{"id":121296,"date":"2025-11-27T05:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T05:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/?p=121296"},"modified":"2026-01-08T22:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:49:29","slug":"assembly-18-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/assembly-18-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Assembly 18 postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Mennonite World Conference Assembly in Ethiopia is postponed to a different date and country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to an internal crisis of unity, Meserete Kristos Church (MKC) has sorrowfully withdrawn their invitation to host the MWC Assembly. Their need to focus on internal unity makes it difficult to dedicate the attention needed to prepare for global visitors in 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMWC Assemblies are meant to be a blessing for our churches. If they become a burden during a crisis, we should reconsider moving forward with plans,\u201d says C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda, MWC general secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have appreciated the hard work MKC leaders have already invested in planning for this upcoming event,\u201d says Liesa Unger, chief international events officer. \u201cThe love they have shown us through this generous invitation has inspired us. We grieve the untimely end of this process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are all MWC: the act of churches choosing to seek a path of unity and identity across difference is what gives us life. There are differences which challenge our unity as we meet together as churches, but we want to persevere in the love of Christ for all who claim the name of Jesus in the Anabaptist faith,\u201d says C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda, general secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur desire is to uphold unity in Christ while remaining faithful to the biblical convictions entrusted to us. We pray for God&#8217;s wisdom and discernment as we walk together through these challenging matters,\u201d says Desalegn Abebe Ejo, MKC president, in a letter to MWC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe invite your prayers for the unity of MKC, the leaders of MWC who are discerning a new plan for our next Assembly, and for the entire global Anabaptist communion in 61\u00a0countries around the world as each struggle with their own polarities and trials,\u201d says C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More news about the next Assembly will follow in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-soft-blue-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Please pray with us\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lord God,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jesus commanded us to love one another as you have loved us (John 15:12). He prayed in the garden that you would protect us from the evil one who seeks to divide us and to steal our joy (John 17:15). Thank you for the example of Christ, our peace, who broke down the dividing wall and hostility between us (Ephesians 2:14).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>May we submit our differences to Christ who draws them together to build a holy temple for God (Ephesians 2:22).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>May we abide in you (John 15:4), our life-giving source, connected to the many branches of your fruit-bearing work in the world through churches of every size and shape.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Amen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Updated 27 November 2025 (20:00 UTC)<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:200\" class=\"taxonomy-post_tag has-link-color wp-elements-c156640d9bee56933ae7a5b97a71238b wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-gray-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/assembly\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assembly<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/ethiopia\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ethiopia<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mennonite World Conference Assembly in Ethiopia is postponed to a different date and country. 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