• My experience of culture shock from Indonesia to Colombia

    My name is Rut Arsari Christy and I am from Indonesia. In my home country, I attend a Mennonite church called GITJ Kelet, part of the Mennonite World Conference member church Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa. The influence of the Dutch’s culture and religion are quite strong, because Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch. There…

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    My experience of culture shock from Indonesia to Colombia
  • Sharing the MWC Shared Convictions in USA

    Our brothers and sisters of College Community Church Mennonite Brethren, in Clovis, California, USA have found a creative way to use the MWC Shared Convictions in their congregation on the Sundays following Easter 2014. Pastor Bill Braun, adapted the Shared Convictions, along with other resources, to create a responsive reading to use in their worship…

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    Sharing the MWC Shared Convictions in USA
  • Sister Care shared globally

    United States – What began as a seminar for women in the United States has now been shared in Asia and Latin America with additional invitations received from Kenya and Trinidad. Sister Care is a Mennonite Women USA (MW USA) sponsored program that equips women to continue their own healing journey, to identify God’s grace…

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    Sister Care shared globally
  • Memories of Mennonite World Conference

    On 18 January 2014 our sister Leonor Méndez rested in the peace of the Lord. This Latin American leader of Guatemala served on the Mennonite World Conference Executive Committee during the 1990s. In the following piece she left us some experiences of her time with Mennonite World Conference. It is our prayer that God will…

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    Memories of Mennonite World Conference
  • A Mission Modeled on Christ

    Economic Inequality: Exploring our shared commitment to pursuing shalom As a global communion of Anabaptist-related churches, we share a common commitment to pursuing shalom. In this pursuit, we believe in seeking justice and sharing our resources, be they material, financial or spiritual. Yet our tremendous diversity means that we carry out this commitment in very…

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    A Mission Modeled on Christ
  • MWC Regional Representatives appointed for Asia

    Bogotá, Colombia – Mennonite World Conference has appointed three Regional Representatives to nurture relations with member and associate member churches in Asia and the Pacific. The representatives are to begin September 1. The announcement was made by MWC General Secretary, César García. “Having persons like this to help connect member churches in a widespread region,”…

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    MWC Regional Representatives appointed for Asia
  • Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace – Reflecting on Mennonite contributions to the Global Ecumenical Movement

    Mobility and flexibility are necessary in today’s world for many young people: university in another city, intercultural encounters during travels, broadening one’s own horizons. And somewhere between all of this there is this “Mennoniteness” that shapes part of who you are. These experiences perfectly describe my reality. Coming from a small town, and an even…

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    Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace – Reflecting on Mennonite contributions to the Global Ecumenical Movement
  • MWC Commissions Meetings

    Meeting of the 4 MWC Commissions in the Netherlands: Deacons, Faith and Life, Mission, and Peace .

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    MWC Commissions Meetings
  • A Foretaste of Heaven on Earth

    The last few weeks of August were hectic ones for Mennonite World Conference! We produced hundreds of documents to support visa application procedures for several of our members. Our Deacons Commission organized a delegation from five continental regions for a fraternal visit to the churches in Angola. Our board members planned their meeting in Zimbabwe…

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    A Foretaste of Heaven on Earth
  • Called to be a Global Communion

    Some years ago a woman with a foreign accent – a friend of mine – knocked on the door of one of our churches in Bogotá. That church’s pastor – another friend of mine – opened the door. The woman was evangelizing that neighborhood and started to talk with my friend without knowing about his…

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    Called to be a Global Communion
  • Grassy Narrows woman awarded peace prize in Germany

    Germany – Judy DaSilva, a First Nations woman from Grassy Narrows, Ontario, Canada, has been awarded the Michael Sattler Peace Prize from the German Mennonite Peace Committee. “We want to award the prize to Judy DaSilva in order to honour the nonviolent resistance of the Grassy Narrows First Nation against the destruction of nature and…

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    Grassy Narrows woman awarded peace prize in Germany
  • Visit with Angolan churches both inspiring and troubling

    Angola – An enthusiastic and joyous welcome and long lists of needs greeted a Mennonite World Conference (MWC) delegation during a visit to member churches in Angola the first week of September 2013 – a follow up to an earlier delegation in April. (See related article about the April visit.) The purpose, according to Henk…

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    Visit with Angolan churches both inspiring and troubling