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“Remember your baptism”
Posted: Tháng 11 8, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Could Anabaptist-Mennonites practice “remembering our baptism” as a tool for lifelong discipleship? Although they often baptize infants, both Catholics and Lutherans call upon the believer – sometimes every year – to “remember your baptism” into a... Xem thêm
Mennonites and the state
Posted: Tháng 11 2, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
When we enter God’s kingdom, we receive new citizenship and are freed to experience a new kind of politics. We are not slaves of evil systems anymore. We belong to a new society where, along with other followers of Christ, we project Jesus’ image to... Xem thêm
A reconciling response to war in the Middle East
Posted: Tháng 10 23, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
October 2023 At a time of increasing bloodshed between Israelis and Palestinians, with mounting tension between nations of the Middle East and beyond, leaders of Mennonite World Conference make three urgent appeals: That member churches of Mennonite... Xem thêm
A Christian nation?
Posted: Tháng 10 11, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
The search for political power and privileges is increasing among evangelicals in Latin America. The close connection between some pastors and partisan politics concerns some of us as Mennonites, especially when religious Christian leaders try to... Xem thêm
A pastoral letter for peace in the Holy Land
Posted: Tháng 10 9, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Beloved sisters and brothers: Over the weekend the world was shaken by Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israeli lives. This crisis quickly escalated with air raids, land battles, random killings, kidnappings and war propaganda. No one is more... Xem thêm
A pastoral letter for Anabaptist-Mennonites in West Africa
Posted: Tháng 8 11, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Beloved sisters and brothers: In recent weeks we have been made aware of the escalating violent conflict in West Africa along the Central Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, affecting our brothers and sisters in the Evangelical... Xem thêm
Universally appealing core values
Posted: Tháng 7 20, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Meet Hiro Katano of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Member of the Faith & Life Commission. How do you serve MWC? I have been a General Council member, representing Nihon Menonaito Kirisuto Kyokai Kyogikai (Japan Mennonite Christian Church Conference),... Xem thêm
Pastoral letter regarding persecuted Anabaptist-Mennonites
Posted: Tháng 4 28, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26) Beloved sisters and brothers: An MWC member church in an African country is not recognized by the government and thus operates in difficult... Xem thêm
Unity with a purpose
Posted: Tháng 3 7, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
According to our MWC vision, worship is one of the purposes of being one, of enjoying a global community of faith, of being a worldwide communion. In that sense, it follows the emphasis the book of Revelation gives to worship in a multicultural... Xem thêm
Meet MWC treasurer Sunoko Lin
Posted: Tháng 2 22, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
MWC is a gathering place for each member church to encourage and strengthen each other by sharing resources with one another.Xem thêm
Call to prayer: DR Congo
Posted: Tháng 11 25, 2022 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
“But you, O Lord, do not be far away! O my help, come quickly to my aid!” Psalm 22:19 “We raise a cry of alarm to the different faithful members of the Mennonite church around the world,” writes Reverend Alphonse Kisubi Kassa, a leader of... Xem thêm
How can Christian values be embodied?
Posted: Tháng 11 3, 2022 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
My encounters with Anabaptist-Mennonite brothers and sisters in South Korea shaped me. They demonstrate what it means to be a Christ follower. These believers transform their own trauma into a Christ-like life. They bear passion, peace, love and a... Xem thêm
God’s mission in Anabaptist communities
Posted: Tháng 10 15, 2022 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
“The relationship of Anabaptism and mission is a hot topic, and the field continues to expand to include a number of disciplines and sub-disciplines emerging which attempt to integrate a vision that is both missional and faithful to the Anabaptist... Xem thêm
A school of love and service
Posted: Tháng 10 14, 2022 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
“MWC was a school for me. It really helped me to know Anabaptist doctrine and understand how the church operates,” says Francisca Ibanda. Known around the world as “Maman Cisca”, Francisa Ibanda, along with Barbara Nkala, recently completed her... Xem thêm
Mesach Krisetya
Posted: Tháng 10 12, 2022 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Mesach Krisetya, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) president 1997-2003, died 30 September 2022. He was born in Jepara, Indonesia, 9 September 1939. A theologian, professor and academic administrator, author and counsellor, Mesach Krisetya was beloved... Xem thêm
A journey of understanding
Posted: Tháng 10 5, 2022 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
It was with great anticipation that I went to attend a Brethren In Christ Church (BICC) conference in Mozambique, in July 2016. This was my first trip as a regional representative for Mennonite World Conference. It was held in a small town called... Xem thêm
Time to correct the page
Posted: Tháng 8 29, 2022 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
“Indigenous solidarity hits the heart of what we do in the Philippines with Coffee for Peace,” says Joji Pantoja, chair of the Peace Commission (2015-2022). The Peace Commission drafted a Statement of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples that was... Xem thêm
Why have an Assembly?
Posted: Tháng 4 18, 2022 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Former MWC president Danisa Ndlovu (2003-2015) spoke with MWC about hosting the 2003 Assembly in Zimbabwe, his home country. This interview has been edited. “Circumstances tend not to favour expectations. You don’t choose what is happening at any... Xem thêm
An occasion for confession and transformation
Posted: Tháng 3 21, 2022 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
A focus on history can easily shade into hero worship – a focus on earthly figures rather than on Jesus, “the founder and perfector of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2). Preserving historical memories can become a form of nostalgia, or a defense of the dead... Xem thêm
An Open Letter to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus
Posted: Tháng 2 27, 2022 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
As Russia unleashes weapons upon Ukraine, we call on you as a Christian leader in Russia to speak and act boldly for the gospel of peace. Regardless of any rationale given for the attack upon Ukraine, this is an immoral action that Christians... Xem thêm
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