{"id":119148,"date":"2025-10-05T14:53:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T14:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/?post_type=mwcresource&#038;p=119148"},"modified":"2026-01-20T05:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:52:34","slug":"following-jesus-into-baptism","status":"publish","type":"mwcresource","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/following-jesus-into-baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Jesus into baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clothed together in Christ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Presented by Thomas R Yoder Neufeld <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement, and the 100th birthday of the MWC, we are taking the opportunity to reflect deeply on where we come from, where we find ourselves today, and where we are going.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\u201cFollowing Jesus into baptism \u2013 Clothed together in Christ\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sWZVacldx-8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Baptism-TYN-GC-presentation-2025-Resource.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Baptism (TYN GC presentation 2025).\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c66bfee2-3bb2-455d-b470-39e54b3536fc\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Baptism-TYN-GC-presentation-2025-Resource.pdf\">Baptism (TYN GC presentation 2025)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Baptism-TYN-GC-presentation-2025-Resource.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c66bfee2-3bb2-455d-b470-39e54b3536fc\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","network":[352],"resourcetype":[381,1329],"language":[],"resourcecategory":[157],"resourcetheme":[318,327],"eventcategory":[],"class_list":["post-119148","mwcresource","type-mwcresource","status-publish","hentry","network-general-council","resourcetype-pdf","resourcetype-video-2","resourcecategory-teaching-resource","resourcetheme-baptism","resourcetheme-identity"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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