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Love opens hearts to learn more
Posted: 七月 13, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Hospitality: Exploring what it means to offer hospitality as followers of Christ Shocking photographs published in the news media awoke the Western world to the refugee crisis on September 2015. With a heightened awareness of the issue, the... 閱讀全文
The heart of a stranger
Posted: 七月 13, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Hospitality: Exploring what it means to offer hospitality as followers of Christ Shocking photographs published in the news media awoke the Western world to the refugee crisis on September 2015. With a heightened awareness of the issue, the... 閱讀全文
Hospitality transforms
Posted: 七月 13, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Hospitality: Exploring what it means to offer hospitality as followers of Christ Shocking photographs published in the news media awoke the Western world to the refugee crisis on September 2015. With a heightened awareness of the issue, the... 閱讀全文
A Glimpse of the Universal Church
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Global Communion and Why It Matters: Exploring our shared commitment to being a worldwide family As Mennonite World Conference, we share a commitment to being a worldwide communion ( koinonia ) of faith and life. Together, we seek to be a fellowship... 閱讀全文
In Christ, free to love
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Dear friends, brothers and sisters, good morning and Namaste. In this Assembly 16 of Mennonite World Conference Pennsylvania 2015, we are again celebrating our common Anabaptist/Mennonite faith and life in the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. So on... 閱讀全文
Resisting North American “Magic Kingdom” Worship
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Exploring our shared commitment to worship As a global communion of Anabaptist-related churches, we share a common commitment to gathering regularly for worship. Yet our tremendous diversity means that we carry out this commitment in very different... 閱讀全文
The Interdependent Existence
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Global Communion and Why It Matters: Exploring our shared commitment to being a worldwide family As Mennonite World Conference, we share a commitment to being a worldwide communion ( koinonia ) of faith and life. Together, we seek to be a fellowship... 閱讀全文
Giving and receiving in the mission of the global church: A concrete action
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Our brother Hippolyto has reminded us of something we must never forget: mission is holistic, and thus, evangelism is comprehensive. In specific terms, we understand that this means that the good news must be proclaimed regarding all areas of human... 閱讀全文
Obedience – a treasured inheritance
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Reflections on being a disciple of Christ As I reflect on my Christian journey, one inheritance from my church, the Brethren in Christ, that I treasure is the simple teaching to be obedient as a disciple of Christ. It is a teaching that is life-... 閱讀全文
Global Communion and why it matters
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Exploring our shared commitment to being a worldwide family As Mennonite World Conference, we share a commitment to being a worldwide communion (koinonia) of faith and life. Together, we seek to be a fellowship that transcends boundaries of... 閱讀全文
The church must be about holistic mission
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Since the Bangkok World Missionary Conference which took place at the turn of the years 1972/1973, in Thailand, there has been a feeling of uneasiness regarding “mission” within the churches in the Western World. At Bangkok, representatives of the... 閱讀全文
The United States: Diversity, dynamism and paradox
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
A context for Anabaptist witness The United States was formed, in 1776, as the first modern republic. Its founders believed they were engaging in a pioneering political experiment and granted relatively generous freedom of conscience to diverse... 閱讀全文
An Open Hand, Not a Handout
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Economic Inequality: Exploring our shared commitment to pursuing shalom As a global communion of Anabaptist-related churches, we share a common commitment to pursuing shalom. In this pursuit, we believe in seeking justice and sharing our resources,... 閱讀全文
Walking with God
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
I was 17 years old when an army captain asked me, “What would you do if our battalion was attacked tonight? What would you do if someone came and shot you?” “I would pray,” I responded. At that instant, I felt a sharp pain on my head. The captain... 閱讀全文
Europe: Old stories and new hope
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
When Conrad Grebel baptized his friends in the evening of 25 January 1525 in Zurich, Switzerland, little did he know that this small act would mark the start of the worldwide family of faith that we now are as Mennonite World Conference. From... 閱讀全文
Walking in Doubt and Conviction
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
The Holy Spirit’s mercy irons us in our trials “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!” (1 Peter 1:3). Peter begins this letter with praise to God. This praising to God is a celebration of worship. This expression of blessing to God... 閱讀全文
What I found at PA 2015 and will take home with me:
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Paulus Hartono, Indonesia Being a part of the throngs at PA 2015 made Paulus Hartono of Indonesia reflect on his early life and how unlikely it is that he found his way to this place. Now a Mennonite pastor and highly active in peace work in Solo (... 閱讀全文
Spain: Old churches in new Europe
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Christianity is experiencing rapid decline in Europe. We have gone in the past two or three generations from being an outwardly Christian culture, to something post-Christian. In general, statistics from Mennonite World Conference indicate that the... 閱讀全文
Walking in Conflict and Reconciliation
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Light and hope for those in darkness Today, world security is threatened by international, intertribal and even interreligious conflicts. Sometimes, security forces have conflicts with the very people they are supposed to protect. Terrorism has... 閱讀全文
Not So With Us
Posted: 五月 19, 2016 | 分類: Testimonies
Power in Church Leadership: Exploring our shared commitment to doing church together As a global communion of Anabaptist-related churches, we share a common commitment to doing church together. We also acknowledge that the church needs leaders who... 閱讀全文
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