{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mennonite World Conference","provider_url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/","author_name":"mennworldcon","author_url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/author\/mennworldcon\/","title":"Why have an Assembly? - Mennonite World Conference","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SbmETuBTos\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/why-have-assembly\/\">Why have an Assembly?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/why-have-assembly\/embed\/#?secret=SbmETuBTos\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Why have an Assembly?&#8221; &#8212; Mennonite World Conference\" data-secret=\"SbmETuBTos\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Former MWC president Danisa Ndlovu (2003-2015) spoke with MWC about hosting the 2003 Assembly in Zimbabwe, his home country. This interview has been edited. \u201cCircumstances tend not to favour expectations. You don\u2019t choose what is happening at any given point in one\u2019s life. Even so we remain a church. \u201cFor the church in Zimbabwe to [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/button_en.png"}