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Can preaching bring peace?
Posted: Tháng 9 16, 2020 | Mục phân loại: News
The Menno Simons Sermon Prize was established by Dr. h.c. Annelie Kümpers-Greve (1946-2017), member of Hamburg-Altona Mennonite congregation in Germany, in 2008 on her conviction about the spoken word. Each year, the Centre for Peace Church Theology... Xem thêm
Season of Creation – 4
Posted: Tháng 9 15, 2020 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Prayer during a time of threat We live in a world of great beauty, but also in a world under threat. Lord, we come to you in our fragility, trusting in your loving care and providence. Please receive our prayers… for those impacted by and living in... Xem thêm
Season of Creation – 5
Posted: Tháng 9 15, 2020 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
God of creation We come to you this season recognizing that you are the creator, and we open our eyes to the beauty that fills the creatures, the land, the air and the water. You are creator not only of humankind, but of all that graces this planet... Xem thêm
Season of Creation – 3
Posted: Tháng 9 13, 2020 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Children, don’t be intimidated Written from a maternal instinct, this lament presents a mother in a rural kitchen preparing porridge for her children. Bantwana lingatshotshobali Isihlahla soxakuxaku asisanunkuli, Ibhokola emasimini alisabonakali,... Xem thêm
Global team, one focus: planning Assembly 17 in Indonesia
Posted: Tháng 9 8, 2020 | Mục phân loại: News
New staff have begun serving Mennonite World Conference to prepare for the global gathering Assembly 17, now postponed to 5-10 July 2022 in Semarang, Indonesia.Xem thêm
An incessant demand
Posted: Tháng 9 6, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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.”Xem thêm
Standing in Solidarity with the Wayana in the French Guyana
Posted: Tháng 9 5, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
Season of Creation – 2
Posted: Tháng 9 4, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
COVID-19 global response fund helps churches
Posted: Tháng 9 3, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
Follow the fire: walking with Jesus in the Spirit’s presence
Posted: Tháng 9 3, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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:... Xem thêm
Season of Creation 2020 – 1
Posted: Tháng 8 31, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
MWC charts course for future operations
Posted: Tháng 8 26, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – August 2020
Posted: Tháng 8 21, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
MWC shifts Assembly to 2022
Posted: Tháng 8 20, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
MWC COVID-19 response fund reaches remote Indonesian island
Posted: Tháng 8 14, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
Remember your baptism
Posted: Tháng 8 12, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
From teaching math to multiplying churches
Posted: Tháng 8 12, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
"Peace in my heart"
Posted: Tháng 8 12, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
Building paths with those who are different
Posted: Tháng 8 11, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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... Xem thêm
Grace at the heart of our witness
Posted: Tháng 8 9, 2020 | Mục phân loại: 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 (... Xem thêm
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