• Celebration and welcome: World Fellowship Sunday and MWC team changes

    Bogotá, Colombia – “How will the church respond to the different needs we hear and see around us?” The European Mennonite churches asked this question, especially relating to the refugee crisis, as they prepared the worship materials for Mennonite World Conference’s World Fellowship Sunday (WFS), 22 January 2017. “My Cry is Heard” is the theme…

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    Celebration and welcome: World Fellowship Sunday and MWC team changes
  • We need each other

    MWC regional representative KyongJung Kim visits Anabaptist/Mennonite churches in Japan, 1–18 July 2016 It was a great privilege to visit national member churches in Northeast Asia as Mennonite World Conference (MWC) regional representative. As I planned to visit Japan, I prayed that it would happen if this were pleasing to God. As time went by,…

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    We need each other
  • Unity in the global family

    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 of…

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    Unity in the global family
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – September 2016

    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. Introducing “The Church on Mission”: an ICOMB consultation on mission and…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – September 2016
  • First woman to direct Congo Bible school

    Elkhart, Indiana, USA – Holy Spirit fire dances in Bercy Mundedi’s eyes. It sets aflame the ministries to which she has been called – the most recent being to lead the Kalonda Bible Institute in Democratic Republic of Congo. She was named director during the 29 June 29–3 July 2016 general assembly of Communauté Mennonite…

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    First woman to direct Congo Bible school
  • Peace Sunday 2016

    “Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace” (James 3:18). In a world ravaged by violence, it is not easy to be a Peace Church – a church dedicated to the ways of Christ’s peace. These ways require much intentionality, persistence and even sacrifice. It is not always certain that Christ’s ways of peace will be effective. And yet the author of James reminds…

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    Peace Sunday 2016
  • How should Jesus followers respond to the Marrakesh Declaration?

    Over the past three years, my family has enjoyed friendship with an extended family from Iraq who came to the USA as refugees and asylum seekers. We have enjoyed meals together in our homes, picnics, hiking trips, choir concerts and church services. When terrible events happen in the news, we lament together. Occasionally, where there…

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    How should Jesus followers respond to the Marrakesh Declaration?
  • Aguapanela: youth and children drink in curriculum’s “faith vitamins”

    “There is no path, Pilgrim. The path is made by walking.” This lovely phrase by the poet Antonio Machado epitomizes my life journey, particularly the two years I sojourned in Colombia. Each person’s identity is marked by their family and social contexts, and other histories. To tell the truth, my identity as Rut Atarama, a…

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    Aguapanela: youth and children drink in curriculum’s “faith vitamins”
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – August 2016

    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. Meeting with César García After the Panama Summit, I met Cesar…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – August 2016
  • CAMCA 2016: Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean Anabaptist Consultation

    The annual Central America, Mexico and Caribbean Anabaptist Consultation (CAMCA) took place 5–9 July 2016 in the Escuela de Capacitación Adventista Salvadoreña, San Juan Opico, La Libertad, El Salvador. Fifty-nine participants came from México, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Argentina. It was organized by Sandra Campos, member of…

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    CAMCA 2016: Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean Anabaptist Consultation
  • A life with no sin

    What comes to your mind when you hear the word hospitality? It usually reminds me of the experience I had when I visited a country in another continent. I thought Colombians were good hosts until a family from a different culture hosted me. It was just amazing: the amount and quality of food they offered,…

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    A life with no sin
  • Ministry partner update: ICOMB – July 2016

    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. Fraternal visit to Platanares, Panama: 6–8 June 2016 After a somewhat rough,…

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    Ministry partner update: ICOMB – July 2016