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Aguapanela: youth and children drink in curriculum’s “faith vitamins”
Posted: Agosto 22, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
“There is no path, Pilgrim. The path is made by walking.” This lovely phrase by the poet Antonio Machado epitomizes my life journey, particularly the two years I sojourned in Colombia. Each person’s identity is marked by their family and social... more/más/suite
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – August 2016
Posted: Agosto 19, 2016 | 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
CAMCA 2016: Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean Anabaptist Consultation
Posted: Agosto 15, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
The annual Central America, Mexico and Caribbean Anabaptist Consultation (CAMCA) took place 5–9 July 2016 in the Escuela de Capacitación Adventista Salvadoreña, San Juan Opico, La Libertad, El Salvador. Fifty-nine participants came from México,... more/más/suite
Ministry partner update: ICOMB - July 2016
Posted: Julho 26, 2016 | 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
Brief historic journey, profile, tendencies and challenges of Mennonites in Latin America
Posted: Julho 18, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
These reflections are a brief summary linking the historical development, profile and tendencies of the multiethnic Anabaptist communities and Mennonite churches in Latin America that belong to MWC, and present the challenges faced by Mennonites in... more/más/suite
Newcomers to natives: Diversity and challenges for Mennonites in Brazil
Posted: Julho 18, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
The first Mennonites arrived in Brazil during the year 1930, coming as refugees from Russia/Ukraine, where their property, churches and schools were taken over by the state during the Stalin years. Thousands of Mennonites (15,000–25,000) and other... more/más/suite
Love opens hearts to learn more
Posted: Julho 13, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
Hospitality: Exploring what it means to offer hospitality as followers of Christ Shocking photographs published in the news media awoke the Western world to the refugee crisis on September 2015. With a heightened awareness of the issue, the... more/más/suite
The heart of a stranger
Posted: Julho 13, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
Hospitality: Exploring what it means to offer hospitality as followers of Christ Shocking photographs published in the news media awoke the Western world to the refugee crisis on September 2015. With a heightened awareness of the issue, the... more/más/suite
Hospitality transforms
Posted: Julho 13, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
Hospitality: Exploring what it means to offer hospitality as followers of Christ Shocking photographs published in the news media awoke the Western world to the refugee crisis on September 2015. With a heightened awareness of the issue, the... more/más/suite
A ministry of inclusive hospitality
Posted: Julho 13, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
Hospitality: Exploring what it means to offer hospitality as followers of Christ Shocking photographs published in the news media awoke the Western world to the refugee crisis on September 2015. With a heightened awareness of the issue, the... more/más/suite
New Young Anabaptists Committee Meets in Indonesia
Posted: Maio 23, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
Less than a year ago, I hadn’t the faintest idea that I would be in Indonesia this February, let alone have four new friends from four different continents. But that’s what happens when you engage in your global faith community: you end up in places... more/más/suite
Learning to Know Each Other Better: Researchers embark on a global study of MWC member-churches
Posted: Maio 19, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
In 2012, MWC partnered with the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism (ISGA) at Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana, USA) to launch a multi-year, multi-part research initiative. The goal? To develop a more nuanced picture of the MWC constituency... more/más/suite
An Open Hand, Not a Handout
Posted: Maio 19, 2016 | Categoria: 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,... more/más/suite
Global Communion and why it matters
Posted: Maio 19, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
Exploring our shared commitment to being a worldwide family As Mennonite World Conference, we share a commitment to being a worldwide communion (koinonia) of faith and life. Together, we seek to be a fellowship that transcends boundaries of... more/más/suite
Doubt sharpens our convictions
Posted: Maio 19, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
The organizers of this conference were so gracious that they did not impose a topic, rather respectfully provided me an opportunity to select from a range of themes. As you all know, making choices from choices is a difficult choice, but not this... more/más/suite
Economic Inequality
Posted: Maio 19, 2016 | Categoria: 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,... more/más/suite
The United States: Diversity, dynamism and paradox
Posted: Maio 19, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
A context for Anabaptist witness The United States was formed, in 1776, as the first modern republic. Its founders believed they were engaging in a pioneering political experiment and granted relatively generous freedom of conscience to diverse... more/más/suite
Soldiers in the army of the living God
Posted: Maio 19, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
Ephesians 4:1–7 On behalf of our brothers and sisters from Integrated Mennonite Church in the Philippines, as well as churches across Southeast Asia which I represent as a YAB speaker, I’d like to greet you a hearty, “Good morning!” It was also in... more/más/suite
Europe: Old stories and new hope
Posted: Maio 19, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
When Conrad Grebel baptized his friends in the evening of 25 January 1525 in Zurich, Switzerland, little did he know that this small act would mark the start of the worldwide family of faith that we now are as Mennonite World Conference. From... more/más/suite
Repentance and forgiveness
Posted: Maio 19, 2016 | Categoria: Testimonies
Greetings to my Anabaptist brothers and sisters. Thank you for having me and thank you for coming. It is a righteous joy to be together. I live only 45 minutes from here in a city called Lancaster, which some of you may have heard of and many of you... more/más/suite
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