• Drama and mission as Argentine Mennonites celebrate one hundred years

    Performing before hundreds of Mennonites and passersby at a park in downtown Buenos Aires 16 September 2017, a drama troupe from the Mennonite church in Villa Adelina, Argentina, mimed challenges and struggles facing youth: violence, drugs, promiscuity, greed, and death itself. Representing Argentinian youth, actor Laura Burgos sometimes seemed mesmerized as actors impersonated threats, but…

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    Drama and mission as Argentine Mennonites celebrate one hundred years
  • Mission Commission calls Anabaptists to urgency in mission

      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 guidance and propose resources to member churches, and facilitate MWC-related networks or fellowships working together on matters…

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    Mission Commission calls Anabaptists to urgency in mission
  • Reconciling witness after tragedy in Argentina

    When Mennonites of Argentina planned a mission conference to mark the 100th anniversary of Anabaptist witness in their country, they received an unexpected gift: free use of the Palacio Municipal (municipal building) in Malvinas Argentinas, a suburb of greater Buenos Aires. That generosity came due to a tragedy that grabbed the nation’s attention a year…

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    Reconciling witness after tragedy in Argentina
  • A transformative year: YAMEN participants meet God and people

    Bogotá, Colombia – “The gospel connects us all no matter where we are,” says Laurey Segura. She lived out this realization as a teacher and youth worker with the help of Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network (YAMEN), a joint Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Mennonite World Conference (MWC) program which allowed the Costa Rican Mennonite…

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    A transformative year: YAMEN participants meet God and people
  • Mennonites in Quito pray and work for peace

    Ana (not her real name), came to Ecuador from Medellin, Colombia, in 2016 after escaping from paramilitaries who had taken and kept her hostage for two years. She was subjected to various kinds of abuse and violence, the result of which was pregnancy. In addition, she was forced to commit a number of crimes. Although…

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    Mennonites in Quito pray and work for peace
  • Deacons: servants in the Father’s house

      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 guidance and propose resources to member churches, and facilitate MWC-related networks or fellowships working together on matters…

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    Deacons: servants in the Father’s house
  • Hmong committed to Jesus despite persecution

    Ponchai Banchasawan, pastor of the Thupberg congregation of the Hmong Church of Christ in Thailand, stands next to a debris field where the chair of his congregation owned a guest house that he rented to people vacationing in the mountains. In the summer of 2016, government soldiers surrounded this property, told the owner he did…

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    Hmong committed to Jesus despite persecution
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – December 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. Serve the national church leaders I met with European Mennonite leaders…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – December 2017
  • Migrant Trail walkers imitate Jesus

    “Our Anabaptist history is intrinsically tied to migration, and so is our Christian story,” says Saulo Padilla, immigration education coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) U.S. “We must keep challenging the narratives that separate us, build borders and invite us to dehumanize others.” Several Anabaptist-Mennonites participated in the 14th Migrant Trail Walk May 29–June 4,…

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  • 7 reasons MWC matters to your congregation

    Mennonite World Conference (MWC) gathers and equips member churches and local congregations to be the body of Christ together. Here are some blessings leaders and congregations receive through MWC: 1.    A mosaic of a growing church: As we meet international Anabaptist sisters and brothers from other traditions and locations, we are inspired by their maturity…

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    7 reasons MWC matters to your congregation
  • Healing by the Spirit

    There are many in Africa who experience physical healing by the power of the Holy Spirit. This is a story of two different types of physical healing, at the Meserete Kristos Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by Tesfatsion Dalellew. Some years ago, there was a week-long evening revival conference, which meant the entire church compound…

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    Healing by the Spirit
  • Ministry partner update: IBICA – November 2017

    The International Brethren in Christ Association (IBICA) is the common network for all national conferences of the Brethren in Christ church with the aim to facilitate communication, build trust and cooperation within our global community, and to establish common and mutual understanding through our set of core values. An associate member of MWC, IBICA has some…

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    Ministry partner update: IBICA – November 2017