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Church in times of Coronavirus
Posted: 四月 21, 2020 | 分類: News
An Easter Letter Dear sisters and brothers in the Global Anabaptist family of the MWC, We greet you in the name of our Risen Lord! Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! We are an Easter people Easter has come, but not gone! Our celebrations may have... 閱讀全文
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – April 2020
Posted: 四月 21, 2020 | 分類: Testimonies
The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its... 閱讀全文
We are all created wonderful
Posted: 四月 3, 2020 | 分類: Testimonies
Renewal 2027 testimony: Anabaptists today Renewal 2027 is a 10-year series of events organized by Mennonite World Conference’s Faith and Life Commission to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the beginnings of the Anabaptist movement. This series... 閱讀全文
Passion for service: meet Shirley Redekop
Posted: 三月 29, 2020 | 分類: News
“Even with all our diversity of culture, language and practice, our Anabaptist theology draws us together as a family of faith through Christ’s love and sacrifice for us,” says Shirley Redekop. She begins a half-time role as MWC chief development... 閱讀全文
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – March 2020
Posted: 三月 29, 2020 | 分類: Testimonies
The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its... 閱讀全文
Do not fear: prayers for COVID-19
Posted: 三月 23, 2020 | 分類: News
With Coronavirus (COVID-19) unsettling the global human family, Mennonite World Conference leaders put confidence in the living God who says, “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you... 閱讀全文
Call to prayer for the human family
Posted: 三月 23, 2020 | 分類: News
During the plague that ravaged third-century Alexandria, Bishop Cyprian tirelessly served the suffering with calm assurance that Christians find hope in Jesus Christ whether they live or die. Today, in a time of pandemic, Christian communions around... 閱讀全文
God’s call for our church and mission
Posted: 三月 17, 2020 | 分類: News
“The church will slow down the work of Mennonite Central Committee,” someone told me at the 2008 MCC New Wine, New Wineskins consultative meeting in Winnipeg. “If we want to be a more effective NGO, we need to act independently from the church,” he... 閱讀全文
Renewal 2027 and Executive Committee meetings in B.C. cancelled
Posted: 三月 14, 2020 | 分類: News
With the World Health Organization using the word “pandemic” to describe global infection from the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), Mennonite World Conference leadership decided to cancel the March Renewal 2027 public event and April Executive... 閱讀全文
People of Burkina Faso call for prayer
Posted: 三月 12, 2020 | 分類: From Our Leaders
Terrorist attacks have displaced 700,000 in the West African nation of Burkina Faso. Many in the country say what they most need is prayer. “Only God can help us find a solution; it will not come by military force,” a provincial governor at the city... 閱讀全文
Amnesty for Sangmin Lee
Posted: 三月 11, 2020 | 分類: News
It was Tuesday, 31 December, the last day of the year 2019, when Sangmin Lee called me with excitement to report news of his amnesty. Early in 2014, Lee was sentenced to 18 months in prison for refusing, on the basis of his faith, to complete his... 閱讀全文
Immigrants revitalize the church
Posted: 三月 11, 2020 | 分類: Testimonies
Joji Pantoja reminds me of how immigrants spread the gospel in the early church. Like Lydia of Acts 16, Joji Pantoja is an international businesswoman and chair of the MWC Peace Commission. Born in the Philippines, she moved to Canada in 1986, then... 閱讀全文
Fuel for God’s minibus
Posted: 三月 9, 2020 | 分類: Testimonies
“What is that in your hand?” God asked Moses in Exodus 4:2. Moses was not sure that what he had was big enough that the Lord could use it. Similarly, we often make excuses when it comes serving God by giving. When we give, we confer something to... 閱讀全文
United by grace for 40 years
Posted: 二月 24, 2020 | 分類: Testimonies
“Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness.” Psalm 115:1 Église Évangélique Mennonite du Burkina Faso (evangelical Mennonite church of Burkina Faso) In the spirit of this... 閱讀全文
Jesus Christ: our hope
Posted: 二月 21, 2020 | 分類: From Our Leaders
Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give... 閱讀全文
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – February 2020
Posted: 二月 19, 2020 | 分類: Testimonies
The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its... 閱讀全文
So reciprocal understanding could grow
Posted: 二月 17, 2020 | 分類: News
The 2019 meeting of European Mennonite leaders took place on a historical date for Germany: the anti-Semitic pogroms of the Reichskristallnacht (“night of broken glass”) 9–10 November 1938 when Nazi paramilitary forces and civilians throughout... 閱讀全文
Our God is a restorer
Posted: 二月 13, 2020 | 分類: Testimonies
Mass migration is a concern for many countries today: it is part of both the history and the present of Anabaptist-Mennonites. We have been both those who are migrating and those who are welcoming neighbours to a new home. At Justice on the Journey... 閱讀全文
Foreigners on a pilgrimage
Posted: 二月 13, 2020 | 分類: Testimonies
Mass migration is a concern for many countries today: it is part of both the history and the present of Anabaptist-Mennonites. We have been both those who are migrating and those who are welcoming neighbours to a new home. At Justice on the Journey... 閱讀全文
Mennonite World Conference calls for prayer and precautionary measures
Posted: 二月 10, 2020 | 分類: News
Following the World Health Organization’s declaration of the novel coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak as a global health emergency 30 January 2020, Mennonite World Conference calls for Anabaptist and Mennonite congregations around the world to unite in... 閱讀全文
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