{"id":5618,"date":"2019-07-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/statements\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T23:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T23:24:32","slug":"statements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide 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:66.66%\">\n<p>Mennonite World Conference produces three types of documents approved by the General Council:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>governance documents (pertaining to the function of MWC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>statements (speaking to the MWC family about our values)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>teaching resources (helping local and national churches reflect on Anabaptist identity and mission)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On this page you will find links to <strong>MWC statements<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Statements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/shared-convictions\">Shared Convictions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/being-anabaptist-christians-today\">Being Anabaptist Christians Today (1993)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/god-calls-us-christian-unity\/\">God Calls Us to Christian Unity (1998)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/gods-people-mission-anabaptist-perspective-0\">God&#8217;s People in Mission: An Anabaptist Perspective<\/a> (2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/statement-solidarity-indigenous-peoples\">Declaration of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples<\/a> (2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/declaration-conscientious-objection\">Declaration on Conscientious Objection<\/a> (2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to <strong>teaching resources<\/strong> and <strong>statements<\/strong>, the MWC Reference Notebook also contains <strong>Governance documents<\/strong> (guidelines, terms of reference, other documents defining relationships with other organizations) and <strong>other Reference documents<\/strong> (history and teaching) presented at GC but not officially commissioned or approved).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-478b6e6b wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-efff0535-a962-4f53-9506-843e5cf7b444\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shared_convictions_handout-en.png\" data-lbwps-width=\"2480\" data-lbwps-height=\"3508\" 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