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A pastoral letter regarding Ukraine
Posted: Fevereiro 24, 2022 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
We call on Anabaptist-Mennonites around the world, and all who confess Christ as Lord, to join in praying for the peace of Ukraine. We grieve violence and we reject efforts by any nation to dominate another. We pray for leaders of Ukraine, Russia... more/más/suite
A pastoral letter for Anabaptist-Mennonites in Ukraine
Posted: Janeiro 28, 2022 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
Dear Anabaptist-Mennonite Christians on all continents: This is a call to prayer for the peace of Ukraine, and for the well being of Anabaptist Christians living with the threat of a foreign military invasion. Hundreds of thousands of German-... more/más/suite
A pastoral letter for Anabaptist-Mennonites in Burkina Faso
Posted: Janeiro 26, 2022 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
Beloved sisters and brothers: Anabaptist-Mennonite people on all continents, please join in praying for peace in Burkina Faso, where a military coup took place 24 January 2022. Remember especially MWC member church Eglise Evangélique Mennonite du... more/más/suite
Created in the beauty of climate
Posted: Janeiro 20, 2022 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
On 23 September 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the Intergovernmental Panel report on climate change was “a code red for humanity.” And yet Guterres was hopeful, saying “it is not too late to act to ensure that climate action... more/más/suite
A pastoral letter for Anabaptist-Mennonites in British Columbia
Posted: Novembro 30, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
Beloved sisters and brothers: Let us remember in prayer the people of British Columbia in western Canada. After a summer of heat waves and wildfires, a series of storms is battering the region, causing serious flooding and landslides. Thousands of... more/más/suite
A pastoral letter for the healing of Haiti
Posted: Outubro 22, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
Beloved sisters and brothers: Let us join in prayer for peace and stability in Haiti! The island nation is reeling after the assassination of its president in July, a devastating earthquake in August, and ongoing effects from the coronavirus... more/más/suite
A biblical foundation to stand on
Posted: Outubro 6, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
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 pastoral letter to Anabaptist-Mennonites in India
Posted: Agosto 27, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
Dear Anabaptist sisters and brothers: This letter is a call for the church around the world to join in prayer for Christians and other minority groups who are harassed and threatened in India, especially in rural areas. With tacit support from... more/más/suite
“We are with you”
Posted: Julho 14, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
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
Is church online for good?
Posted: Julho 2, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
“We’re all going through the same storm but we’re not all in the same boat. Context is everything.” These words, spoken by a North American pastor, address the divergent responses to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Many congregations in Canada and the... more/más/suite
A pastoral letter to Anabaptist-Mennonites of Colombia
Posted: Maio 6, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
Beloved sisters and brothers: The world is watching as forces of domination seek to silence peaceful calls for reform in your country. God, too, is watching, and will bring oppressors to account. God delivers the needy when they call, the poor and... more/más/suite
Mission from the margins
Posted: Maio 3, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
President’s column While leading a study tour in his native Egypt for Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, professor Safwat Marzouk stood before the oldest surviving written mention of Israel. On a 1 200 BC stone inscription, Pharaoh Merneptah... more/más/suite
A pastoral letter to Anabaptist-Mennonites of India
Posted: Abril 29, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
Dear sisters and brothers: Mennonites around the world watch with anguish as India suffers a devastating wave of pandemic sickness and death. We grieve, and your pain reaches the whole body of Christ. “The cords of death encompassed me,” the... more/más/suite
A pastoral letter to the church in Myanmar
Posted: Abril 15, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
Sisters and brothers of the Christian church in Myanmar: the global Anabaptist-Mennonite church is praying for you. We hear your accounts of military forces torturing and killing peaceful protesters, raiding houses and destroying property. We see... more/más/suite
Accountant adds friends in global church
Posted: Abril 13, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
It was 10 years ago this past January when Mennonite World Conference announced my appointment as Chief Operations Officer. I quickly received emails from several countries including Paraguay and Zimbabwe. People whom I had not yet met... more/más/suite
A broader fellowship
Posted: Março 23, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
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 fresh wind of the Spirit
Posted: Fevereiro 22, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
A “great multitude...from all tribes and peoples and languages” worship around the throne of God (Revelation 7). That vision aptly describes Mennonite World Conference. But it stands against a backdrop of disaster that feels too familiar today... more/más/suite
Following a missionary God
Posted: Fevereiro 2, 2021 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
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
Following Jesus our hope in(to) the climate crisis
Posted: Novembro 5, 2020 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
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
Renewal through dialogue
Posted: Novembro 1, 2020 | Categoria: From Our Leaders
Pandemic and racism loom large in the Americas and in many parts of the world today. Those scourges also were rampant 500 years ago when Anabaptism emerged. Racism fueled European conquests in North and South America, and settlers brought diseases... more/más/suite
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