• Greek Catholics in Ukraine restore former Mennonite church building

    Kitchener, Ontario, Canada – In Ukraine a former Mennonite church building is being restored and transformed – with the help of Canadian Mennonites – into a Greek Catholic church. This development, according to observers, is an example of Mennonite-Catholic collaboration in the spirit of other exchanges over the past decade or so. The Mennonite church…

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    Greek Catholics in Ukraine restore former Mennonite church building
  • Mennonite World Conference Assembly to meet in Pennsylvania July 21-26, 2015

    Harrisburg, PA, USA – We Mennonites, Mennonite Brethren, and Brethren in Christ of North America have invited our sisters and brothers from around the world to come to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in a little more than a year from now—July 21-26, 2015. The event, Pennsylvania 2015, is Mennonite World Conference’s every-six-year Assembly, fondly known as a…

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    Mennonite World Conference Assembly to meet in Pennsylvania July 21-26, 2015
  • Local Tours Add Flavor to PA 2015 Experience

    Harrisburg, PA, USA – Registrants for PA 2015 will be able to choose from 47 tours while attending the Mennonite World Conference Assembly, to be held July 21-26, 2015 in Harrisburg, PA. Ten full-day tours will take place on Monday, July 20. Registrants may choose among visits to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City, and…

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    Local Tours Add Flavor to PA 2015 Experience
  • Survey of MC USA congregations reveals strong global connections but weak connections to MWC

    Goshen, Indiana, USA – As Anabaptist denominations in the United States prepare to host the 16th Mennonite World Conference Assembly in Pennsylvania next July, a new survey sheds light on the strength of Mennonite Church USA’s existing global connections. The survey, designed and administered by the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism at Goshen…

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    Survey of MC USA congregations reveals strong global connections but weak connections to MWC
  • Partnership solution developed to make PA 2015 attendance possible

    Harrisburg, PA, USA – “What a sad irony it would be if we welcomed the world to PA 2015 but we failed to find a way for our U.S. and Canadian sisters and brothers who belong to immigrant congregations, and to congregations who need financial support, to attend MWC’s Assembly next summer,” reflects Lynn Roth,…

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    Partnership solution developed to make PA 2015 attendance possible
  • Read your way to PA 2015

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA – “We should be well informed hosts,” said Richard Thomas recently about PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference Assembly, to be held next July 21-26 in Harrisburg, PA. Thomas, who chairs the National Advisory Council for the event, is urging all North American Mennonites, Mennonite Brethren, and Brethren in Christ to honour…

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    Read your way to PA 2015
  • First Vietnamese Mennonite pastor dies

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – Quang Xuan Tran, the first Vietnamese Mennonite pastor, died in Philadelphia on 20 September at the age of 84. Quang came to the United States in March 1975 to attend the annual missions meeting of Eastern Mennonite Missions (EMM). As South Vietnam was overrun by military forces from the north in…

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    First Vietnamese Mennonite pastor dies
  • Global Youth Summit to precede PA 2015 Assembly

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA – An international group of young Anabaptists – called the YABs Committee for short – are deep into planning the next Global Youth Summit (GYS), which will immediately precede the upcoming Mennonite World Conference Assembly. As the official MWC youth committee, they are putting together a mix of worship – with each…

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    Global Youth Summit to precede PA 2015 Assembly
  • Prayer Network launched for PA 2015

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA – Mennonite World Conference is establishing a Prayer Network, recognizing the importance of prayer as preparations are made for PA 2015, the global Assembly being planned for July 21-26, 2015, in Harrisburg, PA. “We are confident that the Assembly will be a wonderful time of worship, celebration, and engagement next summer,” Lynn…

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    Prayer Network launched for PA 2015
  • MWC President meets with ecumenical leaders

    Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA – On November 8, a dozen religious leaders from the greater Lancaster and Harrisburg, PA area met for breakfast to converse with MWC President Danisa Ndlovu. The focus was leader-to-leader visiting, sharing joys and concerns about their own churches and parishes. The session was chaired by Kate Good, Executive Director of Parish…

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    MWC President meets with ecumenical leaders
  • In Memoriam: Cornelius J. Dyck (1921-2014)

    Mennonite World Conference mourns the passing of Cornelius J. (C.J.) Dyck, Mennonite historian and church leader, in Normal, Illinois, USA, on 10 January 2014. Dyck served as Executive Secretary of MWC from 1961-1973. Born in Russia on 20 August 1921, Dyck grew up in Kansas (USA). He served for several years with Mennonite Central Committee…

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    In Memoriam: Cornelius J. Dyck (1921-2014)
  • MWC recruits new staff members

    Bogotá, Colombia – Mennonite World Conference has appointed four new staff members: two regional representatives for Africa, a regional representative for Europe and an executive assistant to the general secretary. The staff members will begin their new roles September 1. In announcing the appointment of these new staff members, MWC general secretary César García said,…

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    MWC recruits new staff members