Stories

  • La credibilidad de Jesús

    The way we relate with other churches has a direct impact in our missional witness. That is one reason, among many others, why Mennonite World Conference engages churches of other Christian traditions in dialogue. The credibility of Jesus is more important for us than our doctrinal, ethical or martyrdom pride.

    La credibilidad de Jesús

  • A Theology of Interchurch Hospitality and Denominational Identity

    Mennonite World Conference embarked on the first formal dialogue process with the Baptist World Alliance in 1989. Since then, MWC has entered into conversations with Lutheran World Federation, Seventh Day Adventists, Catholics, and, most recently, a five year trilateral dialogue with Lutherans and Catholics. Seeing the value of these dialogues, the Faith and Life Commission…

    A Theology of Interchurch Hospitality and Denominational Identity

  • Peaceful waters: the Mennonite church in the Caribbean

    Mennonites went down in the river to pray 19 January 2020 in the Dominican Republic on Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday. With worship materials from Mennonite World Conference and baptisms, Iglesia Evangelica Menonita in Santo Domingo celebrated the Anabaptist family around the world and locally. Twenty-two people expressed their devotion to following Jesus and commitment to…

  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – July 2020

  • The blessing of an ecumenical team

  • COVID-19 global response fund helps churches

  • Solidarity and our interconnectedness

    As I write these words, our world is embroiled in several struggles. First, we have been clutched by a global pandemic which has disrupted any sense of normalcy we may have assumed. Our second struggle is with overt expressions of deeply rooted racism that continues to kill and oppress black and brown brothers and sisters.

    Solidarity and our interconnectedness

  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – June 2020

  • YABs find purpose in God

    “The Gospel of John says that our purpose is to know God and experience eternal life with God,” says young Anabaptist Lilia Aranguren from Bogota, Colombia. “As we walk with Jesus in relationship, his peace flows out of us into our relationships with others. It must be based in love.” Young people are trying to…

    YABs find purpose in God

  • Alfred Neufeld

    23 July 1955–24 June 2020   Mennonite World Conference (MWC) lost Alfred Neufeld Friesen, a prolific author, theologian, historian and teacher who shaped Anabaptist theology globally. He died 24 June 2020 in Muenster, Germany, after treatment for liver cancer and kidney problems.   “Alfred Neufeld had a zest for life, friendship, and for our global…

  • Will there be another Assembly miracle?

  • God’s paintbrush of diversity

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