• PA congregations to host final day of PA 2015; 26 July worship resources available to all

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA – Attendees of PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly, will spend 26 July, the final day of the event, with Mennonite and Brethren in Christ congregations within a two-hour radius of the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. “Since there are so many Anabaptist-related congregations close by, we asked if they…

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    PA congregations to host final day of PA 2015; 26 July worship resources available to all
  • East African Churches strengthen leadership training for rural pastors

    Mwanza, Tanzania – Bishops in the Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania (Tanzanian Mennonite Church) and Kenya Mennonite Church are working to meet the need for local, affordable training for village pastors. To do so, they have partnered with Eastern Mennonite Missions workers Joe and Gloria Bontrager, originally from the United States, who are developing and implementing…

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    East African Churches strengthen leadership training for rural pastors
  • Why do we need a global communion?

    “Walking with God” is the theme of our next global Assembly, to be held 21-26 July 2015. But how can we walk together if we do not believe exactly the same? That was the question that a leader raised some months ago while I was visiting his community. He believed that it is not possible…

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    Why do we need a global communion?
  • Arli Klassen named MWC coordinator of regional representatives

    Bogotá, Colombia – Arli Klassen has been named coordinator of regional representatives for Mennonite World Conference, effective 1 July 2015. In this new half-time role, Klassen will work closely with the MWC regional representatives in various continental regions, including North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. She will also continue to serve MWC as chief development…

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    Arli Klassen named MWC coordinator of regional representatives
  • Church participation enriches cross cultural experience

    Winnipeg, Manitoba – Opportunities to fill leadership responsibilities in a local church enrich Yoweri Murungi’s one-year cross cultural service assignment in Lusaka, Zambia. His many new experiences include leading praise and worship services, Bible study classes and youth ministries at the Chilenje Brethren in Christ church in Lusaka. “These experiences help me gain leadership skills…

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    Church participation enriches cross cultural experience
  • A New Pattern of Leadership

    “Colombian people do not fight for money. You fight for power.” These were the words of a North American missionary after several decades of ministry in Colombia. She was speaking about the ongoing reality of broken relationships among church leaders because of conflicts. After 22 years of ministry in Colombia I must recognize that this…

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    A New Pattern of Leadership
  • It Takes a (Global) Village: Being the people God wants us to be

    When someone asks you to use a few words to describe yourself, what words do you use? Would you change those words to describe yourself when you are with your family? At work? Travelling to some distant place?  I discovered that the words I use to describe myself change, depending on my cultural context. When…

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    It Takes a (Global) Village: Being the people God wants us to be
  • Des francophones se rencontrent à Harrisburg

    Le 23 juillet, plus de 50 francophones de 12 pays différents se sont retrouvés sous la présidence de Max Wiedmer dans une salle perdue au fond d’un dédale de couloirs du Farm Show Complex de Harrisburg, en Pennsylvanie. Si perdue qu’une trentaine de personnes ne l’ont jamais trouvée… Échos de cette réunion du Réseau mennonite…

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    Des francophones se rencontrent à Harrisburg
  • Evening speakers at PA 2015 to offer ëglobal feast for the soul’

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – “We’re offering a global feast for the soul,” says Don McNiven, a member of the Program Committee for Mennonite World Conference’s Assembly, as he announced evening speakers for PA 2015, to be held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in July. “Each day we will consider a tension that all of us face as Christians.…

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    Evening speakers at PA 2015 to offer ëglobal feast for the soul’
  • International Music Ensemble announced for PA 2015

    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – A 19-member international ensemble of singers and instrumentalists has just been selected to lead the morning and evening worship each day at PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference Assembly to be held in Harrisburg at the Farm Show complex July 21-26. “During the next few weeks, we’ll be learning each other’s stories,”…

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    International Music Ensemble announced for PA 2015
  • Panama Mennonites request prayer for land struggle

    Panama – A request for prayer for land struggle was the main request that a Mennonite World Conference delegation heard in a February 2015 visit with church and indigenous community leaders in Panama. Leaders of the MWC member church, Iglesia Evangélica Unida Hermanos Menonitas de Panamá (United Evangelical Church: Mennonite Brethren in Panama), invited the…

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    Panama Mennonites request prayer for land struggle
  • Nepal church requests prayer in aftermath of earthquake crisis

    Bogotá, Colombia – Mennonite World Conference is calling for urgent prayer for the people of Nepal. On Saturday, 25 April 2015 they experienced an earthquake of 7.8 on the Richter scale followed by many powerful aftershocks. MWC has been in contact with its member church, Nepal BIC Church/Brethren in Community Welfare Society. On 27 April…

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    Nepal church requests prayer in aftermath of earthquake crisis