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The Holy Spirit transforms women at MTAL retreat

“With the help of God’s Spirit, the retreat has been the means to open and free our hearts of knots and situations that prevent us from fully being women in every sense of the word,” says Gladis Velásqez Maldonado. Velásqez Maldonado is part of an... 閱讀全文

“We have learned…”

The problems in Venezuela affect the economy, relationships, health services, crime, insecurity, public services, corruption, politics, malnutrition and inflation. We decided to come to Colombia to improve the living conditions of our families, look... 閱讀全文

The song remains: Hope in Honduran gang territory

For more than 20 years, gangs clashed in Chamelecón neighbourhood in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The main street served as an invisible border, marking off the territory of the two dominant gangs. Even for people who weren’t in gangs, it was dangerous... 閱讀全文

Biennial Thai Anabaptist Gathering

Anabaptist groups and individuals gathered together 8–12 October 2018 at Sammuk Christian Academy, Chonburi, Thailand, for the fourth Thailand Anabaptist Gathering (TAG). The Thai Mennonite Brethren leaders and MB Mission missionaries planned and... 閱讀全文

Mennonite witness amid suffering and hope in Ukraine

In a region of Ukraine that thousands of Mennonites left generations ago, two dozen of today’s Mennonite leaders from across Europe gathered for three days of fellowship in October 2018. Hosted by Ukrainian leaders from Mennonite Brethren churches,... 閱讀全文

A growing church: a look at reported church members in 2018

“Uganda is ripe for evangelism and the church is growing,” says bishop Simon Okoth, national coordinator of Uganda Mennonite Church. The new Mennonite World Conference (MWC) member church (accepted by the Executive Committee in 2017) grew from 310... 閱讀全文

Hope in suffering

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 – November 2018

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

A rush of violent wind

Three reasons the Holy Spirit is relevant to the church today Fifty days after Passover, the Jewish community gathered in Jerusalem for the Festival of Weeks. At the same time, the followers of Jesus gathered in a room awaiting the promise of the... 閱讀全文

The gift of the Holy Spirit in the 16th century and today

Many written testimonies of the early Anabaptist movement point toward the work of the Holy Spirit as the central driving force. The Holy Spirit goes to people who are awaiting. It was the case in Pentecost (Acts 2) while the disciples were praying... 閱讀全文

YABs in MWC’s General Council

Decision making in a large group can feel like a game of misunderstood messages, says Matthias Claassen, General Council delegate for Konferenz der Mennonitengemeinden in Uruguay. It’s important to have leaders in the room representing a variety of... 閱讀全文

“Djagalah Anak Kambing Koe” (“Tend My Lambs”)

On his deathbed, Tee Siem Tat called his sons, Tee Yan Poen and Tee Yan Siang, and his son-in-law, Tan King Ien. To them, Tee Siem Tat spoke his last words: “Djagalah anak kambing koe” (“Tend my lambs,” John 21:15 in Old Bahasa). His grandson, Rev... 閱讀全文

Standing in solidarity with Indigenous people in Canada

“Our global value of peacemaking is expressed in the Declaration of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples,” says Mennonite World Conference general secretary César García. “How a church in South Korea or Colombia lives that out is not something we can... 閱讀全文

MWC的新發展: 和平、歷史、宣教和關顧

Mennonite World Conference weaves a web of connections within the Anabaptist Mennonite family around the world through website, emails, social media, publishing and relations with other organizations. Here are some new connecting points:... 閱讀全文

扁豆湯 (Dal) :從湯到心

生為一位參與MCC所舉辦的國際文化交換活動而住在加拿大的印度人,我在煮過扁豆湯 (Dal)幾遍。我第一次煮的時候我有點緊張,但是一直有人請我煮,而且每次需求的量都增加。我第一次煮是為了我的寄宿家庭。接下來,我寄宿家庭的媽媽請我為Thrift on Kent這家店每週一次「湯日」為員工煮(8位)。最後,請我為她所招集的Avocat (MB的一個宣教活動)煮給50-60位成員。 每次我煮,大家都吃得很開心,所以我很高興可以跟大家分享一點印度的美食。扁豆湯是印度的家常菜,通常會跟印度大餅(... 閱讀全文

和平和公義相親的那一天

哥倫比亞當地教會活出和平的樣式 為什麼一個國家不願意原諒? 為什麼有人寧願有戰爭,也不願有和平? 這些問題攪動我們的心靈,使我們尋找答案。答案不在冰冷的都市街道,而是被遺忘的鄉村,在直接被武裝衝突影響的哥倫比亞村莊。 為了尋找答案,2017年7月19號,Edupaz基金會的一個團隊前往La Esperanza,一個被藍天和綠山包圍的小村莊。由於這個村莊鄰近太平洋,La Esperanza是一個戰略重點區域,也跟可卡因的生產和運輸相關。過去好幾十年來,有許多武裝團體在村民身上用地雷、被消失事件、... 閱讀全文

A people transformed by the Spirit in migration and service

A brand-new Courier brings Kenya to you while World Fellowship Sunday tells migration stories from Latin America and Indonesia comes to the Bogota office. New ways Mennonite World Conference is connecting churches worldwide: A hopeless church... 閱讀全文

Ministry partner update: ICOMB – October 2018

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

Ministry partner update: IBICA – October 2018

The International Brethren in Christ Association (IBICA) is the common network for all national conferences of the Brethren in Christ church with the aim to facilitate communication, build trust and cooperation within our global community, and to... 閱讀全文

“I need to go to school”: Mennonite relief in DRC

Ten-yea-old Kanku Ngalamulume fled from his home in the village of Senge after armed groups beheaded his mother and father and his siblings too. He was among 1.4 million people in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who have... 閱讀全文