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MWC signs statement against nuclear weapons
Posted: Tháng 8 4, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
COVID-19 global response fund helps churches
Posted: Tháng 7 31, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
“Renewal will come by daring”
Posted: Tháng 7 30, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
MWC churches in action
Posted: Tháng 7 29, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
Jesus' credibility
Posted: Tháng 7 23, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
Peaceful waters: the Mennonite church in the Caribbean
Posted: Tháng 7 17, 2020 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
Beginning in the 1940s, Anabaptism was introduced to the Caribbean by American Mennonite missionaries. Today Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Puerto Rico have national Mennonite churches belonging to MWC membership; Trinidad and Tobago’s four-... Xem thêm
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – July 2020
Posted: Tháng 7 17, 2020 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
Jean-Claude Ambeke is facing significant challenges as leader of the MB conferences in Angola – Igreja Evangelica dos Irmaos Menonitas en Angola (IEIMA). IEIMA is trying to raise funds to reopen the 17 churches that the government closed last year.Xem thêm
COVID-19 global response fund helps churches
Posted: Tháng 7 16, 2020 | Mục phân loại: News
“It will reflect our love of Christ to them; [that] we care and are concerned for them and it will also bring smile in their faces,” says Bishop Dr. Bijoy Kumar Roul, Chairman, Brethren In Christ Church, Cuttack, Odisha, India. Mennonite World... Xem thêm
The blessing of an ecumenical team
Posted: Tháng 7 16, 2020 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
Over the last year, Hong Kong has experienced one of the most difficult times in her history. In our churches, it has been difficult as well. A common question for people in our congregations is “What is the standpoint of the church?” Pastors have... Xem thêm
Solidarity and our interconnectedness
Posted: Tháng 7 3, 2020 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
As I write these words, our world is embroiled in several struggles. First, we have been clutched by a global pandemic which has disrupted any sense of normalcy we may have assumed. Our second struggle is with overt expressions of deeply rooted... Xem thêm
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – June 2020
Posted: Tháng 6 29, 2020 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
Since March 2020, all Mennonite Brethren communities around the world have been affected to some extent by the pandemic. This affected our ICOMB work and especially our annual Summit. With all the frustration of not being able to meet in person, we... Xem thêm
YABs find purpose in God
Posted: Tháng 6 26, 2020 | Mục phân loại: News
“The Gospel of John says that our purpose is to know God and experience eternal life with God,” says young Anabaptist Lilia Aranguren from Bogota, Colombia. “As we walk with Jesus in relationship, his peace flows out of us into our relationships... Xem thêm
Alfred Neufeld
Posted: Tháng 6 24, 2020 | Mục phân loại: News
23 July 1955–24 June 2020 Mennonite World Conference (MWC) lost Alfred Neufeld Friesen, a prolific author, theologian, historian and teacher who shaped Anabaptist theology globally. He died 24 June 2020 in Muenster, Germany, after treatment for... Xem thêm
Will there be another Assembly miracle?
Posted: Tháng 6 22, 2020 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
Did you know that a pandemic has preceded three consecutive Mennonite World Conference Assemblies in the Global South? For Zimbabwe in 2003, it was SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). For Paraguay in 2009, in was H1N1 (also known as Swine Flu... Xem thêm
God’s paintbrush of diversity
Posted: Tháng 6 18, 2020 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
It does not happen often, but I am at a loss for words as cities across the United States burn, and as I have endured several weeks of seeing black bodies sacrificed in the name of order and discipline. I am torn between being an enraged black man... Xem thêm
A bridge for connecting people
Posted: Tháng 6 17, 2020 | Mục phân loại: News
GYS provides one with the opportunity to really open our eyes to the fact that behind all those countries that appear on the map there are brothers and sisters in faith living in diverse social, economic and political contexts. These contexts are... Xem thêm
Task force tackles creation care challenge
Posted: Tháng 6 15, 2020 | Mục phân loại: News
As we follow Jesus, Mennonites value simplicity and responsible stewardship of the resources God gave us. At the Assembly in Pennsylvania in 2015, these convictions drove Mennonite World Conference organizers to give each participant a reusable... Xem thêm
Physically distanced but in prayer together
Posted: Tháng 6 2, 2020 | Mục phân loại: News
“There is lockdown and physical distancing, but even so, we can meet in prayer. From different countries, we can come together and pray together in this way. As we are united in prayer, we trust God will hear our prayers and intervene.” Hanna Soren... Xem thêm
12 considerations before you reopen your church doors
Posted: Tháng 6 2, 2020 | Mục phân loại: News
When stay-at-home guidelines are eased and church doors and sanctuaries reopen, worship and church ministries will, undoubtedly, look different than before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. And so it should – so that we continue to keep ourselves... Xem thêm
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – May 2020
Posted: Tháng 5 25, 2020 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
Circumstances changed here in Germany during the last weeks of the COVID19 crises: In health, socially, relationally and economically.Xem thêm
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