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Peace, history, mission and care: new developments in MWC
Posted: 10月 26, 2018 | カテゴリー: News
Mennonite World Conference weaves a web of connections within the Anabaptist Mennonite family around the world through website, emails, social media, publishing and relations with other organizations. Here are some new connecting points. The Mission... 続きを読む
Dal se Dil tak: to the heart through soup
Posted: 10月 25, 2018 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
As an Indian living in Canada on MCC’s International Volunteer Exchange Program, I have made dal (lentil soup) a number of times. When I made it for the first time, I was little nervous, but it was requested again for different groups of people and... 続きを読む
A day peace and justice kissed
Posted: 10月 25, 2018 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
A local church in Colombia lives out peace Why won’t a country forgive? Why are there people who seem to prefer war? These are questions that disturb the soul and invite us to look for answers, not in the cold streets of the city, but the forgotten... 続きを読む
Joy in the Spirit
Posted: 9月 20, 2018 | カテゴリー: News
Songs, testimonies and biblical reflection celebrate the Holy Spirit at Renewal 2027 As a local band played “You are the most high God,” international guests from the global Anabaptist family swayed and sang at this year’s Renewal 2027 “The Holy... 続きを読む
A transforming Spirit of peace
Posted: 9月 20, 2018 | カテゴリー: 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... 続きを読む
A supportive space: General Council fosters relationships
Posted: 9月 19, 2018 | カテゴリー: News
“Stand up if you are weary, worn down by the cares of ministry.” From Portuguese-speaking countries on either side of the ocean, a Brazilian pastor crossed to embrace an Angolan pastor who stood in response to the Deacons Commission’s calls to... 続きを読む
How it works: Emergency food distribution
Posted: 9月 18, 2018 | カテゴリー: News
In many parts of the area near Kibwezi, Kenya, I see corn that has dried up. Driving around, it’s hard to find any corn that people will be able to harvest this season. In February 2018, MCC’s partner Utooni Development Organization (UDO), which I... 続きを読む
過去を覚え、未来を展望する
Posted: 6月 20, 2018 | カテゴリー: From Our Leaders
今年、ドイツのアウグスブルクで行われたメノナイト世界会議の執行委員会で、メンバーとともに旧市街を歩き、再洗礼派のことを学ぶ機会がありました。私たちが立ち寄った大きな家では、1528年のイースターの朝に、不法な会合をしていた88人もの再洗礼派が見つかったそうです。イースターの聖日に逮捕された人々は、追放されたり、拷問されたり、処刑されたりしました。 「今はもう迫害されなくなってよかった」とメンバーの1人がいうと、すぐさまエチオピアの委員が手をあげて「今もある迫害のことを教えてあげようか」... 続きを読む
「私たちをつくり変える聖霊」
Posted: 6月 20, 2018 | カテゴリー: News
ヨエル 2:28 (口語訳、新共同訳は 3:1 )、ミカ 3:8 、使徒 1:8 、 1 コリント 12:13 キリスト教会の歴史を通じて、イエスに従う人々は聖霊の力によってつくり変えられ、新たにされてきました。大きな困難に直面しても、希望をもって耐え忍びました。 こんにち、世界の南側の教会は、聖霊の臨在と力とにとりわけ注意を向けています。メノナイト世界会議のアフリカ地域代表が、2018年の「世界交わりの聖日」の礼拝資料を準備してくれました。 MWC世界交わりの聖日は、あなたの教会の皆さんに、... 続きを読む
Sitshokuphi Sibanda: a pioneering church planter
Posted: 6月 12, 2018 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
One of the earliest Brethren in Christ (BIC) women in Zimbabwe who was involved in church planting work and in preaching the gospel in the early years was Sitshokuphi Sibanda.続きを読む
Benni & Rianna: a GYS love story
Posted: 6月 7, 2018 | カテゴリー: News
Christian parents have long encouraged their sons and daughters to find a life partner at church activities. They have also encouraged their young adults to meet the global church through international experiences. Sometimes those situations overlap... 続きを読む
MWC Deacons communicate the church’s care
Posted: 6月 7, 2018 | カテゴリー: News
“The Lord’s work is one of great responsibility and being careful with the blessings that come,” says a church leader from a flooded region in Peru. With 11 churches a region affected by extreme rains and flooding, the Conferencia Peruana Hermanos... 続きを読む
A Spirited gathering: MWC’s General Council meets in Kenya
Posted: 6月 7, 2018 | カテゴリー: News
“It is my wish that [during our gathering], we meet with God in the fullness of his Spirit, in the communion of his people, and the gift of unity in the midst of the theological and cultural diversity of our global church,” says general secretary... 続きを読む
New MWC network to encourage, support and connect peacebuilders
Posted: 4月 30, 2018 | カテゴリー: News
Around the world, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) member churches act out the belief that the Spirit of Jesus empowers us to…become peacemakers who renounce violence, love our enemies, seek justice and share our possessions with those in need (MWC... 続きを読む
Transformed by the Holy Spirit to be witnesses of Jesus Christ
Posted: 4月 27, 2018 | カテゴリー: 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... 続きを読む
Generous love amid war in Democratic Republic of Congo
Posted: 4月 27, 2018 | カテゴリー: From Our Leaders
Loving the generous people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is not difficult, but evil happening in the rural Kasaï region of that lush country is hard to comprehend. In December 2017, survivors of civil war there told a delegation from the... 続きを読む
Overcoming barriers and building empowerment
Posted: 4月 11, 2018 | カテゴリー: From Our Leaders
A testimony from Regional Representative Cynthia Peacock Boundaries, barriers, blocks, bridges and empowerment have been very real to me. Through the years, I have learned to face challenges and to grow stronger in mind and beliefs. The Christian... 続きを読む
Mennonites speak against nationalism
Posted: 4月 11, 2018 | カテゴリー: News
“Nationalism is on the rise in many parts of the world,” says Juerg Braeker, general secretary of Konferenz der Mennoniten der Schweiz/Conférence mennonite suisse (the Swiss Mennonite church). “Mennonites, because of their view of the relationship... 続きを読む
Comfort food across the world
Posted: 4月 11, 2018 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
Recipe : Ugali “Ugali is a maize-meal bread-like food mostly eaten alongside chicken or beef stew, Kenyan kale and cabbage or sometimes eggs fried with onions and tomatoes. All you need to make it is water and flour, though some people use salt to... 続きを読む
Retired pastor still learning about Jesus and his people
Posted: 4月 11, 2018 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
“We have to go to school [with] Jesus,” says Erwin Cornelsen. The nearly 100-year-old retired pastor reads the Bible every day: “I’m still learning what Jesus has to teach me.” Mennonite World Conference (MWC) has always offered Cornelsen a view on... 続きを読む
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