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YABs take the stage at PA 2015 and set plans for their future<\/strong><\/p>\n

They have a relatively short history, but their voices at PA 2015 were arresting and incisive.<\/p>\n

In fact, the Young Anabaptists\u2019 presentations throughout the morning worship at the Assembly caused some of the most spirited conversation at the Farm Show Complex (FSC) and were shared and discussed extensively on social media and beyond.<\/p>\n

Known as YABs, these representatives of young people in Mennonite World Conference (MWC) member churches told the truth in unmistakably clear language. They asked strong questions. They were inspirational in their convictions.<\/p>\n

This was not by chance. The members of the YABs Committee, who provide leadership for YABs activities and their mission, are a disciplined, seasoned group. Average age: 28\u00bd.<\/p>\n

The YABs started in 2003 just before the MWC Assembly in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. More than 220 young people (ages 18\u201330+) from 28 countries gathered for the first Global Youth Summit (GYS), designed for fellowship and networking.<\/p>\n

The get-together was so satisfying and so stretching for those who came that the young leaders asked that a second GYS be planned.<\/p>\n

Elina Ciptadi-Perkins of Indonesia says, \u201cWhile we were together in Bulawayo, we called for ongoing representation within MWC. We wanted to create a leadership group of five young people to initiate and implement our presence, with one representative each from Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ciptadi-Perkins, a delegate in 2003 from the GKMI national Mennonite conference in Indonesia, was appointed leader of the group, known then as the Amigos.<\/p>\n

The third GYS, which more than 400 attended, was held at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, USA, 17\u201319 July 2015, just before the MWC Assembly in Harrisburg. Following the events, Ciptadi-Perkins, still a strong advocate for the YABs, reflected with two current members of the YABs leadership committee, Rodrigo Pedroza of Mexico and Marc Pasqu\u00e9s of Spain and Australia, about the YABs today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came more prepared than ever to the 2015 GYS. We had surveyed young adults in our individual countries. Their requests and wishes guided our worship, our seminars, our games and our down time while we were together,\u201d says Pedroza.<\/p>\n

But the YABs also came prepared to the Assembly which followed at the FSC. \u201cIn Zimbabwe in 2003, we young people were given a verse to read in the main sessions. In the past, people saw us youngs as \u2018creative\u2019 and \u2018full of energy…. Maybe they could do some music.\u2019 But here at PA 2015, YABs had a key part in every single morning of the Assembly,\u201d says Ciptadi-Perkins.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople now see we have the gift of discernment and critical thinking. We want to work together with our older sisters and brothers. Now it\u2019s becoming a dialogue,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

In some countries, YABs carry major church responsibilities. \u201cHalf of the ministers in Mexico are young people,\u201d says Pedroza, chair of the YABs Committee and one of the morning speakers at PA 2015. \u201cThe Mennonite churches in Mexico have abandoned bureaucracy, so young people are quite involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my country, Anabaptism\u2019s ideals have been lost generation by generation. Our older leaders haven\u2019t been teaching it, favouring instead a charismatic approach and Pentecostalism,\u201d says Pedroza. We\u2019re helping to put Anabaptism into practice and discovering its freshness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marc Pasqu\u00e9s was first invited to be a YABs delegate at the second GYS held in Paraguay in 2009. \u201cMarc\u2019s national church conference was affirmed as a member of MWC just before the Assembly in Paraguay,\u201d remembers Ciptadi-Perkins. \u201cIn addition to Marc\u2019s evident skills, we invited him as encouragement to his conference to immediately be connected to the global church.\u201d<\/p>\n

The YABs Committee includes one representative from each of the five continents, plus the MWC staff mentor. Members who completed a term at PA 2015 are Rodrigo Pedroza, Mexico; Tigist Tesfaye Gelagle, Ethiopia; Sumana Basumata, India; Marc Pasqu\u00e9s, Spain\/Australia; Lani Prun\u00e9s, US; and Ayub Omondi, Kenya, as mentor.<\/p>\n

YABs leaders have had unusual vision from the group\u2019s very beginning. \u201cOur first team planted the seeds about how we young people could contribute to MWC,\u201d says Ciptadi-Perkins.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur second team met with different official groups within MWC, explained who we are and what our gifts are, and asked for greater collaboration. This was our penetration stage. We wanted to go beyond token participation. \u201cSince Paraguay, we\u2019ve been putting together our blueprint<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always had a strong desire to network and fellowship. Many of us had email, but back then, not many in the Global South had regular access. This past reality is changing now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pedroza continues, \u201cNow we are threading those deep interests through the projects we are creating since they are a key part of our blueprint.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur projects are for the people we represent, but also for younger people who want to be connected. In smaller churches around the world, age distinctions aren\u2019t as important,\u201d says Tigist Gelagle. \u201cWe are designing specific activities for them to do, while at the same time, exposing them to each other\u2019s worlds. And through it all will be the great reminder: \u2018You belong to a bigger family. You are not alone.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re preparing teaching materials for the book of Acts. It will be a Bible study that examines the text. But it will also weave in an explanation of Anabaptism. And it will show how to integrate Anabaptist understandings of the Bible into one\u2019s culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

The YABs Committee has also been giving careful attention to its own growth as leaders. Ciptadi-Perkins says, \u201cWhen we began, we needed a lot of \u2018envisioning.\u2019 We didn\u2019t have experience being part of multicultural groups and settings. We had tensions that could<\/p>\n

have been avoided had we been forewarned. Some MWC leaders helped us, but none was specifically assigned to give us this kind of guidance.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo after the GYS in Paraguay, we decided to bring two members from the previous committee to the new team to talk about personal communication styles, and to help us understand each other better so we could avoid wasting time and energy in conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also named a mentor from an earlier YABs Committee who would give us tools for organizing ourselves and our work. We have learned that the mentor role is very important.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not want to be the future of the church anymore,\u201d says Pedroza emphatically. \u201cWe want to be the present church. They finally believe in us. They trust us. We need to use this opportunity to be listened to \u2013 wisely.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to continue to be respectful of each other. We are different. We think differently. But we need each other. For example, we must keep our peace convictions alive, especially when we\u2019re at home and not together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy prayer,\u201d says Ciptadi-Perkins, \u201cis that young people don\u2019t become complacent. Things could now seem easy since we were taken seriously at PA 2015. I hope this doesn\u2019t become \u2018expected without work and effort.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

– Phyllis Pellman Good is a writer and editor from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.<\/em><\/p>\n

This article first appeared in Courier\/Correo\/Courrier October 2015<\/em><\/p>\n

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Young Anabaptists-to-be had their own programming during Assembly to explore the theme \u201cwalking with God\u201d in sessions for children and teenagers. Photo: Jonathan Charles<\/span><\/p>\n

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