500 years: The courage to love
On 29 May 2025, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) welcomed estimated 3 500 or more guests from around the world to The Courage to Love: Anabaptism@500.
Young adults gathered the next day to be Empowered by love at the 2025 Global Youth Summit (GYS).
Empower global Anabaptists today
By making a financial gift today, you play a role in inspiring transformation and activating gifts across MWC’s global family as together we seek the common good for all of God’s children.
Anabaptism@500 Musical ensembles
“Our band name is the kind of love described in 1 Corinthians 13. Many of our songs talk about this self-giving love of God. We know that real love is for the ones with courage. We can only feel fulfilled when our relationship with our God defines our values and identity,” says Carlos Arce Penner, band leader.
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday 2026
Our MWC tagline lists “living out unity” as a core part of our identity. We exercise solidarity with our fellow Anabaptists across denominational lines locally, around the world, with the body of Christ more broadly, and with partners in building peace and pursuing justice.
Solidarity is another word for the connection we exercise within the body of Christ. Unity expressed through actions reverberates beyond our efforts: we raise our voices and our finances in support; we stand together and lift each other up; we pay attention so that no one is left behind.