Stories

A transforming Spirit of peace

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... more/más/suite

Persecution past and present

Early Anabaptists in Augsburg, Germany, paid a high price for meeting at the large white house (left) in this picture. German Mennonite historian, theologian and peace activist Wolfgang Krauss retells the story to modern Anabaptists who toured... more/más/suite

Transformed by the Holy Spirit to be witnesses of Jesus Christ

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... more/más/suite

Amor generoso em meio à guerra na República Democrática do Congo

Amar o povo generoso da República Democrática do Congo (RDC) não é difícil, mas o mal que acontece nesse país exuberante, na região rural do Kasaï, é difícil de compreender. Em dezembro de 2017, sobreviventes da guerra civil compartilharam com a... more/más/suite

Overcoming barriers and building empowerment

A testimony from Regional Representative Cynthia Peacock Boundaries, barriers, blocks, bridges and empowerment have been very real to me. Through the years, I have learned to face challenges and to grow stronger in mind and beliefs. The Christian... more/más/suite

Drama and mission as Argentine Mennonites celebrate one hundred years

Performing before hundreds of Mennonites and passersby at a park in downtown Buenos Aires 16 September 2017, a drama troupe from the Mennonite church in Villa Adelina, Argentina, mimed challenges and struggles facing youth: violence, drugs,... more/más/suite

Mission Commission calls Anabaptists to urgency in mission

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... more/más/suite

Diáconos: servos na casa do Pai

Como as câmaras de um coração, as quatro comissões da Conferência Mundial Menonita (CMM) servem a comunidade global de igrejas anabatistas nas áreas de diaconia, fé e vida, paz e missão. As Comissões preparam materiais para consideração e revisão do... more/más/suite

Hmong comprometido com Jesus apesar da perseguição

Ponchai Banchasawan, pastor da congregação de Thupberg da Igreja Hmong de Cristo na Tailândia, está ao lado de um campo onde o presidente da sua congregação possuía uma casa de hóspedes que alugava para pessoas que estavam passando as férias nas... more/más/suite

God’s church and its vocation for peace

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... more/más/suite

A discipling community

“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

Transformed by the Word

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... more/más/suite

The road to peace after the plebiscite in Colombia

A plebiscite was held in Colombia on 2 October 2016, for the citizens to approve or reject the agreements reached between the government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejercito del Pueblo (Revolutionary Armed Forces of... more/más/suite