{"id":6697,"date":"2017-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/ministry-partner-update-icomb-december-2017\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T18:40:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:40:12","slug":"ministry-partner-update-icomb-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/ministry-partner-update-icomb-december-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry partner update: ICOMB &#8211; December 2017"},"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><strong>Serve the national church leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I met with European Mennonite leaders 24\u201326 November 2017, exploring how best to serve the national church leaders. I met the Klaipeda MB church 26 November 2017, speaking about steps to maintaining unity. It is a growing congregation with lots of children. In the evening, together with C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda, I met with leaders from several of the Laisv?j? Krik\u2248\u00b0?ioni? Ba\u2248\u00e6ny?ia (Lithuanian Mennonite Brethren conference) churches to provide information about Mennonite World Conference and ICOMB.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014David Wiebe, executive director<\/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. 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