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Changes in MWC communication team
Bogotá, Colombia – The Mennonite World Conference communication team is changing with new appointments and transitions in three staff positions. In mid-July 2015, Karla Braun of Canada began a half-time position as editor and writer. She serves as editor of Courier/Correo/Courrier and also as a writer and editor of other MWC material. Braun has been…
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Assembly website to have latest Assembly Coverage
Harrisburg, PA, USA – Already hundreds of brothers and sisters from around the world are gathering in Harrisburg for the 16th Assembly of Mennonite World Conference. PA 2015 has already begun with the Global Youth Summit, which took place from 17-19 July at Messiah College in Harrisburg. To see all the coverage of this event,…
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Swiss Mennonites express solidarity with Church of the Brethren in Nigeria
Basel, Switzerland – In addition to supporting the appeal for prayer issued by Mennonite World Conference (MWC), the Konferenz der Mennoniten der Schweiz (KMS – Conference of Swiss Mennonites), has reached out in solidarity with the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria – EYN). In north-eastern Nigeria, Christians and moderate Muslims…
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PA congregations to host final day of PA 2015; 26 July worship resources available to all
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA – Attendees of PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly, will spend 26 July, the final day of the event, with Mennonite and Brethren in Christ congregations within a two-hour radius of the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. “Since there are so many Anabaptist-related congregations close by, we asked if they…
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East African Churches strengthen leadership training for rural pastors
Mwanza, Tanzania – Bishops in the Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania (Tanzanian Mennonite Church) and Kenya Mennonite Church are working to meet the need for local, affordable training for village pastors. To do so, they have partnered with Eastern Mennonite Missions workers Joe and Gloria Bontrager, originally from the United States, who are developing and implementing…
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Why do we need a global communion?
“Walking with God” is the theme of our next global Assembly, to be held 21-26 July 2015. But how can we walk together if we do not believe exactly the same? That was the question that a leader raised some months ago while I was visiting his community. He believed that it is not possible…
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Arli Klassen named MWC coordinator of regional representatives
Bogotá, Colombia – Arli Klassen has been named coordinator of regional representatives for Mennonite World Conference, effective 1 July 2015. In this new half-time role, Klassen will work closely with the MWC regional representatives in various continental regions, including North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. She will also continue to serve MWC as chief development…
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Church participation enriches cross cultural experience
Winnipeg, Manitoba – Opportunities to fill leadership responsibilities in a local church enrich Yoweri Murungi’s one-year cross cultural service assignment in Lusaka, Zambia. His many new experiences include leading praise and worship services, Bible study classes and youth ministries at the Chilenje Brethren in Christ church in Lusaka. “These experiences help me gain leadership skills…
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A New Pattern of Leadership
“Colombian people do not fight for money. You fight for power.” These were the words of a North American missionary after several decades of ministry in Colombia. She was speaking about the ongoing reality of broken relationships among church leaders because of conflicts. After 22 years of ministry in Colombia I must recognize that this…
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It Takes a (Global) Village: Being the people God wants us to be
When someone asks you to use a few words to describe yourself, what words do you use? Would you change those words to describe yourself when you are with your family? At work? Travelling to some distant place? I discovered that the words I use to describe myself change, depending on my cultural context. When…
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Des francophones se rencontrent à Harrisburg
Le 23 juillet, plus de 50 francophones de 12 pays différents se sont retrouvés sous la présidence de Max Wiedmer dans une salle perdue au fond d’un dédale de couloirs du Farm Show Complex de Harrisburg, en Pennsylvanie. Si perdue qu’une trentaine de personnes ne l’ont jamais trouvée… Échos de cette réunion du Réseau mennonite…
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Evening speakers at PA 2015 to offer ëglobal feast for the soul’
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – “We’re offering a global feast for the soul,” says Don McNiven, a member of the Program Committee for Mennonite World Conference’s Assembly, as he announced evening speakers for PA 2015, to be held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in July. “Each day we will consider a tension that all of us face as Christians.…
