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The unity of the Spirit
Posted: สิงหาคม 30, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: From Our Leaders
About the Faith & Life Commission Anabaptist churches around the world live their faith diversely, addressing local challenges and opportunities while adhering to Shared Convictions . The Faith & Life Commission enables MWC member churches... อ่านต่อ
Holding space
Posted: สิงหาคม 28, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Netherlands We live in a society – in Western Europe – that does not speak our language anymore. We have been the dominant culture for ages and ages…be it Roman Catholic, Protestant or Mennonite. The Christian language, Christian imagery, Christian... อ่านต่อ
Continuous movement and a contrite heart
Posted: สิงหาคม 28, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: From Our Leaders
“Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind so that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 (NRSVUE). Renewal is the name that Mennonite World Conference has... อ่านต่อ
Telling others what you have tasted
Posted: สิงหาคม 27, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Why is the Meserete Kristos Church the fastest-growing Mennonite church? Ethiopia is a multiethnic, multireligious and multilingual nation with more than 120 million people, the second most populated country in Africa. Located in northeast Africa,... อ่านต่อ
Not just a tour; a pilgrimage
Posted: เมษายน 17, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Indonesia It was 7 October 2023. Husband and wife Simon Setiawan and Sarah Yetty, members of Jemaat Kristen Indonesia (JKI) church from Indonesia, were in Egypt, leading a tour group of more than 40 people from Indonesia and the United States... อ่านต่อ
One God and Spirit: a bond of peace
Posted: เมษายน 17, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: From Our Leaders
“…Making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:3). A global fellowship, 109 national churches, 58 countries, some 10 000 congregations, 1.4 million members, 45 languages: can that ever be unified? The... อ่านต่อ
Another way
Posted: เมษายน 10, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: From Our Leaders
“There should be justice. They should pay for the terrible wrong they have done.” These and other similar phrases have been repeated in the news in recent months. In my country, Colombia, I have heard the same sentences too many times on the lips of... อ่านต่อ
A moment to relentlessly seek peace
Posted: เมษายน 10, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
USA I grew up in Guatemala in evangelical and Pentecostal churches. Our songs, Sunday school teachings and sermons were filled with Christian Zionist theology that declares God’s will to be the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The... อ่านต่อ
Resistance, repentance and a sweet harvest
Posted: เมษายน 9, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
It was Palestinian Christians who taught me to see that Bethlehem, Nazareth and Jerusalem are real places whose histories shaped Jesus. His context, plagued by military, economic and cultural oppression, was not so different from the situation of... อ่านต่อ
Faith, history and actions
Posted: เมษายน 6, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Paraguay My name is Monika. I come from Paraguay, and I did a voluntary service in Nazareth Village . Nazareth Village is an open-air museum in Nazareth, Israel. This museum recreates life of the first century and aims to show tourists the Nazareth... อ่านต่อ
Blessed are the peacemakers
Posted: เมษายน 5, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
As Christians, we may look to our Bibles to interpret today’s realities in light of long ago promises. The answer to this question is different for each faith community, says Dorothy Jean Weaver. A Jewish community’s answers arise from the Hebrew... อ่านต่อ
Further reading on CCC 39.1
Posted: มีนาคม 19, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: News
More resources related to this issue Kairos Palestine A moment of truth Christ at the Checkpoint Bethlehem Bible College Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center Assembly 2022 webinars The Bible, the land and the Middle East conflict Evangelical... อ่านต่อ
A jar of clay in God’s hands
Posted: มกราคม 11, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Brazil Sometimes, it’s not an option to discuss difficult topics. Conflicts arise, but we can build something new instead of shattering the old. In 2011, the Mennonite Brethren church in Brazil (COBIM) faced difficult conversations. God had brought... อ่านต่อ
From division to unification
Posted: มกราคม 11, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
India A brief description of the journey of the Bharatiya General Conference Mennonite Church from the darkness of the 7-year period of division to the light of unification. The division and reunification of the Bharatiya General Conference... อ่านต่อ
The gospel with two hands: physical and spiritual development
Posted: มกราคม 2, 2024 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Malawi “I am Yao,” says Madalistso Blessings Kaputa. That people group is regarded to be Muslim in Malawi. “Someone has reached me.” Chewa, Yao, Lome (major people groups in Malawi): they can all be part and parcel of this family of God, he says. As... อ่านต่อ
Desire for renewal leads to split
Posted: ธันวาคม 5, 2023 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Canada The Mennonite Brethren church began in the midst of significant change among Mennonites in what was then South Russia. It was in 1860 that some members in the Gnadenfeld Mennonite congregation in the Molotschna settlement petitioned their... อ่านต่อ
Dealing with difference
Posted: ธันวาคม 5, 2023 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Indonesia The churches of GITJ (Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa – Evangelical Church in the Land of Java), Indonesia, had been in conflict for some 22 years. This was largely because one group (with 24 member churches) was recognized by the Indonesian... อ่านต่อ
How I envy you!
Posted: ธันวาคม 5, 2023 | หมวดหมู่: From Our Leaders
Some years ago, in my local congregation in Colombia, a friend said to me: “Oh! César, how I envy you!” Why? I asked her. “I work in a multinational company. I deal with a lot of stress because of ongoing conflicts and broken relationships with my... อ่านต่อ
Prayer for unity
Posted: พฤศจิกายน 22, 2023 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Switzerland In recent years, the Mennonite theological school Bienenberg Training Centre in Switzerland has offered a “Hot Topics” course, which gives voice to opposing perspectives on current hot topics in the churches. As they hear points they... อ่านต่อ
“We need one another”
Posted: พฤศจิกายน 9, 2023 | หมวดหมู่: From Our Leaders
Meet Vikal Rao, Rajnandgaon, India. Member of the Deacons Commission . How do you serve MWC? I am serving officially as a member of the Deacons Commission (2018-2025). My journey with MWC started in 1997: I was a youth steward in the Global Church... อ่านต่อ
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