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Imagination
Binuangan Mennonite Christian Church in the Philippines celebrated Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday through singing “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” “Blessed Assurance,” “Trust and Obey” and “God You’re Good.” Some of the songs were sung in the language-Ilokano. Ilokano serves as the common dialect used alongside local dialects such as Kankana-ey, Bugkalot, Ibaloi, Kalanguya,
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A community act that shapes our identity
Perspectives — Paraguay Every week, during chapel on Campus IBA (Instituto Biblíco Asunción, Paraguay), we dedicate some time to worshipping our God through music. Since many different theological traditions, with varied cultural roots, converge at our Bible institute, one would think that these differences would carry more weight than they actually do. Even so, the choruses play an important role in strengthening our unity
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Unity you can hear
Worshipping together, particularly singing together, is often cited as a highlight of Mennonite World Conference Assemblies. After all, there is nothing quite like singing in a gathering of several thousand people as siblings in Christ. Even when not everyone speaks the same language, music has a way of unifying that other experiences do not.
