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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…

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…

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…

In December 2022, heavy rainfall caused flooding in several cities in Central Java, Indonesia. One of the most affected areas was Tanjung Karang Village, Kudus. The Wulan River overflowed, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes. Some 130 people took refuge in the hall of GKMI Tanjung Karang, a local Mennonite World Conference member church.* 

“We also valued very much our first face-to-face meeting with the Faith and Life Commission as a whole, and Anicka Fast as in-coming secretary,” says David Wiebe, chair of GAHEN.   In development for several years already, three additional networks are in the process of being added to MWC organizational structure. Although not all members were…