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An incessant demand
Posted: กันยายน 6, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Like many Mennonites, I hold close the 16th-century stories of Anabaptist suffering. Like many I’m haunted all the more by the dangerous memory of the Cruciform One – ”Take up the cross, and follow me.”อ่านต่อ
Standing in Solidarity with the Wayana in the French Guyana
Posted: กันยายน 5, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Lina lives in French Guyana, in a remote, rainforest community called Taluene on the Upper Maroni river. The food in Lina’s community is contaminated by gold mining. Like Indigenous Peoples around the globe, Linia’s people do not have title to their... อ่านต่อ
Season of Creation – 2
Posted: กันยายน 4, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: From Our Leaders
God, Give us the power to trust each other and to choose the sustainable way that frees your creation from distress. Give us the power to share knowledge and to seek for sustainable solutions that allow future generations to live on Give us the... อ่านต่อ
COVID-19 global response fund helps churches
Posted: กันยายน 3, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: News
“I have seen entire families in the garbage dumps looking to quench their hunger. I have also watched with sadness as they return the elderly from the hospitals because there are no possibilities to attend them, nor medicines to supply them,” said... อ่านต่อ
Follow the fire: walking with Jesus in the Spirit’s presence
Posted: กันยายน 3, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Side by side, the mighty river of Pentecostals today and the heirs of the Anabaptist stream of the Christian tradition may seem fairly remote from each other, but the underground reality is more closely connected than one would first detect. Photo:... อ่านต่อ
Season of Creation 2020 – 1
Posted: สิงหาคม 31, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: From Our Leaders
Humility God of all the earth – Take us outside to your holy places. Take us out beyond our walls, Out where we can see our neighbours. Out past the garden With its ripe tomatoes and fat watermelons. Out where flowers bloom yellow and pink And sway... อ่านต่อ
MWC charts course for future operations
Posted: สิงหาคม 26, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: News
Postpones Assembly, adjusts terms of service, financial policies “Like the Israelites in the desert, as recorded in the book of Numbers, we’re on a journey together, trusting in God’s daily provision and presence,” said J. Nelson Kraybill, MWC... อ่านต่อ
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – August 2020
Posted: สิงหาคม 21, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: News
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... อ่านต่อ
MWC shifts Assembly to 2022
Posted: สิงหาคม 20, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: News
Mennonite World Conference (MWC) decided to postpone the global Assembly until 2022: 5–10 July. In close consultation with the National Advisory Committee in host country Indonesia, the Executive Committee of MWC has decided not to hold the... อ่านต่อ
MWC COVID-19 response fund reaches remote Indonesian island
Posted: สิงหาคม 14, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: News
For people in Sumba Island, the COVID-19 pandemic may not be their top worry. Thanks to their remote location, less than two dozen infections have been confirmed on the island as of 4 August 2020. However, the community is devastated by the economic... อ่านต่อ
Remember your baptism
Posted: สิงหาคม 12, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: News
Trilateral dialogue report presents gifts and challenges The final report on the Lutheran-Mennonite-Roman Catholic Trilateral Conversation has been published. The report summarizes five years of theological consultations between the three communions... อ่านต่อ
From teaching math to multiplying churches
Posted: สิงหาคม 12, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
School graduations, church conferences, crime awareness and prayer meetings. All these take place in our church building with participation from local churches across denominations. We have many opportunities to be peacemakers in our area, working... อ่านต่อ
"Peace in my heart"
Posted: สิงหาคม 12, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Esuno Kokoro uchini (The heart of Jesus is reflected in my heart). Esuno Heiwa uchini (I have the peace of Jesus in my heart). Mitsuru Ishido wrote this song to encourage Nasu Keiko, a fellow Mennonite church member who was sewing masks to donate to... อ่านต่อ
Building paths with those who are different
Posted: สิงหาคม 11, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
The ecumenical imperative comes from Jesus’ prayer during the passion vigil in Gethsemane. There, by way of his prayer to God, he declared his irrevocable commitment and will that Christians love one another. Jesus pleaded that his disciples “may... อ่านต่อ
Grace at the heart of our witness
Posted: สิงหาคม 9, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
Early Anabaptists left or were expelled from monasteries and congregations of the Roman Catholic church. But Anabaptists retained this very monastic ideal: that it is possible – essential – for Christians to take seriously the Sermon on the Mount (... อ่านต่อ
MWC signs statement against nuclear weapons
Posted: สิงหาคม 4, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: News
August 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Mennonite World Conference (MWC) has joined a wide coalition of faith-based communities from around the world that issued a call to governments to ratify... อ่านต่อ
COVID-19 global response fund helps churches
Posted: กรกฎาคม 31, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: News
“The church’s response is unique in that we provide accompaniment rather than just distribute rations. This means walking together to feed not only the body but also the soul in these desperate times in which many have lost sight of the meaning of... อ่านต่อ
“Renewal will come by daring”
Posted: กรกฎาคม 30, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: News
There was no “Anabaptist theology” in the 16th century – there were many Anabaptist theologies, says Astrid von Schlachta. The Mennonite historian is leading the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism in 2025. “Daring” is the name of... อ่านต่อ
MWC churches in action
Posted: กรกฎาคม 29, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: News
Responses to climate change are growing in many MWC member congregations. Here are a few examples. In Ethiopia, congregations of Meserete Kristos Church (MKC) are taking part in the national government’s Green Legacy Challenge to plant 5 billion... อ่านต่อ
Jesus' credibility
Posted: กรกฎาคม 23, 2020 | หมวดหมู่: Testimonies
The way we relate with other churches has a direct impact in our missional witness. That is one reason, among many others, why Mennonite World Conference engages churches of other Christian traditions in dialogue. The credibility of Jesus is more... อ่านต่อ
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