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Join the MWC Assembly – together – online!
Posted: 四月 20, 2022 | 分類: News
“The Mennonite World Conference Assembly is a space to learn more about our brothers and sisters from different parts of the world. Everyone, regardless of budget or vacation time, will have the opportunity to gather online to worship, fellowship... 閱讀全文
Why have an Assembly?
Posted: 四月 18, 2022 | 分類: 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... 閱讀全文
Praising God together across barriers
Posted: 四月 14, 2022 | 分類: News
“I can see one family with a lot of members, worshipping the same Father,” says Natacha Kyendrebeogo from Burkina Faso. She is one of four young people serving through YAMEN on the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly team in Indonesia. YAMEN (... 閱讀全文
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – April 2022
Posted: 四月 12, 2022 | 分類: News
Transformed by the Spirit The filling of God’s Spirit in our lives is reflected through both the continual maturing process by the Spirit to reflect God’s character and by the Spirit’s filling that results in boldness to proclaim Christ and... 閱讀全文
“They didn’t want to leave”
Posted: 四月 11, 2022 | 分類: News
Virtual education series explores peace theology At the end of the first evening of the virtual educational series, “From Chaos to Shalom: Exploring Peace Theology Together,” Andios Santoso and Joe Sawatzky struggled to wrap up the Zoom session. The... 閱讀全文
How should Mennonite World Conference engage the church with creation care?
Posted: 四月 4, 2022 | 分類: News
This series of stories on the creation care survey has illuminated the importance of issues like climate change in the lives of Anabaptists around the world. We now come to the last question: what should Mennonite World Conference do in response?... 閱讀全文
After Zoom, prayers carry on
Posted: 四月 4, 2022 | 分類: Testimonies
Online Prayer Hour doesn’t end when the hour does. Not only do participants in Mennonite World Conference’s bimonthly prayer meeting continue for another 15 minutes – greeting each in other in a pandemonium of languages – they also carry prayers... 閱讀全文
How Assembly food waste will end up as fertilizer
Posted: 三月 30, 2022 | 分類: News
In Indonesia, a country where sorting and proper treatment of trash is rare, how do we run the Assembly sustainably? In 2019, Bangun P. Nugroho, a member of Jemaat Kristen Indonesia (JKI church) Holy Stadium in Semarang, Central Java, realized that... 閱讀全文
A golden opportunity to strengthen health systems
Posted: 三月 22, 2022 | 分類: News
“Not on my watch!” The math wasn’t good enough for Sara Hildebrand. The COVAX plan to bring 1 billion doses of vaccine to people in the developing world would reach less than 20 percent of world’s poorest people in 2021. “The world needs people of... 閱讀全文
An occasion for confession and transformation
Posted: 三月 21, 2022 | 分類: 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... 閱讀全文
Anabaptists around the world care for creation
Posted: 三月 17, 2022 | 分類: News
Stories from around the world teach how we respond as faith communities to the challenges of climate change. The 353 responses to the Creation Care Task Force survey contained many stories of churches caring for creation. This month, we highlight... 閱讀全文
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – March 2022
Posted: 三月 15, 2022 | 分類: News
God’s Spirit gives us hope (Romans 15:13)! The presence of God’s Spirit in our hearts bears witness that we are adopted as children of God and heirs to his promises (Ephesians 1:5-6; Romans 8:14-17; Galatians 4:4-7). The Spirit is described as a... 閱讀全文
Prayers beat swords into plowshares
Posted: 三月 10, 2022 | 分類: News
"Hope that results from faith in Jesus may be defined as ability to see a new reality. To long for a different world and behave as if we were already in it. Waiting on Christ is never passive, never simply a feeling." Mennonite World Conference... 閱讀全文
Indonesia 2022: less on-site, more creative options
Posted: 三月 1, 2022 | 分類: News
How will we gather for Assembly 17? The Executive Committee has opted for limited on-site attendees and many options for online attendees at the hybrid Assembly 17. MWC Assembly is hosted by the three Indonesian Anabaptist-Mennonite synods in... 閱讀全文
An Open Letter to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus
Posted: 二月 27, 2022 | 分類: 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... 閱讀全文
A pastoral letter regarding Ukraine
Posted: 二月 24, 2022 | 分類: From Our Leaders
We call on Anabaptist-Mennonites around the world, and all who confess Christ as Lord, to join in praying for the peace of Ukraine. We grieve violence and we reject efforts by any nation to dominate another. We pray for leaders of Ukraine, Russia... 閱讀全文
Indonesia Assembly surmounts barriers
Posted: 二月 22, 2022 | 分類: News
Will there be Assembly this summer? Absolutely! Who will attend in Indonesia? Watch for upcoming news. In their February online meeting, the Executive Committee are deciding on the attendance model for Assembly, based on the most current public... 閱讀全文
For all people to live with enough
Posted: 二月 18, 2022 | 分類: News
“Dad, as an extrovert, was also gentle and compassionate, and took on the role of caregiver to many people throughout his life… He gave generously and regularly with his finances, and had an interest in and desire for all people to live with enough... 閱讀全文
Together across oceans
Posted: 二月 17, 2022 | 分類: News
“Sometimes our faith community seems small and insular; [celebrating Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday] helped open eyes to the global family,” says Chani Wiens. The math teacher and chapel coordinator at UMEI Christian High School in Leamington,... 閱讀全文
MWC update – February 2022
Posted: 二月 15, 2022 | 分類: News
“MWC brings the global church together as a sign of God’s desire for the world and that’s a vision I want to be a part of,” says J Ron Byler. The roster of servants who foster relationships in the global church expands with new faces in these months... 閱讀全文
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