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Alfred Neufeld
23 July 1955–24 June 2020 Mennonite World Conference (MWC) lost Alfred Neufeld Friesen, a prolific author, theologian, historian and teacher who shaped Anabaptist theology globally. He died 24 June 2020 in Muenster, Germany, after treatment for liver cancer and kidney problems. “Alfred Neufeld had a zest for life, friendship, and for our global…
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Global Anabaptist Mennonite Shelf of Literature
MWC selects books that help member churches nurture a common Christian faith. See French or Spanish version of this page for books in those languages. 2018 God’s People in Mission: An Anabaptist Perspective, edited by Stanley W. Green & Rafael Zaracho, MWC Mission Commission. PDF here. Also available on Amazon/Kindle. 2015 Life Together in the Spirit: A Radical…
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Biblical and Theological Reflections on the MWC Tagline
Presented by Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld to the MWC Executive Committee at their meeting in Curitiba, Brazil, in April 2024. I. Following Jesus – “Who do you say that I am?” Introduction A year ago, at Camp Squeah in British Columbia, Canada, the EC developed a new tagline for the MWC: “Following Jesus, living out…
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Alfred Neufeld
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More united than ever before
Alfred Neufeld, chair of MWC’s Faith and Life Commission, reflects on the state of the global Mennonite faith community Alfred Neufeld, theologian, historian and generally insightful philosopher, reads on two tracks these days: “Proceedings” from past Mennonite World Conference Assemblies and social media. Neufeld, of Asuncion, Paraguay, is on a year’s sabbatical from his administrative…
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Itinerant Anabaptist Teachers
On this page you will find additional resources that might also help your pastors and lay leaders grow in their understanding of Christian faith and practice, a list of gifted Anabaptist teachers who are open to visiting and teaching your congregations. We are confident that each of the people listed below is a faithful interpreter…
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Teaching Resources
Mennonite World Conference produces three types of documents approved by the General Council: On this page you will find links to MWC teaching resources, produced by our commissions. Teaching Resources from the Commission: In addition to teaching resources and statements, the MWC Reference Notebook also contains Governance documents (guidelines, terms of reference, other documents defining relationships with other organizations) and other Reference…
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A Theology of Interchurch Hospitality and Denominational Identity
Mennonite World Conference embarked on the first formal dialogue process with the Baptist World Alliance in 1989. Since then, MWC has entered into conversations with Lutheran World Federation, Seventh Day Adventists, Catholics, and, most recently, a five year trilateral dialogue with Lutherans and Catholics. Seeing the value of these dialogues, the Faith and Life Commission…
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Growing in faithfulness: Living out our baptism
Guide for study and reflection on Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ, the Church: The Report of the Trilateral Conversations between Lutherans, Mennonites and Catholics 2012-2017 by Thomas R Yoder Neufeld, on behalf of the Faith and Life Commission This study guide is an aid for member churches of the Mennonite World Conference to receive and process…
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A heart with four chambers
A theological foundation for the work of MWC’s four commissions A teaching resource from the Faith and Life Commission The “Anabaptist tradition” is a historical movement, rooted in the sixteenth century Radical Reformation, of contextualizing the Bible’s apostolic and prophetic legacy as lived out by the early church. Tradition is a historic witness of moments…
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Incorporation into the body of Christ
Fourth meeting of the Catholic, Lutheran and Mennonite Trilateral Dialogue Commission on baptism Bogotá, Colombia – Representatives of the Catholic Church (Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity), The Lutheran World Federation, and Mennonite World Conference met in Bogotá, Colombia, 29 February–4 March 2016, for the fourth meeting of the International Trilateral Dialogue Commission. The Commission…
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Baptism the focus of trilateral dialogue by Mennonites, Catholics and Lutherans
An international trilateral dialogue between Mennonites, Catholics and Lutherans began in Rome, 9-13 December 2012.
