{"id":17161,"date":"2024-11-21T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T21:33:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T21:33:05","slug":"anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025","status":"publish","type":"mwcresource","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7fc3d43a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Theme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Courage to Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why this theme was chosen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first baptisms in the Anabaptist tradition took place in secret in Zurich, Switzerland, on 21 January 1525. A small group of Jesus-followers acted together with courage on their shared understanding of Scripture and the church, different from their political and religious context. Today there are churches all over the world in the Anabaptist tradition, acting together with courage to love each other, different from our political and religious contexts that too often pull us apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biblical text options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Old Testament: Genesis 50:15-21<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psalm: Psalm 133<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gospel: Luke 7:36-50<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Testament: 1 John 4:7-21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In This Package<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/liturgies-and-symbols-for-gathering-and-benediction\/\">Liturgies and symbols for gathering and benediction<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/psalm-133\/\">Sermon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/commemorating-500-years-of-anabaptism\/\">Commemorating 500 years of Anabaptism with history, liturgy and reconciliation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/the-courage-to-love-activity\/\">Children\u2019s activity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/awfs2025-tithes-offerings\/\">Tithes and offering suggestions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/celebration-ideas\/\">Celebration ideas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Resource<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/us8.campaign-archive.com\/?e=[UNIQID]&amp;u=d482f34e6915a2f448b5a0397&amp;id=1006842cb2\">Invitation Letter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Multimedia resources online<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Written resources online in English, Espa\u00f1ol, Fran\u00e7ais, Deutsch, \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940 and Portugu\u00eas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrO98PUzjOB0Vfh-7RQvxWrDFN-ZBYtkk\">Video readings of Scripture texts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrO98PUzjOB0IEujGwbddemhXRMqHuiAd\">Video sermons in English, Espa\u00f1ol, Fran\u00e7ais and Deutsch<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrO98PUzjOB0IEujGwbddemhXRMqHuiAd\">Video testimonies in English, Espa\u00f1ol, Fran\u00e7ais, \u4e2d\u6587 and Swahili<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrO98PUzjOB0pV2SwpS5xB6KjCVt7H5JE\">Song videos<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mwcmm\/albums\/72177720323044381\/\">Photos<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/year-in-review-2024\/\">Year in Review video<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Celebration map<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mwcmm\/albums\/72177720323044381\/' title='AWFS 2025 Resource Photos by MWC-CMM (Mennonite World Conference), on Flickr'><img data-src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54264366920_c630779535.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='Poster AWFS-02' src='data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==' class='lazyload' style='--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/600;'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\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\/2024\/11\/AWFS-2025-EN.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of AWFS 2025 EN.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-bb6aa353-bbf6-4bcd-95b0-5d8af4ed32ba\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AWFS-2025-EN.pdf\">AWFS 2025 EN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AWFS-2025-EN.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-bb6aa353-bbf6-4bcd-95b0-5d8af4ed32ba\">DOWNLOAD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2qF9a6D\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54264189819_01d132e29a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Poster AWFS-01 1\" width=\"414\" height=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 414px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 414\/640;\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","network":[],"resourcetype":[381],"language":[165,168,167],"resourcecategory":[1365],"resourcetheme":[327,311,328],"eventcategory":[300],"class_list":["post-17161","mwcresource","type-mwcresource","status-publish","hentry","resourcetype-pdf","language-en","language-es","language-fr","resourcecategory-worship-resource-2","resourcetheme-identity","resourcetheme-theology","resourcetheme-unity","eventcategory-anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025 - Mennonite World Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025 - Mennonite World Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Theme The Courage to Love Why this theme was chosen The first baptisms in the Anabaptist tradition took place in secret in Zurich, Switzerland, on 21 January 1525. A small group of Jesus-followers acted together with courage on their shared understanding of Scripture and the church, different from their political and religious context. Today there [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mennonite World Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MennoniteWorldConference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-15T21:33:05+00:00\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/\",\"name\":\"Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025 - Mennonite World Conference\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-21T17:39:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-15T21:33:05+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Mennonite World Conference\",\"description\":\"A communion of Anabaptist-related churches\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"MWC\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mennonite World Conference\",\"alternateName\":\"MWC\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MWC_Sig_Blue_Horiz_webheader1-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MWC_Sig_Blue_Horiz_webheader1-logo.svg\",\"width\":786,\"height\":82,\"caption\":\"Mennonite World Conference\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MennoniteWorldConference\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mennonite-world-conference-mwc\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mwcmm\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mwccmm\",\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mwcmm.bsky.social\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025 - Mennonite World Conference","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025 - Mennonite World Conference","og_description":"Theme The Courage to Love Why this theme was chosen The first baptisms in the Anabaptist tradition took place in secret in Zurich, Switzerland, on 21 January 1525. A small group of Jesus-followers acted together with courage on their shared understanding of Scripture and the church, different from their political and religious context. Today there [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/","og_site_name":"Mennonite World Conference","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MennoniteWorldConference","article_modified_time":"2025-01-15T21:33:05+00:00","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/","url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/","name":"Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025 - Mennonite World Conference","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-11-21T17:39:22+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-15T21:33:05+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/anabaptist-world-fellowship-sunday-2025\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/","name":"Mennonite World Conference","description":"A communion of Anabaptist-related churches","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"MWC","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Mennonite World Conference","alternateName":"MWC","url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MWC_Sig_Blue_Horiz_webheader1-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MWC_Sig_Blue_Horiz_webheader1-logo.svg","width":786,"height":82,"caption":"Mennonite World Conference"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MennoniteWorldConference","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mennonite-world-conference-mwc\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mwcmm\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mwccmm","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mwcmm.bsky.social"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mwcresource\/17161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mwcresource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mwcresource"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"network","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/network?post=17161"},{"taxonomy":"resourcetype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resourcetype?post=17161"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=17161"},{"taxonomy":"resourcecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resourcecategory?post=17161"},{"taxonomy":"resourcetheme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resourcetheme?post=17161"},{"taxonomy":"eventcategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventcategory?post=17161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}