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Connections with Colombian church and excitement about 2015 Assembly mark meetings
Posted: juli 7, 2014 | Categorie: News
Soacha, Colombia – Tears flowed freely as a Mennonite World Conference delegation of international visitors exchanged stories and blessings with members of Iglesia Menonita de la resurrección (Mennonite Church of the Resurrection) in Soacha,... Lees meer
Mennonites, Catholics and Lutherans hold second round of dialogue on baptism
Posted: juli 4, 2014 | Categorie: News
“I continue to be inspired by the mutuality of our work,” commented John Rempel of Toronto, Ontario, one of the Mennonite participants in the 26-31 January 2014 second meeting of the Trilateral (Catholic, Lutheran, Mennonite) Dialogue Commission on... Lees meer
Congo Mennonites celebrate women’s ordinations
Posted: juli 3, 2014 | Categorie: News
Kinshasa, DR Congo – In July 2012, Sidonie Swana Falanga heard news that she thought was too good to be true. The 100-year-old Communauté Mennonite au Congo (Mennonite Church of Congo, or CMCo) had approved the ordination of women. “I asked myself,... Lees meer
Unity and Peace: 1 Corinthians 1:10-28
Posted: juni 17, 2014 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
The following is the sermon shared by MWC Vice President, Janet Plenert (Canada), at the Joint Anabaptist Worship Service in Bogotá, Colombia on 18 May, 2014. This united service involved people from all three Anabaptist national churches in... Lees meer
Sharing the MWC Shared Convictions in Canada
Posted: juni 17, 2014 | Categorie: Testimonies
Our brothers and sisters of Valleyview Mennonite Church in London, Ontario, Canada, created a PowerPoint presentation of the MWC Shared Convictions for an observance of World Fellowship Sunday in January 2014. See a PDF of the Shared Convictions... Lees meer
My experience of culture shock from Indonesia to Colombia
Posted: juni 13, 2014 | Categorie: Testimonies
My name is Rut Arsari Christy and I am from Indonesia. In my home country, I attend a Mennonite church called GITJ Kelet, part of the Mennonite World Conference member church Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa. The influence of the Dutch’s culture and... Lees meer
Sharing the MWC Shared Convictions in USA
Posted: juni 11, 2014 | Categorie: Testimonies
Our brothers and sisters of College Community Church Mennonite Brethren, in Clovis, California, USA have found a creative way to use the MWC Shared Convictions in their congregation on the Sundays following Easter 2014. Pastor Bill Braun, adapted... Lees meer
Sister Care shared globally
Posted: mei 23, 2014 | Categorie: News
United States – What began as a seminar for women in the United States has now been shared in Asia and Latin America with additional invitations received from Kenya and Trinidad. Sister Care is a Mennonite Women USA (MW USA) sponsored program that... Lees meer
Memories of Mennonite World Conference
Posted: mei 6, 2014 | Categorie: Testimonies
On 18 January 2014 our sister Leonor Méndez rested in the peace of the Lord. This Latin American leader of Guatemala served on the Mennonite World Conference Executive Committee during the 1990s. In the following piece she left us some experiences... Lees meer
A Mission Modeled on Christ
Posted: april 19, 2014 | Categorie: Testimonies
Economic Inequality: Exploring our shared commitment to pursuing shalom As a global communion of Anabaptist-related churches, we share a common commitment to pursuing shalom. In this pursuit, we believe in seeking justice and sharing our resources,... Lees meer
MWC Regional Representatives appointed for Asia
Posted: april 16, 2014 | Categorie: News
Bogotá, Colombia – Mennonite World Conference has appointed three Regional Representatives to nurture relations with member and associate member churches in Asia and the Pacific. The representatives are to begin September 1. The announcement was... Lees meer
Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace – Reflecting on Mennonite contributions to the Global Ecumenical Movement
Posted: februari 7, 2014 | Categorie: Testimonies
Mobility and flexibility are necessary in today’s world for many young people: university in another city, intercultural encounters during travels, broadening one’s own horizons. And somewhere between all of this there is this “Mennoniteness” that... Lees meer
MWC Commissions Meetings
Posted: februari 5, 2014 | Categorie: News
Meeting of the 4 MWC Commissions in the Netherlands: Deacons, Faith and Life, Mission, and Peace .Lees meer
A Foretaste of Heaven on Earth
Posted: januari 17, 2014 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
The last few weeks of August were hectic ones for Mennonite World Conference! We produced hundreds of documents to support visa application procedures for several of our members. Our Deacons Commission organized a delegation from five continental... Lees meer
Called to be a Global Communion
Posted: januari 13, 2014 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
Some years ago a woman with a foreign accent – a friend of mine – knocked on the door of one of our churches in Bogotá. That church’s pastor – another friend of mine – opened the door. The woman was evangelizing that neighborhood and started to talk... Lees meer
Grassy Narrows woman awarded peace prize in Germany
Posted: december 17, 2013 | Categorie: News
Germany – Judy DaSilva, a First Nations woman from Grassy Narrows, Ontario, Canada, has been awarded the Michael Sattler Peace Prize from the German Mennonite Peace Committee. “We want to award the prize to Judy DaSilva in order to honour the... Lees meer
Visit with Angolan churches both inspiring and troubling
Posted: november 5, 2013 | Categorie: News
Angola – An enthusiastic and joyous welcome and long lists of needs greeted a Mennonite World Conference (MWC) delegation during a visit to member churches in Angola the first week of September 2013 – a follow up to an earlier delegation in April... Lees meer
Integrating All Areas of Life
Posted: oktober 19, 2013 | Categorie: Testimonies
Exploring our shared commitment to worship As a global communion of Anabaptist-related churches, we share a common commitment to gathering regularly for worship. Yet our tremendous diversity means that we carry out this commitment in very different... Lees meer
Indonesia: Struggling, learning, serving
Posted: oktober 19, 2013 | Categorie: Testimonies
The Mennonite community in Indonesia is diverse and dynamic! Discussing its origins and development may bring to mind many questions, especially for those in the Global North: How did Mennonitism take root in Indonesia? How did Indonesia become the... Lees meer
Mennonites accompany Islamic community in its religious celebration
Posted: oktober 15, 2013 | Categorie: Testimonies
I have been the coordinator of the Argentine Chapter of the Latin American Youth Inter-Religious Network of Religions for Peace for four years (position that I will be retiring from at the end of the year). Our community (Iglesia Anabautista... Lees meer
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