• Songs, sermons and saucers

    Bogotá Colombia – Music from other cultures, Scripture readings on a common theme, shared food and special offerings characterize World Fellowship Sunday, a celebration of Anabaptist family in Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches around the world 22 January 2017. The theme of 2017 was “My cry is heard,” reflecting on God’s faithfulness amid hardships in…

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  • From a broken leg to a mended heart

    During a visit to Anabaptist churches in Japan, MWC regional representative KyongJung Kim fellowshipped with two Mennonite Brethren families over a delicious meal of Okonomiyaki, an Osaka special. His host, Naoge, shared her story of how Jesus changed her life and used an accident to bring about healing. Naoge’s testimony I accepted Jesus when I…

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  • MWC financial update

    We are grateful for the steady flow of contributions in support of Mennonite World Conference, whether from our national member churches, local congregations, or individuals. During the first part of the year, we received strong support for our core activities; however we still rely on end-of-year contributions to meet our financial commitments. It is a…

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    MWC financial update
  • Our mission and Shared Convictions

    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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    Our mission and Shared Convictions
  • Songs of the Trinity and shalom

    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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    Songs of the Trinity and shalom
  • Transformed by the Word

    Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give guidance and propose resources to member churches, and facilitate MWC-related networks or fellowships working together on matters of…

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    Transformed by the Word
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – March 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. More than 200 Mennonite Brethren church leaders from 35 countries gathered…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – March 2017
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – March 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. More than 200 Mennonite Brethren church leaders from 35 countries gathered…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – March 2017
  • Online theological education opens doors

    Elkhart, Indiana, USA – Nora Marleni Martínez of Metapan, El Salvador, is in the first group of students in a regional Peace and Justice Institute program of the Seminario Anabautista Latinoamericano (SEMILLA). Now, some SEMILLA courses are online, making it possible for Martínez to only travel a long-distance half as often. “I can make my…

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    Online theological education opens doors
  • The road to peace after the plebiscite in Colombia

    A plebiscite was held in Colombia on 2 October 2016, for the citizens to approve or reject the agreements reached between the government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejercito del Pueblo (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army, FARC) after four years of negotiations. A variety of groups participated in this…

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    The road to peace after the plebiscite in Colombia
  • YABs Fellowship Week in Bogot· and around the world

    Bogotá, Colombia – In June 2016, the dream of worshipping together as the global family became a reality, when local young people from three denominations celebrated the inaugural YABs Fellowship Week with a joint worship service in Bogotá. “It was another space to feel the connection between us, as young Anabaptists in the world, that…

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