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Since then, MWC has entered into conversations with Lutheran World Federation, Seventh Day Adventists, Catholics, and, most recently, a five-year trilateral dialogue with Lutherans and Catholics. Seeing the value of these dialogues, the Faith and Life Commission developed this document to give MWC national churches and local congregations a better understanding of the theological basis for ecumenical hospitality and why we think such conversations are consistent with Anabaptist values. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The document was approved as an MWC teaching resource by the General Council in Limuru, Kenya, April 2018.<\/p>\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\/2024\/11\/tr_identity_and_ecumenicity-en.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of tr_identity_and_ecumenicity-en.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5bfc8861-c9e6-43af-9a31-6545bafa3a4d\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tr_identity_and_ecumenicity-en.pdf\">tr_identity_and_ecumenicity-en<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tr_identity_and_ecumenicity-en.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5bfc8861-c9e6-43af-9a31-6545bafa3a4d\">Download<\/a><\/div>\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 has-yellow-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/commissions\/faith-and-life-commission\/\">Faith &amp; Life Commission<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","network":[360,155,352],"resourcetype":[],"language":[165,167],"resourcecategory":[314,157],"resourcetheme":[313,311],"eventcategory":[],"class_list":["post-17325","mwcresource","type-mwcresource","status-publish","hentry","network-commissions","network-faith-and-life-commission","network-general-council","language-en","language-fr","resourcecategory-reference-document","resourcecategory-teaching-resource","resourcetheme-ecumenism","resourcetheme-theology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Identity and Ecumenicity: A Theology of Interchurch Hospitality and Denominational Identity - 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\/identity-and-ecumenicity-theology-interchurch-hospitality-and-denominational-identity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Identity and Ecumenicity: A Theology of Interchurch Hospitality and Denominational Identity - Mennonite World Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A teaching resource from the Faith &amp; Life commission Mennonite World Conference embarked on the first formal dialogue process with the Baptist World Alliance in 1989. 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