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New name? MWC considers identity and brand
Posted: Junho 29, 2017 | Categoria: News
Bogota, Colombia – When someone mispronounces or misspells your name, does it seem as though they aren’t quite addressing you? We choose names carefully – perhaps to honour someone or express a hoped-for characteristic; they form part of our sense... more/más/suite
Feed family ties with songs, food and service
Posted: Junho 29, 2017 | Categoria: Testimonies
7 ways to support MWC in your congregation It is a blessing that the global media allows us to learn news from all over the world. But it can be discouraging to hear so many sad stories and feel helpless to do anything about it. By supporting... more/más/suite
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – June 2017
Posted: Junho 12, 2017 | Categoria: 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... more/más/suite
Health network issues global call
Posted: Maio 31, 2017 | Categoria: News
Bogotá, Colombia – Mennonite and Brethren health care leaders from around the world are developing a network to foster collaboration and support among related organizations. The leaders of the emerging Global Anabaptist Health Network (GAHN), a... more/más/suite
The perfect placement: A Kenyan Mennonite in the MCC UN Office
Posted: Maio 31, 2017 | Categoria: News
New York, USA – Right outside the window from my desk at the MCC UN Office on the 10th floor of the Church Center for the United Nations, I can see the UN entrance and the Kenyan flag, which unexpectedly brews the feeling of patriotism; I am... more/más/suite
A discipling community
Posted: Maio 31, 2017 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
“Do not cry,” said to me a member of my church when I lost a relative in a very tragic way. “Read this verse of the Bible,” she continued. However, I could not hear her. I needed somebody able to listen to me, somebody ready to cry with me, and... more/más/suite
The heart at work: Commissions meet
Posted: Maio 31, 2017 | Categoria: News
Bogotá, Colombia – MWC’s Renewal 2027 event in Augsburg, Germany, was bookended by meetings of its decision-making bodies and working groups, including a face-to-face gathering of the four Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Commissions: Deacons,... more/más/suite
How can we get answers from the Bible for 21st century questions?
Posted: Maio 16, 2017 | Categoria: Testimonies
How do our member churches express the MWC Shared Convictions in beautiful, local variety throughout our global body? The October 2016 issue of Courier/Correo/Courrier seeks to discern the variety of reasons why Anabaptist communities from around... more/más/suite
MWC Executive Committee deliberates, welcomes and celebrates
Posted: Maio 16, 2017 | Categoria: News
Bogotá Colombia – As Mennonite World Conference (MWC) kicked off Renewal 2027 (a 10-year event commemorating Anabaptism’s birth through the Reformation), the Executive Committee welcomed a record number of new members at their meeting in Germany... more/más/suite
Joyous hope and faith
Posted: Maio 16, 2017 | Categoria: News
Mennonite Churches in Eastern Africa “In the traditional African religious experience, the expression of faith was never understood in universal terms,” writes Alemu Checole, assisted by Samuel Asefa, in Anabaptist Songs in African Hearts, in the... more/más/suite
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – May 2017
Posted: Maio 10, 2017 | Categoria: 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... more/más/suite
The joy of Christian unity
Posted: Abril 21, 2017 | Categoria: Testimonies
Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Germany Over the more than 10 years I have been serving as pastor in Evangelische Freikirche Mennonitengemeinde Regensburg, the Burgweinting neighbourhood has been celebrating an ecumenical... more/más/suite
Solidarity with indigenous struggle
Posted: Abril 21, 2017 | Categoria: News
Bogotá, Colombia – From April 2016 to January 2017, indigenous people and allies gathered in the northern United States to protest a plan to build pipeline they believed would violate sacred burial grounds and threaten to contaminate drinking water... more/más/suite
The Bible still speaks, say Renewal 2027 speakers
Posted: Abril 21, 2017 | Categoria: News
Augsburg, Germany – Regional Anabaptists and leaders from around the world gathered 12 February 2017 for “Transformed by the Word: Reading Scripture in Anabaptist Perspectives,” the first in a 10-year series of events called “ Renewal 2027 ”... more/más/suite
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – April 2017
Posted: Abril 18, 2017 | Categoria: 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... more/más/suite
Dialogues on baptism close with learning and prayer
Posted: Abril 12, 2017 | Categoria: News
The commission discussed and developed its final report, entitled “Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ, the Church,” drafted by professors Theo Dieter (Lutheran, France), William Henn (Catholic, US/Vatican) and John Rempel (Mennonite,... more/más/suite
Congolese counter violence with prayer and workshops
Posted: Abril 11, 2017 | Categoria: News
Kinshasha, DR Congo – “Our God has contradicted mankind’s maneuvering. Praise our God,” says Pascal Kulungu, instructor at the Center for Peacebuilding, Leadership and Good Governance (CPLB), and member of Communauté des Églises de Frères Mennonites... more/más/suite
Songs, sermons and saucers
Posted: Abril 11, 2017 | Categoria: News
Bogotá Colombia – Music from other cultures, Scripture readings on a common theme, shared food and special offerings characterize World Fellowship Sunday, a celebration of Anabaptist family in Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches around the... more/más/suite
From a broken leg to a mended heart
Posted: Abril 11, 2017 | Categoria: Testimonies
During a visit to Anabaptist churches in Japan, MWC regional representative KyongJung Kim fellowshipped with two Mennonite Brethren families over a delicious meal of Okonomiyaki, an Osaka special. His host, Naoge, shared her story of how Jesus... more/más/suite
MWC financial update
Posted: Abril 11, 2017 | Categoria: News
We are grateful for the steady flow of contributions in support of Mennonite World Conference, whether from our national member churches, local congregations, or individuals. During the first part of the year, we received strong support for our core... more/más/suite
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