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YAMEN: Planting seeds of goodwill, transforming communities
Sheila Rivera Plúa first heard about YAMEN eight years ago, when her parents became hosts for a YAMEN participant serving in her home city of Manta in Ecuador. “YAMEN* is an excellent program for professional, spiritual and personal growth,” Sheila Rivera Plúa says. “And this happens when you’re willing to grow, to step outside your comfort zone, and to embrace the place and culture you’re in.” She is currently serving a one-year assignment in Arusha, Tanzania, the home city of MWC’s
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Grants honour Lord over all creation
God created the world as an intricate web of relationships. When creation suffers, people suffer too, as part of creation. Recognizing our responsibility in this global challenge, Creation Care Working Group* of Mennonite World Conference has established a Creation Care Fund to play a small role in equipping MWC member churches to respond to our contemporary ecological crises. In April 2026 the grant
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Guided by the Spirit
Lisa Carr-Pries, MWC vice president, leads the EC, YABs Committee and staff in morning prayers before a day of meetings. Photo: Ebenezer Mondez. Executive Committee approves Assembly date, creation care group and new ways of working “The resurrection is not just an event; the resurrection is God’s power today,” said Sunoko Lin (USA/Indonesia), Mennonite World Conference treasurer, as part of morning prayers at the annual MWC Executive
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MWC servants foster local and global fellowship
Communion building is core to the work of Mennonite World Conference, ‘a global community of faith in the Anabaptist tradition.’
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Tanzanian Mennonites invite the world to Arusha
The Executive Committee of Mennonite World Conference accepted the invitation from the member churches of Tanzania to host the global Assembly 18 in 2028. The five-day gathering of Anabaptists from around the world will take place in the first two weeks of June. The theme is being finalized.
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Regional gatherings: a space for connecting and learning
Building friendships and growing relationships is a feature of regional gatherings. Many are self-organized by groups within the region, many of whom are Mennonite World Conference members. For MWC’s regional representatives, this is a great opportunity to meet with many leaders at once.
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Let us be bold
Taking action in solidarity There are many reasons to be frustrated over worsening political tensions in the world. Mennonite World Conference member churches in each continental region are calling for prayer and solidarity. Many are affected by corruption or violence in their countries. As peacebuilding Anabaptists, what do we do? “In such a time as this, we should pray. In private and
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Unity, peace and solidarity at the heart of evangelism
“In this time when the church and its members are being persecuted and are victims of wars that have bereaved many families, it is urgent to place unity, peace and solidarity at the heart of the work of evangelism,” writes Rev. MUSOBWA KISHAKU Ernest. He is the representative for Kivu, the fourth district of MWC
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A question of equality
Global Church Sharing Fund grants show tangible solidarity “The one who had much did not have too much, and the one who had little did not have too little.”—2 Corinthians 8:15 “The vision of sharing equally we read in 2 Corinthians 8:13-15 is at the heart of the Deacon’s Commission work,” says Tigist Tesfaye, secretary of Mennonite World Conference’s Deacons Commission. The Deacons Commission lives out solidarity
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Begin with prayer
“It was wonderful to begin this year praying together,” said Willi Hugo Perez after January’s online prayer hour. “May God encourage and strengthen the spirit of unity and peace in our beloved Anabaptist Mennonite family throughout the world.” Around 80 people gathered on Zoom at 14:00 UTC on 16 January 2026 to pray together at Mennonite World Conference’s bimonthly event. The
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Tracking down the Anabaptist family
At the beginning of 2026, Mennonite World Conference has 110 member churches (and one international association, IBICA) from 61 countries in more than 10 000 local congregations, speaking more than 45 languages.
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A circle of partnership
Over the course of its 100-year history Mennonite World Conference has gone through many changes. As a living organization it continues to grow and change. “Organizational structures need to be flexible and adapt to changes if they want to be effective in their mission,” says César García, general secretary. “It has become clear that the staff structure we established in 2012
