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MWC shifts Assembly to 2022

Posted: August 20, 2020 | Category: News

Mennonite World Conference (MWC) decided to postpone the global Assembly until 2022: 5–10 July. In close consultation with the National Advisory Committee in host country Indonesia, the Executive Committee of MWC has decided not to hold the... more/más/suite

Grace at the heart of our witness

Posted: August 9, 2020 | Category: Testimonies

Early Anabaptists left or were expelled from monasteries and congregations of the Roman Catholic church. But Anabaptists retained this very monastic ideal: that it is possible – essential – for Christians to take seriously the Sermon on the Mount (... more/más/suite

“Renewal will come by daring”

Posted: July 30, 2020 | Category: News

There was no “Anabaptist theology” in the 16th century – there were many Anabaptist theologies, says Astrid von Schlachta. The Mennonite historian is leading the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism in 2025. “Daring” is the name of... more/más/suite

Jesus' credibility

Posted: July 23, 2020 | Category: Testimonies

The way we relate with other churches has a direct impact in our missional witness. That is one reason, among many others, why Mennonite World Conference engages churches of other Christian traditions in dialogue. The credibility of Jesus is more... more/más/suite

Will there be another Assembly miracle?

Posted: June 22, 2020 | Category: Testimonies

Did you know that a pandemic has preceded three consecutive Mennonite World Conference Assemblies in the Global South? For Zimbabwe in 2003, it was SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). For Paraguay in 2009, in was H1N1 (also known as Swine Flu... more/más/suite

God’s paintbrush of diversity

Posted: June 18, 2020 | Category: From Our Leaders

It does not happen often, but I am at a loss for words as cities across the United States burn, and as I have endured several weeks of seeing black bodies sacrificed in the name of order and discipline. I am torn between being an enraged black man... more/más/suite

Task force tackles creation care challenge

Posted: June 15, 2020 | Category: News

As we follow Jesus, Mennonites value simplicity and responsible stewardship of the resources God gave us. At the Assembly in Pennsylvania in 2015, these convictions drove Mennonite World Conference organizers to give each participant a reusable... more/más/suite

12 considerations before you reopen your church doors

Posted: June 2, 2020 | Category: News

When stay-at-home guidelines are eased and church doors and sanctuaries reopen, worship and church ministries will, undoubtedly, look different than before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. And so it should – so that we continue to keep ourselves... more/más/suite

MWC Global Church Sharing Fund responds to pandemic needs

Posted: May 14, 2020 | Category: News

Instead of being a great leveler, the COVID-19 pandemic is exposing pre-existing systemic inequalities that benefit some and disadvantage others. How can the Anabaptist family respond? Mennonite World Conference has invited Anabaptist mission and... more/más/suite

New MWC website is mobile friendly and multilingual

Posted: May 14, 2020 | Category: News

A fresh look will greet web visitors to mwc-cmm.org after 14 May 2020. The website has been redesigned with greater functionality. Mobile viewers will find responsive design that displays well on a smaller screen. MWC teaching documents, worship... more/más/suite

Jesus Christ: Our Only Hope

Posted: May 11, 2020 | Category: From Our Leaders

Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give... more/más/suite

Creation care and baptism report approved at Executive Committee meetings

Posted: April 23, 2020 | Category: News

Mennonite World Conference will appoint a creation care task force to raise awareness and propose actions for our global church family. The task force will work in closely with the four MWC commissions. “This [discussion] comes at the right time,”... more/más/suite

Photo: Joji Pantoja. Photo credit: J. Nelson Kraybill

Immigrants revitalize the church

Posted: March 11, 2020 | Category: Testimonies

Joji Pantoja reminds me of how immigrants spread the gospel in the early church. Like Lydia of Acts 16, Joji Pantoja is an international businesswoman and chair of the MWC Peace Commission. Born in the Philippines, she moved to Canada in 1986, then... more/más/suite

Fuel for God’s minibus

Posted: March 9, 2020 | Category: Testimonies

“What is that in your hand?” God asked Moses in Exodus 4:2. Moses was not sure that what he had was big enough that the Lord could use it. Similarly, we often make excuses when it comes serving God by giving. When we give, we confer something to... more/más/suite

Orodara Eglise Evangélique Mennonite du Burkina Faso Photo: Lynda Hollinger-Janzen, MMN

United by grace for 40 years

Posted: February 24, 2020 | Category: Testimonies

“Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness.” Psalm 115:1 Église Évangélique Mennonite du Burkina Faso (evangelical Mennonite church of Burkina Faso) In the spirit of this... more/más/suite

Helena Dueck’s needlework beautifies or restores. Photo: Rhoda Shirk

Our God is a restorer

Posted: February 13, 2020 | Category: Testimonies

Mass migration is a concern for many countries today: it is part of both the history and the present of Anabaptist-Mennonites. We have been both those who are migrating and those who are welcoming neighbours to a new home. At Justice on the Journey... more/más/suite

A yard sign to welcome neighbours. Photo: www.welcomeyourneighbors.org

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