{"id":6765,"date":"2018-10-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/ministry-partner-update-icomb-october-2018\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T18:40:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:40:38","slug":"ministry-partner-update-icomb-october-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/ministry-partner-update-icomb-october-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry partner update: ICOMB &#8211; October 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>\u201cAll our members thank the community of ICOMB who joins us in prayer with the hope of changing the situation by ensuring conciliation and peace. God is acting one way or another. The church lives. The mission continues. During the month of August I visited the churches to the south of the country. We ordained some pastors and did training on church management. Parish members attended the seminar for three days. We had a discourse with members who speak the Yaka language in two of our churches, Tambunseke and Panzi, explaining the Bible translation project. It will be translated for the first time into the Yaka language. It was truly a divine visit with these people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 G\u00e9rard Mambakila Kabemba, President of Communaut\u00e9 des \u00c9glises des Fr\u00e8res Mennonites au Congo (CEFMC)<\/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. 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