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Call to Worship Responsive Litany
Posted: 12月 20, 2019 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
Leader: Our salvation and honour come from God alone. He is our refuge, and a Rock of safety. People: We wait quietly before God, for our hope is in him, our Rock and our Salvation. Leader: O my people, trust him at all times. Pour out your heart to... 続きを読む
Top stories in 2019
Posted: 12月 20, 2019 | カテゴリー: News
English readers were interested in the news that general secretary César García and executive assistant Sandra Báez Rojas of Mennonite World Conference (MWC) have relocated to Canada in February 2019. They also enjoyed the testimony of YAMENers . “... 続きを読む
Two letters renounce violence
Posted: 12月 19, 2019 | カテゴリー: News
“Renounce violence and love our enemies.” This is part of being a peacemaker in Mennonite World Conference’s Shared Convictions. Living out that conviction, 13 September 2019, 13 Anabaptist churches in the USA signed a letter to the National... 続きを読む
Advent gifts: forgiveness and healing
Posted: 12月 7, 2019 | カテゴリー: From Our Leaders
“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases” (Psalm 103:2–3, ESV). Psalm 103 is David’s expression of his thankfulness to God. It is not just a casual expression. It comes... 続きを読む
A requirement to love and be obedient
Posted: 12月 7, 2019 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
Those of us who have seen migration up close know that is an issue that concerns the people of God. Those who migrate – leaving their security and comfort behind – expose themselves to adversity and an uncertain future. Some who migrate do so... 続きを読む
“One another’s keepers”
Posted: 12月 7, 2019 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
“ Isisu somhambi asinganani, singangophondo lwempunzi. Literally: the stomach of a traveller is as tiny as the horn of a buck.” Volunteer MWC Regional Representative for Southern Africa Barbara Nkala learned generosity from childhood. Her mother “... 続きを読む
Everything is under the authority of Christ
Posted: 11月 25, 2019 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
“Christ reconciled all creation to himself,” Harjo Suyitno says, pointing to the tiger, bull, fish, monkey, and birds in his artwork. “The cross reconciles the cosmos into the family of God who presents peace in the world. It’s a vision of the... 続きを読む
Children dream in peace
Posted: 11月 25, 2019 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
Since beginning in Europe, the Anabaptist movement has had a migrant identity. The theological foundations that gave it life intersect with today’s migrant reality, presenting challenges for the missional, pastoral and social justice work of our... 続きを読む
Will we take up the call?
Posted: 11月 25, 2019 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
As a Canadian, I’m generally pleased to identify with my country. I’m also aware that my family lines moved to this country from Ukraine 100–150 years ago. However, they weren’t Ukrainian – they moved from Prussia, and before that from the... 続きを読む
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – November 2019
Posted: 11月 21, 2019 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
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... 続きを読む
Crossing cultural barriers in missions
Posted: 11月 19, 2019 | 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
Development Officer steps down
Posted: 11月 15, 2019 | カテゴリー: News
Chief Development Officer Arli Klassen will step down from her position at the end of January 2020. She came to this role in December 2012 after serving as binational Executive Director of Mennonite Central Committee. She supported MWC through... 続きを読む
Fireweed
Posted: 11月 14, 2019 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
This poem of hope was written originally for Easter Sunday 2019. It signifies hope in Jesus as reflected in Creation. Up from the ash, where once fire raged leaving scorched black earth, rise magenta-topped stems, lithe and delicate, bowing in the... 続きを読む
Meserete Kristos Church inspires LMC
Posted: 11月 13, 2019 | カテゴリー: News
Standing in one of the regional offices of MWC member church Meserete Kristos Church (MKC), the church’s former president, Tewodros Beyene introduced several LMC leaders to the church’s administrative staff. He explained that the LMC delegation had... 続きを読む
Sharing what we need, not what we deserve
Posted: 10月 30, 2019 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
“They deserve their suffering”, a person said about migrants arriving in the country during a local church meeting in Colombia. The person continued: “These people bring it upon themselves, fleeing from the policies of their government that they... 続きを読む
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – October 2019
Posted: 10月 29, 2019 | カテゴリー: Testimonies
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... 続きを読む
MWC walks with family through hard times
Posted: 10月 28, 2019 | カテゴリー: News
Earthquake. Famine. Flooding. The headlines catch attention, and people respond with prayers and donations to emergency appeals. A few days later, the reporting stops and the event fades from memory. But for those directly affected, it is only the... 続きを読む
Mission and service workers: ambassadors of peace
Posted: 10月 22, 2019 | カテゴリー: News
How do our churches and service agencies work together? How does the gospel illuminate our witness in our context? How do we make explicit the invitation to follow Jesus as part of our social and mission work? How do we bring our justice witness to... 続きを読む
Hindi publication resurrected to share Mennonite news
Posted: 10月 18, 2019 | カテゴリー: News
To share news and a sense of identity among the 4,900 baptized members of the 22-congregation Mennonite Church India Dhamtari CG (MCI), a magazine committee resurrected Mennonait Mandli Samachar Patrika – a Hindi-language news magazine for the... 続きを読む
Anabaptist testimonies inspire Anabaptist lives
Posted: 10月 16, 2019 | カテゴリー: News
The image of Dirk Willems reaching back to rescue his pursuer from the ice is iconic for Anabaptists. But just as powerful are more recent – and more diverse – stories of Anabaptists who live out peace and reconciliation in ordinary but sacrificial... 続きを読む
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