{"id":113993,"date":"2021-03-19T14:54:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T14:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/?post_type=mwcresource&#038;p=113993"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:14:39","slug":"pastoral-letters-urgent-prayer-appeals","status":"publish","type":"mwcresource","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/pastoral-letters-urgent-prayer-appeals\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastoral letters &amp; Urgent prayer appeals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-6d3fbd8f wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-124841 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured-items category-from-our-leaders category-urgent-prayers tag-cesar-garcia tag-ecumenism tag-pastoral-letter tag-peace tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/joint-ecumenical-statement-on-the-widening-conflict-in-the-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Joint ecumenical statement on the widening conflict in the Middle East<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-09T18:57:21+00:00\">09 March 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The World Council of Churches, Middle East Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed Churches, World Methodist Council, Mennonite World Conference, Christian Conference of Asia and ACT&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/joint-ecumenical-statement-on-the-widening-conflict-in-the-middle-east\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-124516 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-deacons-commission tag-prayer tag-regional-representatives tag-the-caribbean network-commissions network-deacons-commission eventcategory-online-prayer-hour\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/urgent-prayer-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Urgent prayer for Cuba<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-27T22:24:34+00:00\">27 February 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We call on your prayers and actions of solidarity with our members in Cuba. Pastor Luis Hern\u00e1ndez Bermudez of MWC member church Sociedad Misionera Cubana Hermanos en Cristo (Brethren in&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/urgent-prayer-cuba\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-124066 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured-items category-urgent-prayers tag-asia-pacific tag-deacons-commission tag-peace-commission tag-prayer tag-urgent-prayer network-commissions network-deacons-commission network-peace-commission eventcategory-online-prayer-hour\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/urgent-prayer-bombing-in-myanmar\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Urgent prayer: bombing in Myanmar<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-11T06:59:38+00:00\">11 February 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">\u201cHear my prayer, O\u00a0Lord; let my cry come to you.Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress.Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/urgent-prayer-bombing-in-myanmar\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-122938 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured-items category-urgent-prayers tag-latin-america tag-pastoral-letter tag-peace tag-prayer tag-venezuela tag-war network-deacons-commission network-peace-commission eventcategory-online-prayer-hour\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter regarding Anabaptists in Venezuela<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-01-07T16:27:51+00:00\">07 January 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Beloved sisters and brothers Mennonite World Conference calls on all its members to join in prayer for our sisters and brothers in Venezuela. On 3 January 2026 at 2 a.m.&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-venezuela\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-120538 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer tag-the-caribbean network-commissions network-deacons-commission\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-for-the-people-of-the-caribbean\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter\u00a0for the people of the Caribbean\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-05T09:44:35+00:00\">05 November 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Beloved sisters and brothers:&nbsp; We call on the global&nbsp;Anabaptist&nbsp;family to&nbsp;pray for&nbsp;people in&nbsp;the Caribbean&nbsp;region&nbsp;after Hurricane Melissa.&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThe prospects from the human eyes are dismal but as&nbsp;his children we continue to hold&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-for-the-people-of-the-caribbean\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-119236 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured-items category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-peace tag-prayer network-commissions network-deacons-commission network-peace-commission\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-remembrance-mourning\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter of remembrance and mourning<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-10-07T03:34:06+00:00\">07 October 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">7 October 2025 is the tragic anniversary of an outbreak of violence that has led to hundreds of thousands of lives lost in the lands called Israel and Palestine and&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-remembrance-mourning\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-114438 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-from-our-leaders category-urgent-prayers tag-israel-palestine tag-pastoral-letter tag-peace tag-prayer network-commissions network-deacons-commission eventcategory-online-prayer-hour\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-regarding-war-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter regarding war in the Middle East\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-06-25T08:21:26+00:00\">25 June 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Beloved sisters and brothers:&nbsp; The escalation of war in the Middle East today is a source of fear and grief for our Anabaptist family around the world. For some, this&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-regarding-war-middle-east\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-113351 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-deacons-commission tag-ethiopia tag-persecution tag-prayer tag-urgent-prayer network-commissions network-deacons-commission\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/call-for-prayer-ethiopia\/\" target=\"_blank\" >MKC calls for prayer from our global Anabaptist family<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-05-18T14:46:40+00:00\">18 May 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Beloved sisters and brothers Mennonite World Conference calls for prayer for our member church Meserete Kristos Church (MKC) facing religious persecution in Ethiopia from extremist factions. The latest incident to&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/call-for-prayer-ethiopia\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-112256 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-from-our-leaders category-urgent-prayers tag-ecuador tag-pastoral-letter tag-peace tag-prayer tag-violence network-commissions network-peace-commission\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-from-anabaptists-in-ecuador\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter from Anabaptists in Ecuador<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-04-08T15:01:11+00:00\">08 April 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A state of \u201cinternal armed conflict\u201d has been declared in Ecuador since January 2024. The government continues to struggle against violence from organized crime groups. The three Mennonite national churches&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-from-anabaptists-in-ecuador\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-111654 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-deacons-commission tag-disaster-response tag-myanmar tag-prayer network-commissions network-deacons-commission\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/urgent-prayer-earthquake-myanmar\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Urgent prayer: earthquake in Myanmar<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-03-28T19:34:44+00:00\">28 March 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, followed by a 6.4 magnitude aftershock. The earthquake affected the region as far as Thailand, China and India.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/urgent-prayer-earthquake-myanmar\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-109903 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-advocacy tag-mc-usa tag-pastoral-letter tag-peace tag-prayer network-commissions network-deacons-commission network-peace-commission\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-legal-action-protection-religious-liberties\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter regarding legal action for the protection of religious liberties<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-11T22:45:42+00:00\">11 February 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Beloved sisters and brothers We call you to prayer for our siblings in the USA who are taking legal action that seeks to restore the rights of people of faith&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-legal-action-protection-religious-liberties\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-109693 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-deacons-commission tag-dr-congo tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer network-commissions network-deacons-commission\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptists-drcongo\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter for Anabaptists in DR Congo<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-04T22:05:58+00:00\">04 February 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We received a request for prayer from our leaders in DR Congo. Pastor Jean-Pierre Muya, president of MWC member church Communaut\u00e9 Mennonite de Congo (CMCo), writes: \u201cThis is a difficult&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptists-drcongo\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-108561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-deacons-commission tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer tag-usa network-commissions network-deacons-commission\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-for-those-affected-by-wildfires-in-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter for those affected by wildfires in Los Angeles<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-14T22:05:33+00:00\">14 January 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Beloved sisters and brothers:&nbsp; The raging fires in Los Angeles in southern California, USA, have impacted many communities. At publication time, the fires have destroyed more than 160 km2, claimed&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-for-those-affected-by-wildfires-in-los-angeles\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8247 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-deacons-commission tag-pastoral-letter tag-peace tag-prayer network-commissions network-deacons-commission\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/grieving-year-increasing-violence-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Grieving a year of increasing violence in the Middle East<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-10-03T00:00:00+00:00\">03 October 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A pastoral letter on October 7, 2024&nbsp; Beloved brothers and sisters of the global Anabaptist\/Mennonite communion:&nbsp; With heavy hearts, we mark the one-year anniversary of terrible events that signalled the&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/grieving-year-increasing-violence-middle-east\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8227 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/mwc-general-secretary-joins-urgent-call-peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" >MWC general secretary joins urgent call for peace<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-08-10T00:00:00+00:00\">10 August 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">MWC general secretary C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda joined more than 200 global Christian leaders to sign a letter calling \u201cwith heartfelt insistence, for a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire, for the return of&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/mwc-general-secretary-joins-urgent-call-peace\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8211 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-colombia-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter for Anabaptists in Colombia<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-05-28T00:00:00+00:00\">28 May 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">\u201cHe will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and defense.\u201d Psalm 91:4 Beloved brothers and sisters The council&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-colombia-0\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8206 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-kenya\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter for Anabaptists in Kenya<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-05-06T00:00:00+00:00\">06 May 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Beloved sisters and brothers:&nbsp; Our brothers and sisters in&nbsp;Kenya Mennonite Church&nbsp;have asked for prayer that the continuous rain in Kisumu County would subside. Weeks of heavier than usual rains for&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-kenya\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8189 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-myanmar tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/mwc-mourns-our-brothers-and-sisters-myanmar\/\" target=\"_blank\" >MWC mourns with our brothers and sisters in Myanmar<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-03-01T00:00:00+00:00\">01 March 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Our Mennonite World Conference siblings from Myanmar have asked for the prayers of our global communion. They write: Our country&#8217;s civil war has been ongoing for more than three years.&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/mwc-mourns-our-brothers-and-sisters-myanmar\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8156 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/reconciling-response-war-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A reconciling response to war in the Middle East<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-10-24T00:00:00+00:00\">24 October 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">October 2023 At a time of increasing bloodshed between Israelis and Palestinians, with mounting tension between nations of the Middle East and beyond, leaders of Mennonite World Conference make three&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/reconciling-response-war-middle-east\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8147 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-peace-holy-land\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter for peace in the Holy Land<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-10-09T00:00:00+00:00\">09 October 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Beloved sisters and brothers: Over the weekend the world was shaken by Hamas\u2019 unprecedented attack on Israeli lives. This crisis quickly escalated with air raids, land battles, random killings, kidnappings&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-peace-holy-land\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8127 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-west-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter for Anabaptists in West Africa<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-08-11T00:00:00+00:00\">11 August 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In recent weeks we have been made aware of the escalating violent conflict in West Africa along the Central Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, affecting our brothers&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-west-africa\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8089 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-regarding-persecuted-anabaptist-mennonites\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Pastoral letter regarding persecuted Anabaptists<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-04-28T00:00:00+00:00\">28 April 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">My flesh and my heart may fail,\u00a0 but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26)\u00a0 Beloved sisters and brothers: An MWC member church in&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-regarding-persecuted-anabaptist-mennonites\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8068 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pray-and-act-peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Pray and act for peace<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-02-27T00:00:00+00:00\">27 February 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">\u201cThey shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.\u201d (Isaiah 2:4)&nbsp; Christians&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pray-and-act-peace\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7925 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-regarding-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter regarding Ukraine<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-02-24T00:00:00+00:00\">24 February 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We call on Anabaptist-Mennonites around the world, and all who confess Christ as Lord, to join in praying for the peace of Ukraine. We grieve violence and we reject efforts&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-regarding-ukraine\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7914 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter for Anabaptists in Ukraine<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-28T00:00:00+00:00\">28 January 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Dear Anabaptist Christians on all continents:&nbsp; This is a call to prayer for the peace of Ukraine, and for the well being of Anabaptist Christians living with the threat of&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-ukraine\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7913 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-burkina-faso\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter for Anabaptists in Burkina Faso<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-26T00:00:00+00:00\">26 January 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Beloved sisters and brothers: Anabaptist people on all continents, please join in praying for peace in Burkina Faso, where a military coup took place 24 January 2022. Remember especially MWC&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-burkina-faso\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7892 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-british-columbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter for Anabaptists in British Columbia<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\">30 November 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Let us remember in prayer the people of British Columbia in western Canada. After a summer of heat waves and wildfires, a series of storms is battering the region, causing&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptist-mennonites-british-columbia\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7880 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-for-the-healing-of-haiti-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter for the healing of Haiti<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-10-22T00:00:00+00:00\">22 October 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-for-the-healing-of-haiti-2\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7866 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptists-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter to Anabaptists in India<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-08-27T00:00:00+00:00\">27 August 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptists-india\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7844 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-oracion-urgente category-oracion-urgente-es category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptists-colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter to Anabaptists of Colombia<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-05-06T00:00:00+00:00\">06 May 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/pastoral-letter-anabaptists-colombia\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7838 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-to-anabaptist-mennonites-of-india-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter to Anabaptist-Mennonites of India<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-04-29T00:00:00+00:00\">29 April 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-to-anabaptist-mennonites-of-india-2\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7832 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized category-urgent-prayers tag-myanmar tag-pastoral-letter tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-to-the-church-in-myanmar-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" >A pastoral letter to the church in Myanmar<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-04-15T00:00:00+00:00\">15 April 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/a-pastoral-letter-to-the-church-in-myanmar-2\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6442 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-church-of-the-brethren tag-nigeria tag-pastoral-letter tag-persecution tag-prayer tag-urgent-prayer network-commissions network-peace-commission\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/urgent-appeal-prayer-church-brethren-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Urgent appeal for prayer for Nigeria<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2015-02-19T00:00:00+00:00\">19 February 2015<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">or the second time in four months Mennonite World Conference issued an urgent appeal for prayer, this time for the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/urgent-appeal-prayer-church-brethren-nigeria\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6427 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-middle-east tag-pastoral-letter tag-peace tag-prayer tag-urgent-prayer network-commissions network-peace-commission\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/urgent-appeal-middle-east-churches\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Urgent appeal from the Middle East<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2014-11-20T00:00:00+00:00\">20 November 2014<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">MWC responds to urgent appeal from Middle East churches Bogota, Colombia \u2013 In response to urgent appeals from the Supreme Council of the Evangelical Community in Syria and Lebanon and&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/urgent-appeal-middle-east-churches\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6311 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-urgent-prayers tag-disaster-response tag-japan tag-prayer\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h4 style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"is-style-default wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/japanese-church-calls-ring-prayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Japanese church calls for &#8216;ring of prayers&#8217;<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2013-03-11T00:00:00+00:00\">11 March 2013<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">\u201cPrayers like a huge ring on the earth\u201d is what Yamanota Fukuin Church, a Brethren in Christ congregation in Japan envisions by asking churches around the world to join in&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/japanese-church-calls-ring-prayers\/\">Read 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