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Ministry partner update: ICOMB – June 2023
Posted: Tháng 6 19, 2023 | Mục phân loại: News
This year’s summit of the International Community of Mennonite Brethren Churches (ICOMB), hosted in Abbotsford, B.C., Canada, provided delegates a unique opportunity to experience the rich Mennonite Brethren heritage in that region of Canada. With... Xem thêm
Peacebuilding after disaster
Posted: Tháng 6 8, 2023 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
“Your textbook worked!” Darnell Barkman told his former professor Lisa Schirch after floodwaters overcame his region in November 2021. The pastor at Yarrow United Mennonite Church in B.C., Canada, implemented all his peacebuilding training to... Xem thêm
New ways of being the church
Posted: Tháng 5 29, 2023 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
“The pandemic has challenged churches to look for new ways of being the church – especially as we exist in a multi-religious society as a minority,” says Cynthia Peacock, regional representative for Southern Asia. As an MWC regional representative,... Xem thêm
The taste of generosity
Posted: Tháng 5 26, 2023 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
As frequently as once a week, a welcome visitor shows up at the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) office in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, bearing gifts. “Pie man” Tim Sauer’s gifts involve strawberries, grapes, rhubarb, apples, sour cherries – and... Xem thêm
A witness to the gospel together
Posted: Tháng 5 25, 2023 | Mục phân loại: News
One city, one decade, two movements, 500 years. Today, representatives of Mennonite World Conference (MWC) have embarked on dialogues with representatives of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), a movement that also arose in Zurich in... 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
A “capital C” church worldwide
Posted: Tháng 4 25, 2023 | Mục phân loại: News
Surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation, Mennonite World Conference’s Executive Committee (EC) , regional representatives , YABs Committee , senior staff and development volunteers met at Camp Squeah in British Columbia, Canada, for annual... Xem thêm
A visible global church
Posted: Tháng 4 21, 2023 | Mục phân loại: News
“My heart hasn’t stopped beating fast since hearing the testimonies last night,” said mission committee member Joanne Lang at Arnold Community Church, B.C., Canada. Her local congregation was one of 29 that hosted Mennonite World Conference guest(s... Xem thêm
Mennonites advocate for total peace in Colombia
Posted: Tháng 4 20, 2023 | Mục phân loại: News
Over decades of violence between state, paramilitary and guerillas, the Mennonite church in Colombia has been working in the affected regions, accompanying victims, denouncing violence and calling for peace. Now a Mennonite has been appointed to... Xem thêm
Pacifism and nonviolence should be a way of life
Posted: Tháng 4 18, 2023 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
In daily life, too, we need the ability to deal with conflicts in a healthy and peaceful way. In my opinion, it is one of the tasks of the churches to practice this and thus train nonviolence as a lifestyle. If you succeed in this, you are more... Xem thêm
Graphic design and cooking pave the way to emotional resiliency
Posted: Tháng 4 13, 2023 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
What do cooking and graphic design have in common? For Adi Nugroho, it’s never been about mastering either of these skills. Technical skills are simply the backdrop for developing emotional tools and creating a space for connection, even across... Xem thêm
Call to prayer for Myanmar
Posted: Tháng 3 31, 2023 | Mục phân loại: News
On 30 March 2023, military aerial bombardment of a village in Chin State in Myanmar killed a dozen villagers including the pastor’s daughter and several members of MWC member church Bible Missionary Church. Many villagers were severely injured,... Xem thêm
A lunch break in the presence of God
Posted: Tháng 3 29, 2023 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
The “pause for prayer” at the Mennonite church of ChâtenayMalabry (Paris, France) was created in March 2021as part of the journey towards Easter in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initiated by our former pastor, Silvie Hege, it took the form of... Xem thêm
Journeying into the unknown, tasting goodness now
Posted: Tháng 3 20, 2023 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
South Korea was very successful in its response to the pandemic, especially during the early stages. The virus was contained and death rates were low although the government refrained from issuing drastic measures such as lockdowns or business... Xem thêm
Cyclone Freddy impacts BIC churches in Malawi and Mozambique
Posted: Tháng 3 17, 2023 | Mục phân loại: News
Pray for Anabaptist-Mennonite church members in Malawi and Mozambique who are affected by Cyclone Freddy, an exceptionally long-lived tropical storm that battered the region for more than five weeks with heavy rains and high winds.Xem thêm
Renewal 2023
Posted: Tháng 3 14, 2023 | Mục phân loại: News
“By sharing the story of the global church, we can expand the concept of community. In the process of finding a Jesus-centred neighbourhood, not an ‘I’-centred neighbourhood, we can break down walls,” says Kkhot-Ip Bae. The Mennonite Christian from... Xem thêm
A treasure of unity in the pearl of Africa
Posted: Tháng 3 10, 2023 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
“MWC brings people from different cultural backgrounds together into one basket,” says Bishop Simon Okoth of Mennonite Church Uganda. A chance airport encounter allowed Simon Okoth to bring that cultural mixing to Mennonite congregations in his... 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
Life and faith within God’s community
Posted: Tháng 3 2, 2023 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
We never imagined that the pandemic and its scars would affect our lives and the lives of our institutions to the extent it has. The church could not divorce itself from the difficult realities we lived through, and that still affects the “new... Xem thêm
“Deliver us from evil”
Posted: Tháng 2 27, 2023 | Mục phân loại: Testimonies
Prayer on the occasion of the 1st anniversary of the Russian government's war of aggression against the people of Ukraine. 24 February 2023 War causes endless suffering. Locally, where people experience gun violence, rape, death and displacement;... Xem thêm
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