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Stir the hearts of nations and neighbours
The president of Mennonite World Conference sent out a pastoral call for prayer some months ago, first for Venezuela after violent intervention in their governance by the USA, then for Cuba which is suffering food and fuel shortages due to a USA fuel blockade.
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A question of equality
Global Church Sharing Fund grants show tangible solidarity “The one who had much did not have too much, and the one who had little did not have too little.”—2 Corinthians 8:15 “The vision of sharing equally we read in 2 Corinthians 8:13-15 is at the heart of the Deacon’s Commission work,” says Tigist Tesfaye, secretary of Mennonite World Conference’s Deacons Commission. The Deacons Commission lives out solidarity…
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Angola church supports women
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress” (James 1:27). Igreja Evangelica Menonita Em Angola (IEMA) has taken this to heart with a lending project to promote small business for widows and abandoned women in their community. During a meeting of IEMA’s…
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Building a place for God
MWC Global Church Sharing Fund helps build mission church in southern Tanzania A church building is a space to encounter God. This encounter is one of the most basic acts of drawing the kingdom of God into the heart of a community. When we build a church building, we set a place for God. People…
