{"id":1383,"date":"2015-09-03T06:05:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T06:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pa2015.mwc-cmm.org\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:17:37","slug":"my-world-is-too-small-i-need-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/my-world-is-too-small-i-need-others\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMy world is too small; I need others\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anabaptist women theologians explore global network<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA \u2014 At Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly, 21\u201325 July 2015, Anabaptist women gathered for the first time to consider forming a global Anabaptist women\u2019s network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In regional sessions, women from Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe heard updates of what is already happening and considered how they might work together in more formal networks within their own regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These sessions were followed by a joint gathering on Friday afternoon, in which women from all the continents were invited to give perspectives about a global network. Hosted by the Latin American women theologians, the three-and-a-half-hour gathering included liturgy, singing, movement and art, along with reports and group discussions. Close to 100 women participated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The participants explored two main questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Is there a need for a global women\u2019s theology network?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What would the function of this network be?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about the need, the Latin American participants responded with an enthusiastic \u201cSi!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comments included, \u201cI know that my world is too small and I need others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was consensus to move ahead by appointing regional contacts to work on implementation.<\/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>Over the years, MWC has supported networking opportunities and theological training for women. However, of the 150 delegates to the General Council, which met 16\u201320 July 2015, fewer than a dozen were women. As one woman from the Global South exclaimed, \u201cIs this equality? Is this just? In our churches the majority is women!\u201d Another said, \u201cWithout women\u2019s voices, we\u2019re missing half of the wisdom of God.\u201d<\/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-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01490-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125580 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01490-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01490-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01490-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01490-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01490-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PHOTO: Dale D Gehman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(The <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/general-council\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"5658\">General Council<\/a> is comprised of church leaders from around the globe selected by the MWC national member churches and conferences.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Regional networks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The women theologians\u2019 movement has its beginnings in Africa, with the formation of the African Anabaptist Women Theologians in 2001. The group has encouraged and facilitated theological training for women from various African countries, in partnership with Mennonite Church USA and MWC. The African group did not meet in Harrisburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the 2003 MWC assembly in Zimbabwe, Latin American women were inspired by their African sisters. They went on to form the Latin American Women Theologians Movement and held their first continental meeting at the 2009 MWC assembly in Paraguay.<\/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:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01527-e1441345209185-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125594 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01527-e1441345209185-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01527-e1441345209185-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01527-e1441345209185-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01527-e1441345209185-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01527-e1441345209185-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01527-e1441345209185-scaled.jpg 1700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 199px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 199\/300;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PHOTO: Dale D Gehman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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<p>At the 2015 assembly, the Latin American women expressed appreciation for the activity of Mennonite Church USA\u2019s Sister Care program in various Latin American countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conversations about an Asian women theologians\u2019 network began in India in 2012 under the name Theologically Trained Anabaptist Women of India. This was a local initiative, endorsed by MWC, to train and empower theologically trained Anabaptist women. At the 2015 assembly, they had further conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no formal network in Europe or Canada and the USA, however, women gathered for regional meetings in Harrisburg to discuss possibilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PA 2015<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps reflecting the larger reality of women\u2019s struggles to gain recognition and status in the church, the meeting room designed for all the women theologians meetings was at the far side of the Farm Complex, distant from the dining and gathering areas, with little signage along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions that emerged during PA 2015 sessions included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Who is a theologian? Some groups have expanded the definition to include women who are doing pastoral work and community leadership. There was also a recognition that women \u201cdo\u201d theology differently than men.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What can women do to get to know their sisters from other countries and walk alongside them, in spite of the differences and the distances?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can younger women be encouraged to engage in theology?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is the MWC structure helpful for making these connections?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What can women offer to MWC and what can they ask of MWC?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01455-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125552 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01455-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01455-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01455-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01455-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01455-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PHOTO: Dale D Gehman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The gatherings also had a communal artistic expression. Audrey Kraybill, an artist and pastor in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, spearheaded a decoupage project titled \u201cWomen in Conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the large Friday gathering, a piece of the communal artwork was signed by participants, with the plan to send it to the women from the Democratic Republic of Congo who could not get visas to attend the assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Virginia A. Hostetler, with reports by Harriet Sider Bicksler and Elina Ciptadi-Perkins<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Virginia A. Hostetler is web editor for <\/em>The Canadian Mennonite. <em>She is part of the Meetinghouse team of editors reporting on the plenary sessions at Assembly 16.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-id=\"125566\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01489-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125566 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01489-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01489-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01489-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01489-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01489-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PHOTO: Dale D Gehman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-id=\"125536\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01499-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125536 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01499-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01499-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01499-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01499-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DDG-MWC15_01499-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PHOTO: Dale D Gehman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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\/global-womens-network\/\" rel=\"tag\">Global Women&#8217;s Network<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/meetinghouse\/\" rel=\"tag\">Meetinghouse<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/pa2015\/\" rel=\"tag\">PA2015<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/pa2015-workshops\/\" rel=\"tag\">PA2015 workshops<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/sister-care\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sister Care<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/tomigrate\/\" rel=\"tag\">tomigrate<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/virginia-a-hostetler\/\" rel=\"tag\">Virginia A. 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