Stories

キリスト教一致の喜び

ドイツでキリスト教一致祈祷週間を祝う レーゲンスブルクのメノナイト福音自由教会の牧師として10年以上奉仕し、キリスト教一致祈祷週間にはブルクヴァインティン地区で教派を越えた礼拝を祝ってきました。参加教会は、ローマカトリック教会、福音ルーテル教会、メノナイト教会です。 今年は礼拝を聖書研究にかえました。讃美と祈りをして、われわれ3人の牧師がそれぞれ別々の部屋に参加者を招き、異なる聖書の箇所を取り上げて話し合いをもちました。もっと聖書に耳を傾ける部分を増やしたい、... 続きを読む

Ministry partner update: ICOMB – April 2017

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

From a broken leg to a mended heart

During a visit to Anabaptist churches in Japan, MWC regional representative KyongJung Kim fellowshipped with two Mennonite Brethren families over a delicious meal of Okonomiyaki, an Osaka special. His host, Naoge, shared her story of how Jesus... 続きを読む

私たちの宣教使命と「共有の確信」

世界的な交わりと、各地の美しい多様性の中、メノナイト世界会議(MWC)の「共有の確信」は、加盟教会においてどのように用いられているでしょうか。 本号の特集記事では、世界中の教会が証ししているアナバプテスト・メノナイトの信仰のかたちや流れを取り上げました。当コラムでは、さまざまな地域の教会指導者に、MWCの「共有の確信」がそれぞれの文脈でどんなかたちと意味をなしているか、それぞれの観点から語っていただきました。 私たちの宣教使命と「共有の確信」 アナバプテスト/... 続きを読む

三位一体とシャロームの歌

各地の美しい多様性の中、メノナイト世界会議(MWC)の「共有の確信」は、加盟教会においてどのように用いられているでしょうか。世界的な交わりと、 本号の特集記事では、世界中の教会が証ししているアナバプテスト・メノナイトの信仰のかたちや流れを取り上げました。当コラムでは、さまざまな地域の教会指導者に、MWCの「共有の確信」がそれぞれの文脈でどんなかたちと意味をなしているか、それぞれの観点から語っていただきました。 三位一体とシャロームの歌 ジンバブエ・キリスト兄弟団(BIC)は、... 続きを読む

Ministry partner update: ICOMB – March 2017

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

Ministry partner update: ICOMB – February 2017

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

My spiritual journey

Testimony of the first woman to be ordained to full time-ministry in Brethren in Christ churches in Southern Africa My name is Jessie Francis Kamoto. I was born on 20 November 1975 in a Christian family, members of Church of Central African... 続きを読む

Ministry partner update: ICOMB – January 2017

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

A Young Anabaptist takes flight

Almost a year ago, a step onto a plane was the first into a whole new world of not only learning many new things, but meeting a bunch of inspiring people. In February 2016, my first year as a member of the Young Anabaptists (YABs) Committee started... 続きを読む

Building a place for God

MWC Global Church Sharing Fund helps build mission church in southern Tanzania A church building is a space to encounter God. This encounter is one of the most basic acts of drawing the kingdom of God into the heart of a community. When we build a... 続きを読む

Praying for Europe

Leaders of Mennonite national churches in Europe held their annual meeting 28–30 October 2016, in Vienna, Austria. Mennonite World Conference was represented by Chief Events Officer Liesa Unger, Europe Regional Representative Henk Stenvers, YABs... 続きを読む

Ministry partner update: ICOMB – December 2016

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

Community draws together in Enkenbach-Alsenborn – Germany

Robert Beutler knows all too well what it means to be persistent. After hearing of a Syrian refugee family’s arrival in his hometown of Enkenbach-Alsenborn, he made a point of contacting the family to welcome them. It was only after the third... 続きを読む

Ministry partner update: ICOMB – November 2016

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

Ministry partner update: ICOMB – October 2016

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

Coffin maker overcomes evil with good

Tulio Pedraza: persecuted 1949–1964, in Colombia When missionaries arrived in Colombia to establish the country’s first Mennonite congregations, Tulio Pedraza and his wife Sofía became two of their first converts. They were baptized in June of 1949... 続きを読む

Ministry partner update: ICOMB – September 2016

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

Aguapanela: youth and children drink in curriculum’s “faith vitamins”

“There is no path, Pilgrim. The path is made by walking.” This lovely phrase by the poet Antonio Machado epitomizes my life journey, particularly the two years I sojourned in Colombia. Each person’s identity is marked by their family and social... 続きを読む

How should Jesus followers respond to the Marrakesh Declaration?

Over the past three years, my family has enjoyed friendship with an extended family from Iraq who came to the USA as refugees and asylum seekers. We have enjoyed meals together in our homes, picnics, hiking trips, choir concerts and church services... 続きを読む