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YAMEN: Opening a window onto the global church
YAMEN 2024/2025 orientation at Cambodia. Photo: Sarah Sarauniya Adamu “This service experience, without a doubt, was a beautiful gift…. Upon returning [from my service assignment], I realized that my place was at home, with my faith community, but my heart burned to return to the Indigenous Mayan Popti’ communities where I had spent my time…
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Young Anabaptists eager to encounter the global family
During the Global Youth Summit (GYS) in 2015 in Pennsylvania, USA, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) general secretary César García said, “If you want a revolution, ask someone young to lead.” This year’s GYS was the latest step in MWC’s journey of walking with young leaders in following Jesus together. From the creation of the GYS…
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Living “inefficiently” as the children of the Lord
Recently, the number of young people in churches across Asia has significantly declined. This is likely a global phenomenon. Why has believing in God become a foolish act? Because in this harsh world, what young people need most is money, and to earn money, one must become an “efficient” being. The younger generation lives with…
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Investing in young adults is key
“Investing in young adults is a key way to move forward. Mennonite World Conference is the best way I can imagine to do that,” said Doug Klassen, executive minister of Mennonite Church Canada and the North America representative on MWC’s Executive Committee. The member church of Mennonite World Conference puts its money where its mouth…
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The perfect placement
A Kenyan Mennonite in the MCC UN Office New York, USA – Right outside the window from my desk at the MCC UN Office on the 10th floor of the Church Center for the United Nations, I can see the UN entrance and the Kenyan flag, which unexpectedly brews the feeling of patriotism; I am…
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Global young adult advocates at UN with MCC
New York, USA – Juan Sebastián Pacheco Lozano is uniquely qualified for his position as the International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP) participant serving as the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) intern at Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) United Nations Office this year. From 2011 to 2013, Pacheco Lozano learned about how to address issues of violence, poverty…
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New intern brings Korean voice for reconciliation to UN
New York, New York, USA – JeaHyun Nham from the Republic of Korea (ROK/South Korea) is the latest Mennonite World Conference (MWC) intern to join the staff of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) United Nations Office. The intern is a joint appointment of MCC and MWC. Nham is a member of Jesus Village Church in…
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Straddling Lao PDR and Zimbabwe
“I became a person who can relate to everyone,” Godswill Muzarabani said. He could fit in with the language and culture regardless which group he was relating to.
