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Mesach Krisetya
Posted: Outubro 12, 2022 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
Mesach Krisetya, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) president 1997-2003, died 30 September 2022. He was born in Jepara, Indonesia, 9 September 1939. A theologian, professor and academic administrator, author and counsellor, Mesach Krisetya was beloved... more/más/suite
Atualização do sócio do Ministério: ICOMB – Outubro 2022
Posted: Outubro 6, 2022 | Categoria: News
Pedimos suas orações queridos irmãos, para que Deus nos permita continuar crescendo no ministério em que estamos trabalhando atualmente, que Deus sempre forneça o que for necessário em termos de necessidades econômicas e também que, neste mês de... more/más/suite
A journey of understanding
Posted: Outubro 5, 2022 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
It was with great anticipation that I went to attend a Brethren In Christ Church (BICC) conference in Mozambique, in July 2016. This was my first trip as a regional representative for Mennonite World Conference. It was held in a small town called... more/más/suite
“We felt the connection”
Posted: Setembro 21, 2022 | Categoria: News
“I think this type of ‘hybrid’ connectedness has great potential for strengthening the communion of Mennonite-related churches around the world,” says Ray Brubacher. more/más/suite
Believers bring water for drought baptism
Posted: Setembro 20, 2022 | Categoria: News
In the drought-prone Borena region of Ethiopia, believers saved water to hold a baptism for 120 new believers. The area in Southern Ethiopia currently has a severe water shortage. Believers excavated land and lined it with plastic to preserve... more/más/suite
Watch for it!
Posted: Setembro 19, 2022 | Categoria: News
“It was nice to hear something from Indonesia and take part a little bit,” says Erwin Röthlisberger of Evangelische Mennoniten-Gemeinde Bern, Switzerland. He attended Assembly from his home in Europe. Videos from MWC’s Assembly Indonesia 2022 will... more/más/suite
An opportunity to cross barriers
Posted: Setembro 16, 2022 | Categoria: News
“Jesus is our hope: even if we go through the valley of the shadow of death, he is by our side.” In the Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday materials for 2023, meet the Christian believer in Burkina Faso who declares this faith despite challenges –... more/más/suite
Atualização do sócio do Ministério: ICOMB – Setembro 2022
Posted: Setembro 16, 2022 | Categoria: News
IEU tem dezesseis igrejas locais. Servir as igrejas, devido à distância entre elas, é um pouco difícil para a conferência. Por essa razão, a conferência no Panamá funciona por região. Eles têm cinco regiões e cada região tem um ou dois coordenadores... more/más/suite
Fostering relationships
Posted: Setembro 8, 2022 | Categoria: News
“We want our regional representatives to develop deep relationships with each member church in their region,” says Arli Klassen, regional representatives coordinator. MWC’s regional representatives are part-time volunteers who develop and support... more/más/suite
Time to correct the page
Posted: Agosto 29, 2022 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
“Indigenous solidarity hits the heart of what we do in the Philippines with Coffee for Peace,” says Joji Pantoja, chair of the Peace Commission (2015-2022). The Peace Commission drafted a Statement of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples that was... more/más/suite
Jesus’ message of resilience and liberation
Posted: Agosto 26, 2022 | Categoria: Testimonies
Reading: Matthew 5:3-20 In June 1981, our family moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, where my parents were to teach in a Baptist seminary that wanted more Anabaptist input. We arrived at a particularly raucous point in Bolivian history. In July 1980, Luis... more/más/suite
MWC is people-centred
Posted: Agosto 24, 2022 | Categoria: News
People are at the heart of the worldwide community of faith that is Mennonite World Conference. “Our global community is itself the message,” declares MWC’s Reference Notebook in section 7.2. “As a church, our overall administrative approach is... more/más/suite
Executive servants take up the towel
Posted: Agosto 21, 2022 | Categoria: News
“As a worldwide community of faith in the Anabaptist tradition, people in ministry are key to Mennonite World Conference,” says César García, MWC general secretary. After Assembly 17 and associated meetings, there are new people serving this global... more/más/suite
A new shepherd
Posted: Agosto 19, 2022 | Categoria: News
“MWC – Continuing the work Jesus began through worship, service, mission, and evangalism” (sic). These words are inscribed upon a wooden shepherd’s staff that J. Nelson Kraybill gave to president-elect Henk Stenvers 8 July 2022 as a symbol of... more/más/suite
Gracious welcome on building site
Posted: Agosto 15, 2022 | Categoria: News
The GKMI synod office is “our home together” and a “house of prayer” for GKMI congregations. The GKMI synod had a longing: to invite the MWC executive committee, Commission secretaries, regional representatives, General Council, and MWC staff to “... more/más/suite
Actualização do sócio do Ministério: Agosto 2022
Posted: Agosto 12, 2022 | Categoria: News
Apresentando a Família Global Conferência Peru dos Irmãos Menonitas Peruano Conferência dos Membros A Conferência dos Irmãos Menonitas Peruana tem aproximadamente 457 membros e 631 participantes; é composta por 9 igrejas estabelecidas e algumas... more/más/suite
Finding new ways to respond
Posted: Agosto 8, 2022 | Categoria: Testimonies
Resilience in the face of the pandemic When we look back at what happened in the last two years all throughout the world, one could just offer a sigh. We were never prepared for this. Being locked down for several months in the Philippines forced us... more/más/suite
Peace with broken pieces
Posted: Julho 28, 2022 | Categoria: Testimonies
The power of resilience A Peace Sunday 2022 testimony “The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him” (Jeremiah 18:4). This theme has been discussed a lot recently,... more/más/suite
Assembly small but full of joy
Posted: Julho 27, 2022 | Categoria: News
With its national motto of “unity in diversity,” Indonesia proved a fitting host for the 17th Assembly of Mennonite World Conference – downsized by COVID-19 restrictions but full of joy, beauty and fellowship. In an outdoor venue at a Mennonite... more/más/suite
Shortened meetings study unity, affirm new members
Posted: Julho 26, 2022 | Categoria: News
General Council meeting As the Muslim call to prayer wafted on the air through open doors, the General Council worshipped, prayed, and considered the global fellowship of churches in Mennonite World Conference. The in-person triennial meetings of... more/más/suite
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