambodia. Photo: Sarah Sarauniya Adamu “This service experience, without a doubt, was a beautiful gift…. Upon returning [from my service assignment], I realized that my place was at home, with my faith community, but my heart burned to return to the Indigenous Mayan Popti’ communities where I had spent my time…
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What does it mean to be a Peace Church?
Peace Sunday 2025 – Testimony A story of the church in Myanmar What does it mean to be a Historic Peace Church – or, rather, a church dedicated to the ways of Christ’s peace? This is the question that the Mennonite church in Myanmar wrestles with as the ongoing conflict there continues to affect many…
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Redrawing our relationships of proximity
Peace Sunday 2025 – Teaching Resource Sermon on Matthew 22:34–40 “Vecino” or “vecina” (neighbour). This is one of the ways we refer to the different people around us in Bogota, Colombia, whether they live in our building, the house next door, or we meet them in a store or other shared and public places. We…
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No one was left behind
The General Council is the decision-making body of Mennonite World Conference. Using consensus decision making, they discern strategy, policy and statements that guide the global Anabaptist family. Out of 106 General Council delegates who were present at the triennial meetings in Germany in 2025, more than 60 were representing their church for the first time. (As…
