{"id":6322,"date":"2012-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/anabaptist-seed-grows-in-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:38:00","slug":"anabaptist-seed-grows-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/anabaptist-seed-grows-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Anabaptist seed grows in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA story of inspiration, courage and grace of God that gives life and growth to the seed that really wants to do God\u2019s will.\u201d These are the words that Peter Stucky used to describe a Venezuelan Mennonite group which recently invited him to teach a course in its seminary program.<\/p>\n<p>Stucky, a Mennonite pastor and church leader from Bogota, Colombia, taught a course in \u201cRadical Anabaptist Theology and Latin American Theology\u201d in September to 38 students at a seminary on Margarita Island, Venezuela. The seminary carries the name of John Driver, a former pastor and mission worker in Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>According to Stucky, a Venezuelan leader, Erwin Mirabel, persevered with the Anabaptist vision which he had begun to learn in 1987 at a teaching session with John Driver. \u201cThe seed was planted and the Anabaptist plant continued to grow and establish roots in different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Mirabel provided leadership to the establishment of theological formation programs for leaders and four congregations have adopted that vision. In 2009, this group of congregations, known as Iglesias Evang\u00e9licas Menonitas del Oriente (Eastern Evangelical Mennonite Churches), obtained legal status.<\/p>\n<p>Stucky recalled hearing about struggles within Venezuelan Mennonite churches when he attended a 2004 meeting of Andean Anabaptists. He attributed the signs of new life to the power of the resurrection of Christ. \u201cResurrection power is manifested when it seems that all is lost\u2026God raises the dead to vindicate them in ways that are unexpected and incomprehensible from a human perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mirabel is now setting sights on Caracas to search for former members of the Mennonite churches that functioned in the area \u2013 churches originally founded by Eastern Mennonite Missions. He is enlisting the help of the Colombian church to realize these plans. Further, Iglesias Evang\u00e9licas Menonitas del Oriente is exploring associate membership with Mennonite World Conference.<\/p>\n<p><em>MWC release<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA story of inspiration, courage and grace of God that gives life and growth to the seed that really wants to do God\u2019s will.\u201d These are the words that Peter Stucky used to describe a Venezuelan Mennonite group which recently invited him to teach a course in its seminary program. 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