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Panama Mennonites request prayer for land struggle
Posted: mei 4, 2015 | Categorie: News
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... Lees meer
Nepal church requests prayer in aftermath of earthquake crisis
Posted: mei 3, 2015 | Categorie: News
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... Lees meer
Part-time registration opens for PA 2015
Posted: april 28, 2015 | Categorie: News
Akron, Pennsylvania – Part-time registration is now available for PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly slated for 21-26 July in Harrisburg, PA, at the Farm Show Complex. “We’ve determined that there will be enough space to... Lees meer
Mozambique, the Land of the Smiles!
Posted: april 22, 2015 | Categorie: Testimonies
When I was at the European Mennonite gathering, held in Madrid, in November 2011, I met Liesa Unger who asked me if I could be in Switzerland in May of 2012 to translate into Portuguese at an MWC event. I knew that brothers from Angola and Brazil... Lees meer
PA 2015 to include art exhibits and workshops
Posted: april 20, 2015 | Categorie: News
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... Lees meer
Jesus with Skin On
Posted: april 19, 2015 | Categorie: Testimonies
Global Communion and Why It Matters: Exploring our shared commitment to being a worldwide family As Mennonite World Conference, we share a commitment to being a worldwide communion ( koinonia ) of faith and life. Together, we seek to be a fellowship... Lees meer
Being peacemakers after Charlie Hebdo attacks in France
Posted: april 17, 2015 | Categorie: News
Ingersheim, France – Along with our country and its population, we are under the shock of the recent events of terrorist attacks against the journalists of Charlie Hebdo, police officers and Jewish citizens in Paris. People’s emotions are varied,... Lees meer
Call for artwork at MWC Assembly
Posted: april 6, 2015 | Categorie: News
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... Lees meer
Mennonite World Conference and Argentinian church mourn death of leader
Posted: april 6, 2015 | Categorie: News
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... Lees meer
Honduran Anabaptist groups reconcile
Posted: maart 13, 2015 | Categorie: News
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... Lees meer
Congregations seek reconciliation with Ghana Mennonite Church
Posted: maart 13, 2015 | Categorie: News
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... Lees meer
MWC issues urgent appeal for prayer for the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria
Posted: februari 19, 2015 | Categorie: News
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... Lees meer
MWC urges solidarity with calls for peaceful solution in Ukraine
Posted: februari 19, 2015 | Categorie: News
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... Lees meer
In Memoriam: Joram Mbeba (1930-2014)
Posted: februari 16, 2015 | Categorie: News
Musoma, Tanzania – Joram Mbeba, a bishop in Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania (Tanzania Mennonite Church), died on November 22, 2014 at the age of 84. He completed undergraduate and graduate studies in the United States and then returned to Tanzania for... Lees meer
Japanese Mennonites protest government’s pro-war proposal
Posted: februari 16, 2015 | Categorie: News
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... Lees meer
Webinar about PA 2015 to feature César García and Nelson Kraybill
Posted: februari 16, 2015 | Categorie: News
Bogotá, Colombia/Elkhart, Indiana, USA - Are you thinking about attending Assembly Gathered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania July 21-26, 2015? To get a taste of this once-in-six-years global gathering of Anabaptists, you can participate in a 30-minute... Lees meer
Creating connections between American veterans and peace churches
Posted: februari 16, 2015 | Categorie: News
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... Lees meer
On the way to PA 2015: Neckties foster global connections
Posted: februari 13, 2015 | Categorie: News
Akron, Pennsylvania, USA – When thousands of Anabaptists from around the world arrive in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania next July, they will each receive a hand-sewn bag, created from recycled materials by the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Material... Lees meer
Seminary class during PA 2015 an opportunity to encounter Anabaptism in the Global South
Posted: februari 11, 2015 | Categorie: News
Registrants for PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference Assembly coming in July to Harrisburg, PA, can have a front row seat observing the Global Anabaptist Profile (GAP) study. But it will require some hard work and dedication. “Encountering... Lees meer
After 25 years, tide begins to turn for conscientious objectors in Colombia
Posted: februari 11, 2015 | Categorie: News
Bogotá, Colombia - “Pray, pray fervently that God will bring his favour, and that my case will become a door that many young people can walk through as well,” Colombian Reinaldo Aguirre pleaded to the church throughout his three years of... Lees meer
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