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Mission Commission coordinates joint meeting for Global Mission Fellowship and Global Anabaptist Service Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jewel Showalter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Kraybill of the USA and John Fumana of DR Congo (behind podium), chair of the Global Anabaptist Service Network, speak during the meeting 16-20 July 2015. Photo by Max Wiedmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA \u2013 \u201cThe Holy Spirit is wooing the whole church to witness and service,\u201d said Richard Showalter, chair of the MWC Mission Commission (MC). He welcomed delegates and observers to the joint assembly of the Global Mission Fellowship (GMF) and the Global Anabaptist Service Network (GASN), July 16\u201320, 2015, at the Radisson Harrisburg convention centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all called to witness in word, deed and being,\u201d Showalter said. \u201cOur different gifts and callings are brought together in the Spirit of Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In seminars and table groups, GMF\/GASN participants sang songs in multiple languages and shared stories from network members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Agus Mayanto of Indonesia, chair of the Global Mission Fellowship, plays guitar during a musical performance. Photo by Max Wiedmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

John Wambura from Tanzania left a good job at the U.S. embassy in Dar es Salaam, to work for a small, poor congregation. \u201cI was fighting poverty, disease, ignorance \u2013 and sin,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Wambura helps people see what they have, gives training in business and began revolving fund meetings couched in worship and Bible study, the church has grown and had an impact on the community. Hundreds of people from different religions and backgrounds now come to more than 100 groups in 30 regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paulus Hartono works for peace by deploying mixed teams of Muslims and Christians in disaster relief in the Muslim community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plenary speaker Ofelia Garcia, spoke on the theme of \u201cwalking with God\u201d in mission and service by examining Jesus\u2019 words about the cost of discipleship in Luke 9. Sharing about her work with children in Chihuahua, Mexico, Garcia noted that children are often the most needy in a community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe call of Jesus cannot be postponed,\u201d said Garcia, a Mexican pastor and MC member. \u201cWe must let go of the tyranny of material goods and accept a new faith family that comes ahead of our human family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a plenary address, John Fumana of the Democratic Republic of Congo spoke from 1 Corinthians 12:4\u201312 (the body and its many parts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are called to be creative stewards in partnerships,\u201d Fumana said. \u201cThere can be no service without mission and no mission without service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As MWC grew beyond a celebration gathering every six years, Anabaptist mission and service leaders from around the world advocated for space to learn from each other, said MWC general secretary C\u00e9sar Garcia. These impulses gave birth to the Mission Commission in 2009. The GMF, formed in 2003, and GASN, formed in 2012, operate under it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 72 members of GMF and 55 members of GASN, says Rafael Zaracho, MC staff secretary: 42 GMF and 39 GASN delegates attended the Harrisburg meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese networks are an integral part of our global family of faith,\u201d said C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the newly configured Mission Commission include: Agus Mayanto, Indonesia, Herman Woelke, Uruguay, GMF; John Fumana (chair), DR Congo, Barbara Galle-Hege, Germany, GASN; Philip Okeyo, Kenya, Andi Santoso, Indonesia, Kelbessa Demena, Ethiopia, Stanley Green (MC chair), USA, Rafael Zaracho (MC staff secretary), Paraguay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left to right: C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda of Colombia, Mennonite World Conference general secretary; Rafael Zaracho of Paraguay, MWC Mission Commission secretary; and Stanley Green of the USA, MWC Mission Commission chair. Photo by Max Wiedmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In closing, out-going chair Showalter said this was the first GMF\/GASN gathering that was \u201cso highly integrated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have decided to follow Jesus \u2013 no turning back, no turning back<\/em>. Passionate voices rang out the promise as the triennial mission and service gathering closed with the song penned by an Indian martyr of the 18th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jewel Showalter is a writer, grandmother of 14, and servant of the global church.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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