{"id":6701,"date":"2018-06-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/ministry-partner-update-icomb-january-2018\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T18:40:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:40:13","slug":"ministry-partner-update-icomb-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/ministry-partner-update-icomb-january-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry partner update: ICOMB &#8211; January 2018"},"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>Angola: \u201cCOMEX\u201d meeting: 7\u20138 December 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God was moving in our church in Angola through a meeting of church leaders from all regions (\u201cCOMEX\u201d). President Jean Claude Ambeke reports that good leaders were put into place who will guide the churches in their regions. Some leaders were removed because they fell to the sin of corruption (taking bribes for election to office). This is a time of cleansing for our sister conference in Angola. Please pray for Jean Claude: physical strength, courage in face of opposition, wisdom to make hard choices.<\/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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