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An act of justice, a gesture of love
Many hands make light work This adage is one we use frequently when we’re doing work together. A core part of our identity as Mennonite World Conference is living out unity , so pooling our efforts to make a positive difference in the world is... more/más/suite
“Unless a seed dies” (John 12:24)
“Disperse and connect.” This motto guided Hawkesville Mennonite Church as they closed the congregation’s active ministry and disbursed the assets to support other ministries. Mennonite World Conference was one of the beneficiaries from this... more/más/suite
Partnership extends gift-sharing
On 24 October 2024, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) celebrated the successful conclusion of their Forming Leaders Together campaign with an event on their Elkhart, Indiana, USA, campus. Mennonite World Conference has partnered with... more/más/suite
We are one
Evangelism rallies, energetic music and dancing all day; witnessing, altar calls with a dozen respondents. Praying is loud, through tears or joy. You can feel the enthusiasm. I was heartily welcomed by the Mennonite Brethren church in DR Congo to... more/más/suite
Read the Bible around the world!
You are invited to participate in a Scripture read-a-thon. To commemorate the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism, MennoMedia has commissioned a new English study Bible. To celebrate its release, MennoMedia and Mennonite World Conference are... more/más/suite
COP 29 blogs by a Dutch Mennonite
Updates from COP 29 – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) 11-22 November 2024 Baku, Azerbaijan *These updates will appear in English only.* #1 Back to the dream...– introduction – 10 November 2024 # 2 Delay already – day 1... more/más/suite
“Remember your baptism”
Could Anabaptist-Mennonites practice “remembering our baptism” as a tool for lifelong discipleship? Although they often baptize infants, both Catholics and Lutherans call upon the believer – sometimes every year – to “remember your baptism” into a... more/más/suite
Investing in young adults is key
“Investing in young adults is a key way to move forward. Mennonite World Conference is the best way I can imagine to do that,” said Doug Klassen, executive minister of Mennonite Church Canada and the North America representative on MWC’s Executive... more/más/suite
Making the broken beautiful
“Participation in football and tree planting together provided shared experiences that that went a long way in uniting individuals from different religious and ethnic backgrounds,” said Rev. George Ochieng, general secretary of Kenya Mennonite... more/más/suite
They just want me to learn
From Indonesia to Bolivia – a YAMEN year through the five senses: Taste: fresh food (especially the meat) Touch: tight hugs and kissing the cheeks with sound Smell: sun on the skin Hear: noise of a city (microbuses, taxis, people who talk loudly,... more/más/suite
Revenge songs then and now
What do music star Shakira and biblical prophet Deborah have in common? In a special service on 6 September 2024, Riki Neufeld explored revenge songs through a peace lens with the Mennonite congregation in Hamburg-Altona, Germany. The Center for... more/más/suite
Prayer: To hope and act with creation
The Season of Creation , an annual ecumenical initiative, concludes with the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi on 4 October. Inspired by his Canticle of Creatures and Romans 8:19-25, this prayer invites us to praise, repent and lament, and then “to... more/más/suite
Grieving a year of increasing violence in the Middle East
A pastoral letter on October 7, 2024 Beloved brothers and sisters of the global Anabaptist/Mennonite communion: With heavy hearts, we mark the one-year anniversary of terrible events that signalled the beginning of a new cycle of violence in the... more/más/suite
Counting on love
In 2025, the global Anabaptist movement looks back over 500 years of existence. Mennonite World Conference invites all to a major event on Ascension Day,29 May 2025, in Zurich, Switzerland. Even as we look back on a long past, the focus of the... more/más/suite
Sharing of gifts with other church communions
“Being chair at the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions is a role of service. It is a role where you serve other secretaries by preparing the agenda, logistics and materials for our meeting, and leading and facilitating robust... more/más/suite
500th anniversary website revealed
“Anniversaries are a time to stop and reflect: we remember where we have come from, consider who we are today and anticipate where God is calling us to be,” says César García, MWC general secretary. “The courage to love” is the theme for Mennonite... more/más/suite
Faithfulness in action
The environmental crisis and our mandate to care for creation A word of encouragement from the MWC Faith & Life Commission and the Creation Care Task Force . Part 2 of 2 “Creation care” is taking on ever-increasing urgency. The news reminds us... more/más/suite
The unity of the Spirit
About the Faith & Life Commission Anabaptist churches around the world live their faith diversely, addressing local challenges and opportunities while adhering to Shared Convictions . The Faith & Life Commission enables MWC member churches... more/más/suite
100 years of evangelism in DR Congo
“100 years of evangelism in Congo.” From 4-11 August 2024, Communauté des Églises des Frères Mennonites au Congo celebrated the 100th anniversary of their national church. The celebration in Kikwit – delayed by two years due to the pandemic –... more/más/suite
New staff build on foundation
Mennonite World Conference lives out unity through relationships. There have been some changes to the faces that help develop these relationships, through regional representatives and communications. Regional representative coordinator Janet Plenert... more/más/suite
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