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Fellowship and Renewal
Posted: maart 29, 2016 | Categorie: News
New Executive Committee meets in Indonesia Bogotá, Colombia – Excitement for Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly 2021 was in the air at the MWC Executive Committee annual meeting 12–19 February 2016 in Semarang, Indonesia. Gereja Kristen Muria... Lees meer
Project: A-Mar, or Oceans of Love
Posted: maart 23, 2016 | Categorie: News
South American Mennonite youth build friendships across borders Cartagena, Chile – When talking about the sea and border problems between Chile and Bolivia, it is common to hear derogatory and xenophobic comments that mirror patriotic ideas, and... Lees meer
Anabaptist Movement Flourishing in South Korea
Posted: februari 15, 2016 | Categorie: News
Goshen, Indiana, USA - On 30 January 2016, nearly 100 people gathered in downtown Seoul, Korea to participate in the first Korean Anabaptist Conference. The goal of the gathering, according to Bock Ki Kim, director of the Korea Anabaptist Center and... Lees meer
South Korean CO released from prison
Posted: februari 5, 2016 | Categorie: News
Sang-Min Lee freed after 15 months in jail for refusing mandatory military conscription Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA - Sang-Min Lee, a South Korean Mennonite conscientious objector (CO) has been released from prison. Lee was sentenced to 18 months... Lees meer
PA 2015 by the numbers
Posted: februari 5, 2016 | Categorie: News
Bogotá, Colombia – Mennonite World Conference’s (MWC) 16th Assembly in Pennsylvania, USA, connected Anabaptists from around the world, in person and electronically. A new statistics poster released by MWC illustrates the final numbers from PA 2015... Lees meer
Vietnam Mennonite Church ordains 26
Posted: februari 2, 2016 | Categorie: News
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – After six years of training and preparation, the Vietnam Mennonite Church (VMC), a Mennonite World Conference member, ordained 26 pastors in Ho Chi Minh City on 5 December 2015. Pastor Nguyen Quang Trung, president of VMC... Lees meer
JUST coffee in the Philippines
Posted: februari 1, 2016 | Categorie: Testimonies
At one of the breakout sessions in MWC Assembly Gathered 2015 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, last July, former and present MWC workers exchanged coffee from their respective countries during their reunion. Unbeknownst to many, one special brand traded... Lees meer
South Korean CO asks: “Can I kill?”
Posted: januari 28, 2016 | Categorie: News
GOSHEN, Indiana, USA — When 27-year-old SangMin Lee, a Mennonite conscientious objector from South Korea, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, the global Mennonite church community provided support in the form of letters and prayers. In early... Lees meer
New generation of YABs committee members
Posted: januari 27, 2016 | Categorie: News
Bogota, Colombia – Five new young adults have been appointed to represent young people from their continental regions in Mennonite World Conference (MWC) on the Young AnaBaptists (YABs) Committee. Makadunyiswe Doublejoy Ngulube (Zimbabwe), Ebenezer... Lees meer
Healing wounds through art: A YAMEN experience
Posted: januari 12, 2016 | Categorie: News
Bogotá, Colombia – For Keila Viana, seeing how art can heal wounds deepened her understanding of God and his love during her international service in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. “I believe that during this time God worked a lot in my life,” says Viana, a... Lees meer
A prayer for hope
Posted: januari 7, 2016 | Categorie: News
Colombian peace and justice organizations call for prayer for the La Esperanza community Bogotá, Colombia – “We know that in many places throughout the world there is war, violence and hunger.” With this acknowledgement, Mennonite partners working... Lees meer
Prayer transcends barriers
Posted: december 31, 2015 | Categorie: News
Assembly prayer network connected Anabaptist body to each other and God Winnipeg, Canada – “When people came together in the prayer room, many times no words were needed,” says Joanne H. Dietzel, Lancaster Mennonite conference coordinator. “A prayer... Lees meer
MWC Assembly balances books
Posted: december 18, 2015 | Categorie: News
Bogota, Colombia – Assembly PA 2015, the once-every-six-years gathering of Mennonite World Conference, closed financially at break-even, that is, without a deficit. The MWC operations team continuously made adjustments, maintaining priorities of... Lees meer
World Fellowship Sunday 2015: A testimony of our global family
Posted: december 17, 2015 | Categorie: Testimonies
World Fellowship Sunday is a celebration that brings us close to our roots and allows us to get together with our family of faith to give thanks to God and to worship. This is a date when we encourage Anabaptist related churches around the world to... Lees meer
“We should do this again”
Posted: december 2, 2015 | Categorie: Testimonies
A glimpse of Assembly 2015, a glimpse of God’s intention to bring peoples together, a calling for one multicultural congregation “We should do this again!” commented a Hmong young adult, a sentiment heard often after Kitchener First Mennonite Church... Lees meer
European leaders release statement on refugees
Posted: december 1, 2015 | Categorie: News
Bogotá, Colombia - Leaders of Mennonite conferences in Europe and international guests met in Buhl, France, for their annual gathering of planning and fellowship 23-25 October 2015. The assembled leaders drafted a statement to express their concern... Lees meer
Taiwan Mennonite Church celebrates 60 years
Posted: november 26, 2015 | Categorie: News
Taipei, Taiwan – On 25-26 October 2014, more than 1,100 Taiwanese Mennonites attended a gala celebration to mark the 60th anniversary of the Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan (FOMCIT). FOMCIT is a Mennonite World Conference member church... Lees meer
The gift of conversations at Assembly PA 2015
Posted: november 23, 2015 | Categorie: Testimonies
Friendship Groups and Activities There were so many great things about the Mennonite World Conference [Assembly, PA 2015]. This was my first time going, and I really appreciated the worship sessions, especially the diversity. (I had no idea what... Lees meer
God will show you the way
Posted: november 23, 2015 | Categorie: Testimonies
Meal ministry at Dutch Mennonite church welcomes addicts and homeless Life did not go as planned for Max Tauran. A patron of Doperse Dis (a three-year-old meal ministry in a northern Dutch city), he told the audience at a fundraising dinner that “[... Lees meer
Churches of all stripes call for freedom of religion
Posted: november 23, 2015 | Categorie: News
Winnipeg, Canada - Representatives of every stream of global Christianity met in Tirana, Albania, 1–5 November, 2015 for a consultation on Discrimination, Persecution, Martyrdom: Following Christ Together, convened by the Global Christian Forum... Lees meer
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