{"id":8209,"date":"2024-05-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/renewal-awakening-to-a-global-family-of-faith\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T17:16:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:16:47","slug":"renewal-awakening-global-family-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/renewal-awakening-global-family-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewal: Awakening to a global family of faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTransformation in the Bible is always communal, not individual,\u201d said C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda at <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/renewal-2028\">Renewal 2024<\/a>* in Curitiba, Brazil.&nbsp;It requires dialogue in the community, where diversity of position enables us to correct mistakes of the past to deepen our relationship with God in the years to come.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this spirit of dialogue and unity, members of three Anabaptist-Mennonite national churches worshipped together with international guests at Igreja Evang\u00e9lica Irm\u00e3os Menonitas do Boqueir\u00e3o \u2013 Cruz Verde in Curitiba, Brazil, 6 April 2024 for Mennonite World Conference\u2019s Renewal event.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It occurred at the end of two days of workshops for church leaders and pastors of Mennonite churches in Brazil, where they discerned together how to continue working closer together in the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMWC\u2019s Renewal 2024in Curitiba is timely: Renewal is always timely,\u201d said Paul D\u00fcck, representative of MWC member church COBIM (Conven\u00e7\u00e3o Brasileira das Igrejas Evang\u00e9licas Irm\u00e3os Menonitas).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of us think about our local church. Then we think regionally: our national church. Only after that do we think of an international communion. The Renewal 2024 evening showed us different realities of being followers of Jesus: the suffering, the joy, the growth and opened our eyes that God\u2019s work knows no barriers. As our churches become more diverse, we need to work more on jointly discerning God\u2019s will. We are God\u2019s work in progress.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Inspiring speakers&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p>Throughout the evening, MWC representatives from around the world shared how God is bringing people into communion with each other and with God.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Valentina Kunze <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/yabs\">YABs<\/a> Committee chair) from Uruguay shared that despite secularism in her country, God continues to show how God is real. At a beach summer camp, \u201cI had the privilege of helping one girl say the repentance prayer and came to her baptism several months later.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Southeast Asia regional representative <strong>Agus Mayanto<\/strong> from Indonesia shared a testimony of fostering 120 underprivileged and abused children. \u201cSince we are saved by grace, we have this passion to have others experience this grace,\u201d he said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<figure class=\"image\" style=\"display:inline-block\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"speakers photos\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo.jpg\" width=\"810\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 810px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 810\/300;\"><figcaption>Valentina Kunze &#8211;&nbsp;Agus Mayanto &#8211;&nbsp;Danisa Ndlovu &#8211;&nbsp;Amos Chin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>From Zimbabwe, regional representative <strong>Danisa Ndlovu<\/strong>, shared how a funeral service became a revival meeting when many shared how the deceased woman touched lives. She embodied Romans 14:8 \u201cIf we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Executive Committee member <strong>Amos Chin<\/strong> shared about the <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/mwc-mourns-our-brothers-and-sisters-myanmar\">civil war in Myanmar<\/a>. \u201cYet, in the midst of extreme hardship, our members lived the Anabaptist teaching not to engage in armed violence. And God is at work \u2013 there\u2019s no slowdown in church growth.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMWC brings people into one communion,\u201d said Henk Stenvers, MWC president. \u201cThis communion is a gift from our God who wants to bring people together.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\" style=\"float:right\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Igreja Evang\u00e9lica Irm\u00e3os Menonitas do Boqueir\u00e3o \u2013 Cruz Verde in Curitiba, Brazil\" height=\"250\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/brazil_renewal_2024.jpg\" width=\"333\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 333px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 333\/250;\"><figcaption>Igreja Evang\u00e9lica Irm\u00e3os Menonitas do Boqueir\u00e3o \u2013 Cruz Verde in Curitiba, Brazil. Photo: Irma Sulistyorini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mennonite World Conference creates opportunities to bring people together in prayer, fellowship and worship together through its<a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/form\/email-publications-sign\"> publications<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/networks\">networks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/events\">worship events<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/online-prayer-hour-registration\">online prayer hour.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father and grandfather were involved in building this church,\u201d said Karin Pankratz, who came with her mother that evening. \u201cTo see people from all over the world coming together and sharing stories in this church is remarkable.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHearing directly the testimonies from around the world breaks down walls and gives us the opportunity to look beyond our borders. We can read these testimonies in <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/mwc-info\">MWC Info<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/courier\">Courier<\/a>, but when the people are here, connecting directly with us, we remember and we learn more,\u201d said Paul D\u00fcck.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>* Renewal 2028 is a series of events commemorating the 500th anniversary of the beginnings of the Anabaptist movement. Each year, local churches host the event in a different region of the world.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"width:250px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjBoS39\"><strong>Renewal 2024 photos<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<h3>Church visits allowed for more intimate conversations&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p>Following Saturday\u2019s event, 52 MWC guests attended 12 local Mennonite congregations in and around Curitiba. They preached, shared testimonies from their home countries, and responded to questions about MWC or about faith and life in another country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone, especially our younger members, were touched by the visit and their testimonies. The vast majority of us did not have an idea of what MWC is, but after the visit everyone felt like they belonged in this global family.\u201d &nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>\u2014Marcos Assis, pastor of Igreja Evang\u00e9lica Menonita Porto Amazonas&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the service at Igreja Evang\u00e9lica Menonita Porto Amazonas, many young people spontaneously asked to join the MWC guests for lunch at the pastor\u2019s house.&nbsp;\u201cMeeting people from another place and hearing about their country, their family, their church and how they live their faith caught everyone\u2019s attention.\u201d&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>\u2014Dietmar Kliewer, AIMB vice-president; interpreter at Igreja Evang\u00e9lica Menonita de Imbituva&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really enjoyed hearing what God has done in Mennonite churches around the world. I\u2019d mentioned it other times, but with someone from the outside speaking it, church members are awakened to learn about how MWC works. They want to learn more about Mennonites at global level. The message shared was profound and brings us hope.\u201d &nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>\u2014Andr\u00e9 Mendes, pastor, Igreja Evang\u00e9lica Menonita de Imbituva&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<figure class=\"image\" style=\"display:inline-block\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"church visit\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/photo_2.jpg\" width=\"810\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 810px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 810\/300;\"><figcaption>Some MWC staff and Regional representative visited&nbsp;AEM Conference, Brazil, in April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTransformation in the Bible is always communal, not individual,\u201d said C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda at Renewal 2024* in Curitiba, Brazil.&nbsp;It requires dialogue in the community, where diversity of position enables us to correct mistakes of the past to deepen our relationship with God in the years to come.\u201d&nbsp; In this spirit of dialogue and unity, members of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"network":[],"eventcategory":[150],"class_list":["post-8209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","eventcategory-renewal-2028"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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