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Fearless and prudent
Posted: oktober 14, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
Our churches in this time The 12 MWC regional representatives gather online every quarter to reflect on the struggles and joys of the Anabaptist churches in their regions. In our latest gathering, they shared the burdens and creative resilience they... Lees meer
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – October 2020
Posted: oktober 12, 2020 | 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
Receptive ecumenism
Posted: oktober 10, 2020 | Categorie: Testimonies
Becoming vulnerable to the other There is a moment when everything changes among the students who take the Mission and Ecumenism course at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The student composition of this compulsory course is quite... Lees meer
A willingness to listen
Posted: oktober 9, 2020 | Categorie: Testimonies
Victims and FARC dialogue “Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet… Righteousness will go before him,” (Psalm 85:10,13). The people of Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia believe in this vision of justice and reconciliation even when it is hard... Lees meer
Season of Creation – 7
Posted: oktober 6, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
Psalm 19 The heavens are telling the glory of God; the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes... Lees meer
Go into the community
Posted: oktober 2, 2020 | Categorie: News
Anabaptist health network responds to COVID-19 “We are bound together as a community not only through this global pandemic, but through our faith,” says Rick Stiffney, steering committee member of the Global Anabaptist Health Network. The Global... Lees meer
Season of Creation – 6
Posted: september 30, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
A prayer for frugal life Holy One, Our world is overtaken by our greed for more goods than we need. We confess our rapacious consumption, obsession with winning, and our undercutting and isolating of the most vulnerable among us. Renewing Spirit,... Lees meer
New partnership enables global access to Anabaptist theological education
Posted: september 18, 2020 | Categorie: News
Mennonite World Conference and AMBS enter partnership in “sharing of gifts” Mennonites around the globe yearn for Anabaptist theological education, identity formation and leadership development, but attending an Anabaptist-related college,... Lees meer
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – September 2020
Posted: september 17, 2020 | 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
Can preaching bring peace?
Posted: september 16, 2020 | Categorie: News
The Menno Simons Sermon Prize was established by Dr. h.c. Annelie Kümpers-Greve (1946-2017), member of Hamburg-Altona Mennonite congregation in Germany, in 2008 on her conviction about the spoken word. Each year, the Centre for Peace Church Theology... Lees meer
Season of Creation – 4
Posted: september 15, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
Prayer during a time of threat We live in a world of great beauty, but also in a world under threat. Lord, we come to you in our fragility, trusting in your loving care and providence. Please receive our prayers… for those impacted by and living in... Lees meer
Season of Creation – 5
Posted: september 15, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
God of creation We come to you this season recognizing that you are the creator, and we open our eyes to the beauty that fills the creatures, the land, the air and the water. You are creator not only of humankind, but of all that graces this planet... Lees meer
Season of Creation – 3
Posted: september 13, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
Children, don’t be intimidated Written from a maternal instinct, this lament presents a mother in a rural kitchen preparing porridge for her children. Bantwana lingatshotshobali Isihlahla soxakuxaku asisanunkuli, Ibhokola emasimini alisabonakali,... Lees meer
Global team, one focus: planning Assembly 17 in Indonesia
Posted: september 8, 2020 | Categorie: News
New staff have begun serving Mennonite World Conference to prepare for the global gathering Assembly 17, now postponed to 5-10 July 2022 in Semarang, Indonesia.Lees meer
Een onophoudelijke eis
Posted: september 6, 2020 | Categorie: Testimonies
Zoals vele mennonieten koester ik de zestiende-eeuwse verhalen van het lijden van de wederdopers. Zoals vele spookt de gevaarlijke herinnering van de gekruisigde in mijn hoofd: ‘Neem je kruis op je, en volg mij.’ [Mat.26;24]Lees meer
Solidair met de Wayana in Frans-Guyana
Posted: september 5, 2020 | Categorie: Testimonies
Linia woont in Frans-Guyana, in een afgelegen plaats in het oerwoud, Taluene geheten, aan de Marowijne. Het voedsel in Linia’s gemeenschap is besmet door de goudwinning. Evenals andere inheemse volken wereldwijd heeft Linia’s volk geen... Lees meer
Season of Creation – 2
Posted: september 4, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
God, Give us the power to trust each other and to choose the sustainable way that frees your creation from distress. Give us the power to share knowledge and to seek for sustainable solutions that allow future generations to live on Give us the... Lees meer
COVID-19 global response fund helps churches
Posted: september 3, 2020 | Categorie: News
“I have seen entire families in the garbage dumps looking to quench their hunger. I have also watched with sadness as they return the elderly from the hospitals because there are no possibilities to attend them, nor medicines to supply them,” said... Lees meer
Follow the fire: walking with Jesus in the Spirit’s presence
Posted: september 3, 2020 | Categorie: Testimonies
Side by side, the mighty river of Pentecostals today and the heirs of the Anabaptist stream of the Christian tradition may seem fairly remote from each other, but the underground reality is more closely connected than one would first detect. Photo:... Lees meer
Season of Creation 2020 – 1
Posted: augustus 31, 2020 | Categorie: From Our Leaders
Humility God of all the earth – Take us outside to your holy places. Take us out beyond our walls, Out where we can see our neighbours. Out past the garden With its ripe tomatoes and fat watermelons. Out where flowers bloom yellow and pink And sway... Lees meer
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