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Changes in MWC communication team

Bogotá, Colombia – The Mennonite World Conference communication team is changing with new appointments and transitions in three staff positions. In mid-July 2015, Karla Braun of Canada began a half-time position as editor and writer. She serves as... आगे पढ़ें

Assembly website to have latest Assembly Coverage

Harrisburg, PA, USA – Already hundreds of brothers and sisters from around the world are gathering in Harrisburg for the 16th Assembly of Mennonite World Conference. PA 2015 has already begun with the Global Youth Summit, which took place from 17-19... आगे पढ़ें

Swiss Mennonites express solidarity with Church of the Brethren in Nigeria

Basel, Switzerland – In addition to supporting the appeal for prayer issued by Mennonite World Conference (MWC), the Konferenz der Mennoniten der Schweiz (KMS – Conference of Swiss Mennonites), has reached out in solidarity with the Church of the... आगे पढ़ें

PA congregations to host final day of PA 2015; 26 July worship resources available to all

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA – Attendees of PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly, will spend 26 July, the final day of the event, with Mennonite and Brethren in Christ congregations within a two-hour radius of the Farm Show... आगे पढ़ें

East African Churches strengthen leadership training for rural pastors

Mwanza, Tanzania – Bishops in the Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania (Tanzanian Mennonite Church) and Kenya Mennonite Church are working to meet the need for local, affordable training for village pastors. To do so, they have partnered with Eastern... आगे पढ़ें

Arli Klassen named MWC coordinator of regional representatives

Bogotá, Colombia – Arli Klassen has been named coordinator of regional representatives for Mennonite World Conference, effective 1 July 2015. In this new half-time role, Klassen will work closely with the MWC regional representatives in various... आगे पढ़ें

Church participation enriches cross cultural experience

Winnipeg, Manitoba – Opportunities to fill leadership responsibilities in a local church enrich Yoweri Murungi’s one-year cross cultural service assignment in Lusaka, Zambia. His many new experiences include leading praise and worship services,... आगे पढ़ें

Evening speakers at PA 2015 to offer ‘global feast for the soul’

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – “We’re offering a global feast for the soul,” says Don McNiven, a member of the Program Committee for Mennonite World Conference’s Assembly, as he announced evening speakers for PA 2015, to be held in Harrisburg,... आगे पढ़ें

International Music Ensemble announced for PA 2015

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – A 19-member international ensemble of singers and instrumentalists has just been selected to lead the morning and evening worship each day at PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference Assembly to be held in Harrisburg at the... आगे पढ़ें

Panama Mennonites request prayer for land struggle

Panama – A request for prayer for land struggle was the main request that a Mennonite World Conference delegation heard in a February 2015 visit with church and indigenous community leaders in Panama. Leaders of the MWC member church, Iglesia... आगे पढ़ें

Nepal church requests prayer in aftermath of earthquake crisis

Bogotá, Colombia – Mennonite World Conference is calling for urgent prayer for the people of Nepal. On Saturday, 25 April 2015 they experienced an earthquake of 7.8 on the Richter scale followed by many powerful aftershocks. MWC has been in contact... आगे पढ़ें

PA 2015 to include art exhibits and workshops

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – The arts will be featured in a variety of ways at PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference Assembly to be held here 21-26 July. Go to www.mwc-cmm.org/mwc-arts for further information, including a link to a downloadable... आगे पढ़ें

Call for artwork at MWC Assembly

Bogotá, Colombia – Are you an artist? Do you know an Anabaptist artist? Mennonite World Conference is calling for artwork to be displayed at Assembly Gathered, 21-26 July 2015 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA. At the Assembly there will be a central... आगे पढ़ें

Mennonite World Conference and Argentinian church mourn death of leader

Bogotá, Colombia – Early Easter morning, 5 April, Edgardo Sánchez, a leader in Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Argentina (Evangelical Mennonite Church of Argentina), died in a car accident while travelling to his home in Neuquén, Argentina. Later that... आगे पढ़ें

Honduran Anabaptist groups reconcile

La Ceiba, Honduras – After decades of misunderstanding and little collaboration, Organización Cristiana Amor Viviente and Iglesia Evangelica Menonita Hondureña (IEMH), the two largest Anabaptist groups in Honduras, have publicly reconciled with each... आगे पढ़ें

Congregations seek reconciliation with Ghana Mennonite Church

Pimpimso, Ghana – The Ghana Mennonite Church (GMC) experienced an act of reconciliation at its 49th annual conference, held 10-11 October 2014 at the Pimpimso congregation, a new church plant of the GMC’s Somanya district. The reconciliation... आगे पढ़ें

MWC urges solidarity with calls for peaceful solution in Ukraine

Bogotá, Colombia – “We want to partner with our brothers and sisters in the West and in Ukraine to call for a negotiated diplomatic settlement to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. “This conflict cannot be solved with violence. Both NATO and Russia... आगे पढ़ें

MWC issues urgent appeal for prayer for the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria

Bogota, Colombia – For the second time in four months Mennonite World Conference issued an urgent appeal for prayer, this time for the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria – EYN), who is experiencing horrendous violence... आगे पढ़ें

Japanese Mennonites protest government’s pro-war proposal

Hokkaido, Japan/Elkhart, Indiana, USA – Reacting to a proposed change in Japan’s ban against making war outside of its borders, Japanese Mennonites issued a statement reaffirming its anti-war stance. The protest issued in September 2014 was in... आगे पढ़ें

Creating connections between American veterans and peace churches

Akron, Pennsylvania, USA – Several North American agencies have collaborated to produce a new Sunday school curriculum focused on building bridges between peace churches and military veterans. “Returning Veterans, Returning Hope: Seeking Peace... आगे पढ़ें