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MWC Commissions Meetings
Posted: February 5, 2014 | Category: News
Meeting of the 4 MWC Commissions in the Netherlands: Deacons, Faith and Life, Mission, and Peace . more/más/suite
A Foretaste of Heaven on Earth
Posted: January 17, 2014 | Category: From Our Leaders
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... more/más/suite
Called to be a Global Communion
Posted: January 13, 2014 | Category: From Our Leaders
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... more/más/suite
Grassy Narrows woman awarded peace prize in Germany
Posted: December 17, 2013 | Category: News
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... more/más/suite
Visit with Angolan churches both inspiring and troubling
Posted: November 5, 2013 | Category: News
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... more/más/suite
Integrating All Areas of Life
Posted: October 19, 2013 | Category: Testimonies
Exploring our shared commitment to worship As a global communion of Anabaptist-related churches, we share a common commitment to gathering regularly for worship. Yet our tremendous diversity means that we carry out this commitment in very different... more/más/suite
Indonesia: Struggling, learning, serving
Posted: October 19, 2013 | Category: Testimonies
The Mennonite community in Indonesia is diverse and dynamic! Discussing its origins and development may bring to mind many questions, especially for those in the Global North: How did Mennonitism take root in Indonesia? How did Indonesia become the... more/más/suite
Mennonites accompany Islamic community in its religious celebration
Posted: October 15, 2013 | Category: Testimonies
I have been the coordinator of the Argentine Chapter of the Latin American Youth Inter-Religious Network of Religions for Peace for four years (position that I will be retiring from at the end of the year). Our community (Iglesia Anabautista... more/más/suite
Delivering living water in Congo
Posted: September 2, 2013 | Category: News
Mbuji Mayi, Democratic Republic of Congo – A pastor in the Communauté Evangélique Mennonite au Congo has spearheaded a ministry of compassion to suffering prisoners in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Jean-Richard Muteba Wa Mbuyi spends a lot of... more/más/suite
MWC launches new study of its global members
Posted: August 8, 2013 | Category: News
Goshen, Indiana – Nearly 30 people from 18 countries gathered at Goshen College on 29 July-02 August to launch the Mennonite World Conference “Global Anabaptist Profile.” The MWC project, which is organized and funded by the Institute for the Study... more/más/suite
Young Anabaptists prepare for 2015 Global Youth Summit
Posted: July 8, 2013 | Category: News
Akron, Pennsylvania, USA – Preparations for the 2015 Global Youth Summit and transitions within the committee marked the annual meeting of the Young Anabaptists (YABs) Committee held here 23-28 May 2013. The committee welcomed Lani Prunés of the... more/más/suite
Assembly planning and growth challenges engage MWC Executive Committee
Posted: June 21, 2013 | Category: News
Akron, Pennsylvania, USA – They toured the site of the next global assembly and imagined the global faith family worshipping and relating in that space. They explored ways to increase funding of Mennonite World Conference as a growing global... more/más/suite
Program Oversight Committee selected for Assembly 16
Posted: June 21, 2013 | Category: News
Akron, Pennsylvania, USA – At meetings held here 23-28 May, the Mennonite World Conference Executive Committee confirmed the appointment of a Program Oversight Committee for the 2015 Assembly to be held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 21-26 July... more/más/suite
Latin American Anabaptist Women Theologians movement celebrates ten years
Posted: March 29, 2013 | Category: News
Guatemala City, Guatemala – The seminar “Active and Compassionate Listening”, given by Carolyn Holderread Heggen and Rhoda Shenk Keener of Mennonite Women USA was held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, at the Latin American Anabaptist Seminary (SEMILLA... more/más/suite
MWC responds to election of Pope Francis
Posted: March 28, 2013 | Category: News
Bogota, Colombia – After the March 13 election of Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as Pope Francis, Mennonite World Conference issued a letter of congratulations and also sent two of its leaders to March 19 and 20 inaugural services in Rome. In... more/más/suite
European Mennonites plan multimedia project to focus on public influence and future identity
Posted: March 28, 2013 | Category: News
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – “A contribution to the public debate” – that’s what Fernando Enns, professor of Mennonite Peace Theology and Ethics calls euMENNet. This multimedia project aims to reveal the influence of five centuries of Mennonite... more/más/suite
European Mennonite leaders seek renewal of identity as peace church
Posted: March 26, 2013 | Category: News
Elspeet, The Netherlands – At the annual meeting of the leaders of European Mennonite conferences, interest in creating a centre of coordination was reaffirmed. The conference leaders also gave attention to the renewal of the peace witness and to... more/más/suite
Japanese church calls for ‘ring of prayers’
Posted: March 11, 2013 | Category: News
“Prayers like a huge ring on the earth” is what Yamanota Fukuin Church, a Brethren in Christ congregation in Japan envisions by asking churches around the world to join in prayer on March 11, 2012 for victims and survivors and all affected by the... more/más/suite
Latin American Women Theologians examine violence facing women
Posted: February 19, 2013 | Category: News
La Angostura, Chile – The fifth gathering of Latin American Mennonite Women Theologians took place within the framework of the 15th Southern Cone Anabaptist Mennonite Congress held here January 23-27, 2013, attended by sisters and brothers from the... more/más/suite
World Directory now available
Posted: February 10, 2013 | Category: News
This directory, compiled by Mennonite World Conference, includes churches that are rooted in the 16th century Radical Reformation in Europe, particularly in the Anabaptist movement. This faith family includes more than 1.7 million baptized believers... more/más/suite
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