{"id":17301,"date":"2024-11-19T17:39:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T17:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/general-council-presentation-on-communion-and-leadership\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T20:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:52:22","slug":"general-council-presentation-communion-and-leadership","status":"publish","type":"mwcresource","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/general-council-presentation-communion-and-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"General Council presentation on Communion and Leadership"},"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:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 1: MWC &amp; Communion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mennonite World Conference is called to be a communion (Koinonia) of Anabaptist-related churches linked to one another in a worldwide community of faith for fellowship, worship, service, and witness.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s keep in mind that, according to Paul, God\u2019s unity plan is immeasurably bigger than the plan we might have in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presenter: Larry Miller<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mwc_gc_indonesia_2022_mwc_and_communion_script.pdf\">Read text<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\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 aligncenter 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=\"MWC &amp; 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