-
A pastoral letter on solidarity
Beloved sisters and brothers: “How long, O Lord?” 7 October is the tragic anniversary of a new chapter of unprecedented violence and loss of life in the lands called Israel and Palestine and in the larger region. Amid growing violence, Christians in Palestine released a statement and a call in November 2025: “Kairos Palestine 2…
-
Interdependence strengthens Colombian Mennonites in earthquake response
“We are praying for you from Indonesia.” Mennonite World Conference sent out a call to prayer after a 10 August 2026 earthquake in Colombia. This message soon came back from leaders of the GITJ (Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa) synod office in Indonesia, a country also affected by earthquakes. The earthquake affected MWC member congregations…
-
Reflecting God’s glory on Creation Sunday
Planting marked Creation Sunday events in Mennonite World Conference congregations around the world. They responded to the Creation Sunday worship resource invitation to find an area that needed restoration to proclaim God’s glory. The first Sunday of September 2026, Anabaptist churches joined other Christian free-church traditions in celebrating Creation Sunday for the first time. Ecumenical…
-
Communities shaped by faith, inspired by Christ’s love
In the 1970s, New York City in the United States was not a natural home to Mennonites. “Most Mennonite churches there were started by people who came from what was then Lancaster and Franconia conferences (today’s LMC and Mosaic),” says Hyacinth Stevens, United States, member of Mennonite World Conference’s Mission Commission. “They started by engaging…
-
Joys and burdens are intertwined
Perspective — Philippines I am from the Philippines, and I am grateful that our IMC family can witness God’s faithfulness among people from many tribes, cultures and nations. I still remember the first time I saw the global church gathered in Germany. I was amazed. For a moment, it felt like I was seeing a glimpse…
-
Prayer, preaching and perseverance
Perspective — India “So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all and especially for those of the family of faith.”—Galatians 6:10 As the parable of talents motivates and guides us to use the talents given to us by the Almighty, our Creator, we are warned not to leave our…
-
Neighbours extend God’s gracious hands
Perspective — Zimbabwe In the spirit of solidarity in the family of Christ: sharing burdens and sharing hope, I want to share briefly about a burden during my last term as bishop and how God intervened and raised people to share the burden and give hope again. In the month of June 2024, the Brethren in…
-
Love, care and learning with the global church
My first memory of Mennonite World Conference was the Assembly in Wichita, Kansas, USA in 1978. I was in a theatre production, Cheyenne Jesus Buffalo Dream, that was featured in the Assembly. My overwhelming memory is experiencing the global family for the first time – so many Anabaptists from all over the world! That experience…
-
Fulfilling the law of Christ
Perspective — Bolivia In recent years we have been hearing of war and conflicts in many regions; armed conflicts have been escalating, provoking thousands of displacements, millions of poor and a sense of hopelessness and distress. It seems that we are experiencing the kind of signs Jesus described in Matthew 24 as signs of “the end of…
-
Investing and exercising
Perspective — Canada Mennonite Church Canada has 205 congregations spread out across the vast land of Canada. Our eastern-most congregation and our western-most congregations are 5 300 kms apart. I first entered pastoral ministry in 1992 as a youth pastor. I loved the youth of my congregation. I loved their energy. I loved how sincerely they practiced their faith.…
-
Reaching a hand to the neighbour
Perspective — Switzerland My local church in Switzerland is the fruit of a Mennonite church plant. When cars and tractors were still rare, Mennonites gathered in the rural hills all over the region, in farmhouses and meeting places that offered education, shelter and a simple chapel for communal worship. After some years, these communities stepped down…
-
Ethiopia’s Meserete Kristos Church withdraws from Mennonite World Conference
Mennonite World Conference regrets to announce that Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia has voted to withdraw from MWC membership. After an extended period of prayerful deliberation and earnest discernment, the Meserete Kristos Church, assembled in national convention on 4 September 2026, reached a formal decision to withdraw from Mennonite World Conference. The motion was carried…
