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What can I do to address world hunger?

20 September 2023

Mennonite World Conference is one of 14 Christian organizations joining hands with World Vision International in prayer and action against world hunger. The third annual Weekend of Prayer and Action Against Hunger (#WoPA2023) is observed 14-16 October 2023, coinciding with World Food Day which falls on Monday, 16 October 2023. “We believe famine has no…
A time to act

19 September 2023

César García, general secretary of Mennonite World Conference, received the PAX Award from Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) on 28 April 2023. The PAX award honours people who lead exemplary lives of service, leadership and reconciliation in society. “CMU is inspired by César García and Mennonite World Conference as a whole in nurturing a global communion…
Kenya Mennonite: a living church

11 September 2023

After an eight-year gap, leaders and members of Kenya Mennonite Church (KMC) held its national convention in in the town of Migori in August 2023, attended by 1 300 people. A delegation from Mennonite World Conference consisted of president Henk Stenvers, Faith and Life Commission member Desalegn Abebe of Ethiopia, Mission Commission member Simon Okoth…
What about the children?

05 September 2023

For the past two years, Meserete Kristos Church has been working with communities and local institutions to restore peace between warring ethnic groups in the Nono district of the West Shewa Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia. MKC facilitated different types of training, trauma healing sessions and community conversations in conflict-affected villages.
“If we do not give up…”

05 September 2023

Acouple of years ago as we were swimming upstream against COVID-19, hope seemed to be hard to come by. I don’t know about your churches, but we were forced to dive into the deep end of the modern digital age – or rather bellyflop into it.
Deep faith fills Bowls of Hope

05 September 2023

When I think about hope, I am very thankful to have quite a long list to choose from where I see it. Here I will focus on how I see hope in my church through the community outreach and the youth – and how they intertwine.
AWFS 2024 Sermon content from biblical texts

30 August 2023

Choose texts (one or several) that work for your congregation in your context. Job 42:1-6 Becoming a servant of a sovereign and just God Have we ever questioned the sovereignty and justice of God? It was not easy for Job to understand the situation he lived through, and he made it clear that he was…
AWFS 2024 Suggestions for gathering and benediction

30 August 2023

Show the greeting videos to hear the connections with Latin American sisters and brothers (see multimedia resources) Show the MWC map to help people see the Anabaptists all around the world mwc-cmm.org/map At the start of the service light 5 candles at the front in different colours, one for each of the 5 continents, and…
AWFS 2024 Anabaptist historical context

30 August 2023

Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday is an annual event for MWC member congregations around the world, worshipping together in spirit using the same worship resources, knowing that we belong to each other in this global family of faith. Anabaptism is a Christian movement that traces its origins to the Radical Reformation. The most widely accepted date…
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – August 2023

28 August 2023

Introducing the Global Family Communauté des Églises des Frères Mennonites au Congo ICOMB conference and MWC national member church The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is gearing up for a momentous occasion – the centennial celebration of the Communauté des Eglises des Frères Mennonites au Congo (CEFMC: Community of Mennonite Brethren Churches in Congo). This…
New tagline reinforces MWC Vision and Mission Statements

22 August 2023

If you were to sum up Mennonite World Conference in three phrases, what would you say? MWC leadership has selected a new tag line to do just that: “following Jesus, living out unity, building peace”. “After almost one year of consultative process with Anabaptist theologians and MWC staff, under the facilitation of and change management…
Serving “the least significant of the brothers and sisters of Jesus”

15 August 2023

Established in 1962, the Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan (FOMCIT) is a conference of 24 congregations in Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung and Hualien. It is a branch of Anabaptism, and a member of Asia Mennonite Conference and Mennonite World Conference. Impacted by COVID-19, the total baptized membership in 2022 was 1 935. The ministries of…