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General secretary relocates
Posted: maart 19, 2019 | Categorie: News
General secretary César García and executive assistant Sandra Báez Rojas of Mennonite World Conference (MWC) have relocated to Canada in February 2019 to work out of the Kitchener, Ontario, office. MWC is an international communion of Anabaptist... Lees meer
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – March 2019
Posted: maart 18, 2019 | Categorie: 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... Lees meer
A little more light
Posted: maart 15, 2019 | Categorie: 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... Lees meer
Remember and learn
Posted: maart 8, 2019 | Categorie: Testimonies
At Renewal 2027 – The Holy Spirit Transforming Us in Kisumu, Kenya, 21 April 2018, several people shared a testimony of one experience of the Spirit’s work changing people in the church. Several of the columns in this section have been adapted from... Lees meer
From ordinary to history maker
Posted: maart 8, 2019 | Categorie: Testimonies
At Renewal 2027 – The Holy Spirit Transforming Us in Kisumu, Kenya, 21 April 2018, several people shared a testimony of one experience of the Spirit’s work changing people in the church. Several of the columns in this section have been adapted from... Lees meer
Mentoring: Open up, share what we have
Posted: maart 6, 2019 | Categorie: Testimonies
Mentoring is a key strategy of senior pastor Reverend Albert Ndlovu of Lobengula Brethren in Christ Church, Zimbabwe. Raised in this environment, leaders are now serving in the United Kingdom and South Africa – still connected to their mentors at... Lees meer
Ripe for Evangelism: Uganda Mennonite Church is growing
Posted: maart 6, 2019 | Categorie: Testimonies
“Uganda is ripe for evangelism and the church is growing,” says bishop Okoth Simon Onyango, national coordinator of Mennonite Church Uganda. The new Mennonite World Conference member church currently reports 553 members in 18 congregations. Accepted... Lees meer
MWC celebrates legacy of two leaders
Posted: maart 4, 2019 | Categorie: News
Mennonite World Conference lost two leaders currently serving in official roles. Pascal Kulungu, member of the newly formed Global Anabaptist Peace Network steering committee, died 16 January 2019 after a short illness. Manjula Roul, member of the... Lees meer
A celebration of family in India
Posted: maart 4, 2019 | Categorie: Testimonies
Deacons Commission secretary and Mennonite World Conference (MWC) president-elect Henk Stenvers and a Mennonite World Conference delegation consisting of Hanna Soren and Vikal Rao (Deacons Commission), Paul Phinehas (Executive Committee, Asia... Lees meer
The Lord came near
Posted: februari 20, 2019 | Categorie: Testimonies
I was born as the third daughter at a Buddhist Zen temple in 1934. My father trained at Eiheiji Temple, the headquarters of the Sotoshu a sect of Zen. He always instructed his children to strive after virtue and be an example to others. My father... Lees meer
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – February 2019
Posted: februari 20, 2019 | Categorie: 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... Lees meer
Peace by piece: a ministry of sewing
Posted: februari 20, 2019 | Categorie: News
“The church must do its job, offering people charity and spiritual teaching, so that a person may be transformed,” says Safari Mutabesha Bahati. Mennonite Association for Peace and Development (MAPD) in Malawi, a member of the global Anabaptist... Lees meer
Agents of hope: Andean Anabaptist solidarity
Posted: februari 20, 2019 | Categorie: News
For the first time in more than a decade, Anabaptist church leaders from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela gathered together, 9–12 November 2018, in La Cumbre, Valle, Colombia. They studied the Bible, sang in community, and listened to each... Lees meer
Ministry partner update – IBICA February 2019
Posted: februari 15, 2019 | Categorie: Testimonies
The International Brethren in Christ Association (IBICA) is the common network for all national conferences of the Brethren in Christ church with the aim to facilitate communication, build trust and cooperation within our global community, and to... Lees meer
A transformed spirit of courage
Posted: februari 11, 2019 | Categorie: Testimonies
At Renewal 2027 – The Holy Spirit Transforming Us in Kisumu, Kenya, 21 April 2018, several people shared a testimony of experiencing the Spirit’s work changing people in the church. The columns in this section have been adapted from their... Lees meer
Messengers of hope
Posted: februari 11, 2019 | Categorie: Testimonies
Mennonite pastor Jürg Bräker stopped at Messenger Fountain [ Läuferbrunnen ] in his home city of Bern, Switzerland. He wet his hands in the flowing spout, and declared, “This water turned blood-red on the day Hans Haslibacher was beheaded in 1571.”... Lees meer
Aid to displaced people makes a difference
Posted: februari 1, 2019 | Categorie: News
Strengthened by emergency food, 700 families displaced by violence in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) are preparing to plant crops and to raise pigs to support themselves. In partnership with Mennonite Central... Lees meer
On climate: the global church needs to CHANGE
Posted: februari 1, 2019 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
“The earth is the LORD’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it; for he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers” (Psalm 24:1–2). “Climate change”: these two words often generate anxiety concerning the future... Lees meer
MWC’s Top 10
Posted: januari 16, 2019 | Categorie: News
As we looked back at 2018, we gathered Mennonite World Conference's most popular news stories based on website views. In case you missed them the first time, here are the most visited stories from the global Anabaptist family in 2018. 1. Benni... Lees meer
Migrant solidarity in the Honduran church
Posted: januari 16, 2019 | Categorie: News
Migration is shifting populations around the globe. Motives are diverse, from meeting basic needs, to fleeing violence and seeking opportunities. People balance the hope of a better life for their children against the challenges of dangerous passage... Lees meer
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