• The heart at work: Commissions meet

    Bogotá, Colombia – MWC’s Renewal 2027 event in Augsburg, Germany, was bookended by meetings of its decision-making bodies and working groups, including a face-to-face gathering of the four Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Commissions: Deacons, Mission, Faith & Life and Peace. Commission members are volunteers from around the world who represent the General Council or bring…

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    The heart at work: Commissions meet
  • How can we get answers from the Bible for 21st century questions?

    How do our member churches express the MWC Shared Convictions in beautiful, local variety throughout our global body? The October 2016 issue of Courier/Correo/Courrier seeks to discern the variety of reasons why Anabaptist communities from around the world come together to form MWC. In the articles that follow, writers reflect on the question: How does Christ’s love for…

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    How can we get answers from the Bible for 21st century questions?
  • MWC Executive Committee deliberates, welcomes and celebrates

    Bogotá Colombia – As Mennonite World Conference (MWC) kicked off Renewal 2027 (a 10-year event commemorating Anabaptism’s birth through the Reformation), the Executive Committee welcomed a record number of new members at their meeting in Germany. Before and after “Transformed by the Word: Reading Scripture in Anabaptist Perspectives” (Renewal 2027) in Augsburg, Germany, 12 February…

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    MWC Executive Committee deliberates, welcomes and celebrates
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – May 2017

    The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its member national churches – connecting, strengthening and expanding. Pray for Peru The flood has subsided, and 100,000 homes are…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – May 2017
  • The joy of Christian unity

    Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Germany Over the more than 10 years I have been serving as pastor in Evangelische Freikirche Mennonitengemeinde Regensburg, the Burgweinting neighbourhood has been celebrating an ecumenical worship service during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.* Participating congregations consist of the Roman Catholic congregation, the Evangelical…

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    The joy of Christian unity
  • Solidarity with indigenous struggle

    Bogotá, Colombia – From April 2016 to January 2017, indigenous people and allies gathered in the northern United States to protest a plan to build pipeline they believed would violate sacred burial grounds and threaten to contaminate drinking water. Mennonite church groups in the U.S. and around the world expressed solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux…

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    Solidarity with indigenous struggle
  • The Bible still speaks, say Renewal 2027 speakers

    Augsburg, Germany – Regional Anabaptists and leaders from around the world gathered 12 February 2017 for “Transformed by the Word: Reading Scripture in Anabaptist Perspectives,” the first in a 10-year series of events called “Renewal 2027” organized by Mennonite World Conference (MWC) to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition with appreciation and critical…

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    The Bible still speaks, say Renewal 2027 speakers
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – April 2017

    The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its member national churches – connecting, strengthening and expanding. Gathering of global Mennonite Brethren fans passion: ICOMB consultation on mission…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – April 2017
  • A unique opportunity for greater unity

    Global Anabaptist Project collects data on the MWC family worldwide The results of the recent Global Anabaptist Profile (GAP), an extensive three-year survey of 24 member conferences of Mennonite World Conference (MWC), are cause for celebration: the church is growing and the gospel is spreading – and the churches of the Global South are the…

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    A unique opportunity for greater unity
  • Holistic care in Semarang

    How do our member churches express the MWC Shared Convictions in beautiful, local variety throughout our global body? The October 2016 issue of Courier/Correo/Courrier seeks to discern the variety of reasons why Anabaptist communities from around the world come together to form MWC. In the articles that follow, writers reflect on the question: How does Christ’s love for…

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    Holistic care in Semarang
  • Congolese counter violence with prayer and workshops

    Kinshasha, DR Congo – “Our God has contradicted mankind’s maneuvering. Praise our God,” says Pascal Kulungu, instructor at the Center for Peacebuilding, Leadership and Good Governance (CPLB), and member of Communauté des Églises de Frères Mennonites au Congo (CEFMC – Mennonite Brethren church in DR Congo). In late 2016, leaders from the Mennonite national churches…

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