Stories

Africa One of the events that bring people together among our people are funeral wakes and funerals.  Sometime last year, we had one of our church leaders have his wife taken to be with the Lord. It was a challenging time not only to the man, his family and the church, but the community as…

Indonesia My wife and I have pastored together for 25 years at a church in downtown Jakarta with a congregation of around 250 people. We really enjoy our ministry’s call to grow together with the congregation we pastor.  We have one daughter who is now in her sixth semester of medical school preparing to become…

Colombia Called and chosen for God’s purpose on earth. Where there is vision there is provision.  When the intention is to bring heaven to earth, it has God’s full support.  Thirty-three years ago, we heard a call for evangelism and church growth.  We began to participate in the Mennonite congregation in our home town Anolaima.…

Uruguay In these last few years that I’ve been involved with Mennonite World Conference and particularly the Young AnaBaptists (or YABs) it has been awesome to connect with people from around the world and be enriched by their perspectives and ways of living their faith. This has opened my eyes and shown me Jesus in…

ELKHART, Indiana (Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary) — A collaboration formalized in 2020 between Mennonite World Conference (MWC) and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) in Elkhart, Indiana, USA, is opening doors for people across the world to gain Anabaptist pastoral and leadership education.   Through existing programs and new initiatives, pastors and church leaders are taking…

About the Faith & Life Commission  Anabaptist churches around the world live their faith diversely, addressing local challenges and opportunities while adhering to Shared Convictions.   The Faith & Life Commission enables MWC member churches to receive and provide counsel on Christian faith and practice, as well as on Anabaptist witness in the world today. This…

“Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind so that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 (NRSVUE). Renewal is the name that Mennonite World Conference has given to a decade of regional events around the…

Netherlands We live in a society – in Western Europe – that does not speak our language anymore. We have been the dominant culture for ages and ages…be it Roman Catholic, Protestant or Mennonite. The Christian language, Christian imagery, Christian norms and values were absolutely dominant within the Dutch culture. And within a generation that…

Why is the Meserete Kristos Church the fastest-growing Mennonite church?  Ethiopia is a multiethnic, multireligious and multilingual nation with more than 120 million people, the second most populated country in Africa. Located in northeast Africa, Ethiopia is a landlocked country.  European powers did not colonize Ethiopia. However, internal conflicts tore the country apart and broke…