{"id":6599,"date":"2016-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/ministry-partner-update-icomb-october-2016\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T18:39:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:39:40","slug":"ministry-partner-update-icomb-october-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/ministry-partner-update-icomb-october-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry partner update: ICOMB &#8211; October 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its member national churches \u2013 connecting, strengthening and expanding.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pastor Fujii leads Japanese MB churches in Fresno and Sacramento, California. Recently he travelled to India and Sri Lanka to renew acquaintance with church leaders he met at a mission conference. God used him and his wife to bring people to salvation and healing. Fujii spent time teaching from the ICOMB International Confession of Faith in Sri Lanka. Pastor Anura, who has planted approximately a dozen churches said, \u201cI want to join the Mennonite Brethren!\u201d And so do some of the other pastors. We will keep in touch through Pastor Fujii.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014David Wiebe, executive director, ICOMB<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its member national churches \u2013 connecting, strengthening and expanding. Pastor Fujii leads Japanese MB churches in Fresno and Sacramento, California. 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