{"id":114542,"date":"2025-06-27T13:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/?p=114542"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:07:05","slug":"mwc-at-100-we-come-together-and-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/mwc-at-100-we-come-together-and-share\/","title":{"rendered":"MWC at 100: \u201cWe come together and share\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cHe has done marvellous things!\u201d An international ensemble with members from the USA, Germany, Colombia and Indonesia led the congregation in singing these words to open the fundraising celebration of 100 years of Mennonite World Conference.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of those marvellous things is 110 national churches* agreeing to walk together through MWC. C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda preached from Psalm 133: \u201c\u2018<em>Living together as one\u2019 <\/em>is a gift from God, a tangible and attractive reality,\u201d he said, like \u201ca pleasant aroma draws attention\u201d and \u201cthat can be seen and felt here and now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Challenges facing societies in 2025 are remarkably similar to those of 1925, historian John D. Roth recounted: a recent pandemic, political polarization and rising nationalism.&nbsp;<\/p>\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:66.66%\">\n<p>\u201cThere were approximately 250,000 baptized Mennonites in the world: 98% of them lived in Europe and North America,\u201d he said. \u201cToday\u2026 the Anabaptist family includes 2.13 million members in more than 80 countries.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MWC at its 100th anniversary celebrates with living out unity amid diversity. (Sadly, today, as in 1925, some church leaders were unable to be present due to visa problems.).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250525StephanieSetiawan20250525_170354-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"MWC100 choir\" class=\"wp-image-114486 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250525StephanieSetiawan20250525_170354-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250525StephanieSetiawan20250525_170354-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250525StephanieSetiawan20250525_170354-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250525StephanieSetiawan20250525_170354-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250525StephanieSetiawan20250525_170354-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe continue to face many challenges. And yet, 500 years after our beginnings in Zurich, MWC continues to keep alive a vision of believers who are committed to following Jesus; living out Christ\u2019s call to unity; and seeking peace within our families, our congregations, our communities, our countries and in all human relationships.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MWC impacts church leaders today through friendships and opportunities to learn. <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/yabs-committee\/\">YABs mentor<\/a> Ebenezer Mondez interviewed leaders from MWC\u2019s past and present.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05398-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"MWC100 leaders interview\" class=\"wp-image-114500 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05398-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05398-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05398-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05398-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05398-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMWC has been the best place to see and participate in movements transforming and extending the church and to find friendships,\u201d said Larry Miller, former general secretary.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking the role then called executive secretary \u201csaved his life,\u201d Larry Miller said. Rather than writing dusty theology books no one would read as a theology professor, he spent his working energy on the global church as MWC grew from Northern-dominated to Global-South-inspired; from a focus on local congregations to an awareness of the global church; from a meeting every six years to life together as a global communion; and from nursing wounds of martyrdom to healing wounds of division.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Amos Chin, living in a country suffering military dictatorship for decades, MWC connected him with role models who inspired him to walk the way of peace in his own community. The leader of Bible Missionary Church, Mennonite, in Myanmar says MWC leaders have challenged him to discipleship and service that move from theory to action on subjects like climate justice.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnity in Christ does not erase differences but transforms them into opportunities for mutual learning and love,\u201d Amos Chin said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/yabs-committee\/\">Young AnaBaptist (YABs)<\/a> leader Valetina Kunze of Uruguay said MWC has taught her humility and widened her perspective as she has seen how \u201cmy own way is not only way; how other cultures have other qualities of Jesus.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former vice president Rebecca Osiro of Kenya said MWC not only \u201cexpanded her courage to love but implanted courage to serve.\u201d Coming from a church \u201cwhere women were not seen,\u201d she found opportunities to exercise leadership among women theologians, the trilateral dialogues group and as MWC vice president. MWC has taught her that \u201ceach one has something and we come together and share,\u201d she said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timo Doetsch, <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/general-council\/\">General Council<\/a> delegate from Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Br\u00fcdergemeinden in Deutschland (AMBD), spoke of lessons learned and hopes held. Through MWC, he has learned about mutuality \u2013 \u201cbeing served by those we don\u2019t necessarily like\u201d \u2013 and the hope that \u201cour little gift of peace can shape world Christianity and beyond.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\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:66.66%\">\n<p>\u201cWe (MWC) are small but have lots to share,\u201d said Philipp &amp; Elke Horsch of the HORSCH Foundation in Germany. They support MWC\u2019s mission \u201cto help Anabaptists work together for a more peaceful world where we are salt and light, learning to cross borders between ourselves so we can model crossing borders in the world.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05444-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"MWC100 Philipp &amp; Elke Horsch\" class=\"wp-image-114514 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05444-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05444-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05444-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05444-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05444-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Special guests at the celebration included leaders of nine world communions or multilateral church organizations. (These ecumenical guests remained as observers at the General Council meetings that followed and brought greetings from their constituencies.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representing the future of MWC, leaders offered closing prayers of blessing in English, Ndebele, Swiss German, Spanish, Bengali, French, Amharic: \u201crooted and centred in faith and renewed for the road ahead.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05475-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"MWC100 closing prayers of blessing in different language\" class=\"wp-image-114528 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05475-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05475-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05475-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05475-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC05475-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*membership total as of April 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit MWC\u2019s YouTube channel in the future to find a recording of the whole event. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag has-link-color wp-elements-4795dccc25dd561b10d5c166c095ced0 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-gray-color has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/100\/\" rel=\"tag\">100<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/anniversary\/\" rel=\"tag\">anniversary<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHe has done marvellous things!\u201d An international ensemble with members from the USA, Germany, Colombia and Indonesia led the congregation in singing these words to open the fundraising celebration of 100 years of Mennonite World Conference.&nbsp;&nbsp; One of those marvellous things is 110 national churches* agreeing to walk together through MWC. 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