• A divine calling

    The Canadian Prairies can seem like a hard place to live. It gets very cold in wintertime. The growing season is short, and the crop options are limited. For Prairie dwellers in Canada, it’s possible to think the shift in weather patterns – year after year, winters are milder than we remember – as a…

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    A divine calling
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – November 2017

    The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its member national churches – connecting, strengthening and expanding. Expansion and reconciliation Convenção Brasileira das Igrejas Evangélicas Irmãos Menonitas (COBIM…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – November 2017
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – January 2018

    The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its member national churches – connecting, strengthening and expanding. Angola: “COMEX” meeting: 7–8 December 2017 God was moving in our…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – January 2018
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – February 2018

    The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its member national churches – connecting, strengthening and expanding. Big news I have informed ICOMB that I will retire on…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – February 2018
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – March 2018

    The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its member national churches – connecting, strengthening and expanding. Executive Committee Meeting (9–10 February 2018) was a great blessing. Thank…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – March 2018
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – April 2018

    The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its member national churches – connecting, strengthening and expanding. The ICOMB executive committee is happy to announce the appointment of…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – April 2018
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – May 2018

    The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its member national churches – connecting, strengthening and expanding. ICOMB and MWC David Wiebe travelled to Kenya for Mennonite World…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – May 2018
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – June 2018

    The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its member national churches – connecting, strengthening and expanding. God is doing something amazing among us I’ve worked for ICOMB…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – June 2018
  • At peace with the land

    Is there a way to make a living without killing the environment? For a country that sees thousands of deaths every year due to exacerbated effects of super-typhoons, this is a major question. Lives have been claimed and billions worth of infrastructure have been damaged due to intense floods and landslides brought by forest denudation,…

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    At peace with the land
  • A Countercultural Lifestyle

    “The plane! The plane!” This was how a TV program began that I used to watch as a child in Bogotá. It was about an island where all the desires of those that arrived there would be fulfilled. In English it was called Fantasy Island. It is possible to live on Fantasy Island right now,…

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    A Countercultural Lifestyle
  • MWC financial update

    Bogotá, Colombia – We are grateful for the steady flow of contributions in support of Mennonite World Conference, whether from our national member churches, local congregations, or individuals. We are somewhat surprised that giving is slower this year than average, resulting in being behind budget at the end of August. Contributions from individuals and from…

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    MWC financial update
  • 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 historic sites in Augsburg during meetings of Mennonite World Conference Executive Committee in February 2017. On Easter Sunday…

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    Persecution past and present