{"id":1427,"date":"2015-09-01T05:54:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T05:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pa2015.mwc-cmm.org\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:35:47","slug":"how-to-celebrate-500-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/how-to-celebrate-500-years\/","title":{"rendered":"How to celebrate 500 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faith and Life Commission workshop explores how to observe 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_0047-ecumenical-greetings-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125640 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_0047-ecumenical-greetings-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_0047-ecumenical-greetings.jpg 643w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/280;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leaders from other world communions brought ecumenical greetings in plenaries. PHOTO: Merle Good<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mennonite World Conference held its first assembly in 1925 \u2013 the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the Anabaptist movement. With the 500th anniversary only 10 years away, many people are wondering how MWC plans to commemorate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A workshop 24 July 2015 at the MWC Assembly in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania., addressed that question. \u201cFrom Reformation 2017 to Anabaptist 2025: How Should the Global Church Commemorate a 500-Year Birthday?\u201d provided some hints of what may happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanspeter Jecker, Astrid von Schlachta and John D. Roth convened the workshop. They asked for suggestions from those in attendance and explained the context of this question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a word, the answer to how to commemorate this is, \u201ccarefully.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow we commemorate our beginnings helps us understand who we are today,\u201d said Roth. He cautioned against exuberance. \u201cWe are celebrating a church division.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schlachta noted that the first MWC Assembly emphasized renewal, being Christocentric, the danger of materialism and the church being the first object of mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roth pointed out that renewal is also of keen interest now. Back in 1925, there were few Anabaptists; now there are 1.9 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the planners of any events want to be in conversation with the 103 groups that belong to MWC as well as groups that are not members but related, such as the Amish, Old Colony groups and free-church groups in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jecker said that any commemoration should reflect our theological commitments, ecumenical partnerships and our global reality. He presented a set of proposals that include a decade-long commemoration that runs from 2017 to 2025\/27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tentatively called RENEWAL 2025, it would include a regional event for each of five continents held every two years. A possible schedule includes a meeting of commissions in 2016, General Council meeting in 2018, the next MWC Assembly in 2021 in Indonesia, another General Council meeting in 2025, and an MWC Assembly in 2027, possibly in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goals could include intra-Anabaptist relations, ecumenical relations, global witness and self-understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Faith and Life Commission welcomes suggestions for how to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gordon Houser is editor of The Mennonite, the publication of Mennonite Church USA.<\/em><\/p>\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 wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/commissions\/faith-and-life-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAith &amp; LIfe Commission<\/a><\/div>\n<\/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-green-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/renewal-2028\/\">Renewal 2028<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/500\/\" rel=\"tag\">500<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/anabaptist-2025\/\" rel=\"tag\">Anabaptist 2025<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><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\/astrid-von-schlachta\/\" rel=\"tag\">Astrid von Schlachta<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/ecumenical-dialogue\/\" rel=\"tag\">ecumenical dialogue<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/faith-life-commission\/\" rel=\"tag\">Faith &amp; Life Commission<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/gordon-houser\/\" rel=\"tag\">Gordon Houser<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/hanspeter-jecker\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hanspeter Jecker<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/john-d-roth\/\" rel=\"tag\">John D. 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