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). 

Anabaptism@500 worship service

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.

Our Membership

News

  • Moses Jumbo in Chad alongside the MCC country representatives Samuel Okiror, Winfred Okiror, Beatrice Uwase and a lead from a partner organization.

    Deep, spiritual transformation on YAMEN year 

    “I have always desired to see and understand the world beyond my immediate environment, to learn from diverse communities. When I learned about YAMEN’s vision for young people of global learning and service, I saw it as a platform that will expose, shape and equip me for the betterment of myself, the church and my community,” says Moses Johnson Jumbo.  Moses Jumbo, a member from Mennonite Church, Inen district, Nigeria, served […]

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In Prayer

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Urgent Prayers and Pastoral Letters

Online Prayer hour

Upcoming prayer hours are at 14:00 UTC*.

  • Friday, 21 November 2025
  • Friday, 16 January 2025

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The prayer Network

The Prayer Network supports our global family by emailing prayers every two months and occasionally when an urgent call to prayer arises.

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Worship Resource

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.

Our Magazine

Courier 2025 / 40.2-3

In this issue

  • A celebration of reconciliation

Perspectives (Anabaptism@500 activities)

  • International choirs
  • Workshops
  • Panel discussion
  • Walking tour & Story trails