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Indigenizing the church in Lamper Mijen
Posted: July 31, 2019 | Category: 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... more/más/suite
Prophetic voices at MWC Assemblies
Posted: July 24, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
“Never has the world needed our message more.... Now is the time to risk everything for our belief that Jesus is the way to peace;... now is the time to live what we have spoken.” Ron Sider’s words to the Mennonite World Conference Assembly 11... more/más/suite
Anabaptist peacebuilding depends on biblical foundations
Posted: July 24, 2019 | Category: From Our Leaders
Is Christian peacemaking different from other forms of reconciliation? Do Anabaptists work at peacebuilding in ways that set them apart? Several of 223 persons from 36 countries at the 2nd Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference in the Netherlands... more/más/suite
MWC books: one church's peace project
Posted: July 22, 2019 | Category: News
“Why would you help us? Who are you Mennonites?” A family from Colombia asked this of their friends at Grantham Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church in St. Catharines, Ont., Canada. With bureaucratic assistance from Mennonite Central Committee and... more/más/suite
MWC books: a global conversation
Posted: July 19, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
“Although each congregation has its own history and social and cultural background, it is common to experience the same sorts of conflicts, troubles, and situations,” says Ellul Yongha Bae, a Mennonite church leader and publisher in South Korea. “... more/más/suite
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – July 2019
Posted: July 19, 2019 | Category: 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... more/más/suite
Work that is open to the world
Posted: July 17, 2019 | Category: 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... more/más/suite
A gentle peace witness: The Mennonite church in the Philippines
Posted: July 12, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
Since 2016, the Philippines has been led by a president who is controversial for his anti-drug campaign. There has been an increase in extra-judicial killings where policemen are said to execute drug pushers and anyone who fights back. There is a... more/más/suite
Each Step is a Prayer
Posted: July 12, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
Each step is a prayer. Each step is a supplication to the God who knows what it means to wander for months or years on end, searching for a land of promise. Each step is a sacred protest, calling out to God for mercy and justice. Thus millions of... more/más/suite
Discipling girls and boys
Posted: July 5, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
In this issue, we have examples of how members of the Anabaptist Mennonite family are making a place for children in their local churches around the world. We are Iglesia Cristiana Menonita el Perú (Mennonite church of Peru). We are a faith... more/más/suite
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – June 2019
Posted: June 25, 2019 | Category: 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... more/más/suite
Moving forward together
Posted: June 21, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
Have you ever made a decision when you were for the idea and the other person was against it? Or, been on a board when a vote went five in favour and four against? It’s not fun to move ahead that way, is it? Which of us, if we think of relationships... more/más/suite
Prayers for children
Posted: June 19, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
In this issue, we have examples of how members of the Anabaptist Mennonite family are making a place for children in their local churches around the world. The children are truly well catered for during these BICC Zimbabwe General Conferences ... more/más/suite
Nurturing peace in children
Posted: June 12, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
In this issue, we have examples of how members of the Anabaptist Mennonite family are making a place for children in their local churches around the world. The Peace, Integrity and Lifeskills Clubs (PILLS) are values education-based clubs for the... more/más/suite
Mennonite and Reformed reconciliation in a global perspective
Posted: June 11, 2019 | Category: From Our Leaders
“Reformed and Anabaptist are branches from the same tree,” said Hanspeter Jecker, a Mennonite theologian from Switzerland. “Anabaptist convictions that once were controversial – such as the voluntary nature of church membership and rejection of... more/más/suite
MWC makes space, shares hope
Posted: May 22, 2019 | Category: News
“Do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord,” said Mennonite World Conference (MWC) President J. Nelson Kraybill. At the Executive Committee meetings, eight pastors and leaders from Asociación Iglesias Cristianas Menonitas de Costa Rica shared... more/más/suite
Salt and light: Young Anabaptists pray
Posted: May 21, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
How can we be salt and light in the world? Young Anabaptists are exploring this question together through the YABs Fellowship Week worship resources. Pray with young people about the Anabaptist church around the world: Kenya (Wycliff Ochieng):... more/más/suite
Protecting children
Posted: May 17, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
“Is it actually necessary to think about those topics (abuse, neglect)? I mean, we are part of a Christian church!” This is a common reaction I get while educating people about the topic of “Safe Church.”* Sadly, though, it is a fact that churches... more/más/suite
"Let the little children come to me"
Posted: May 17, 2019 | Category: Testimonies
“Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs” (Mathew 19:14). The Gospels record Jesus saying these words to those who want to remove the children from his presence. Jesus... more/más/suite
Growing forgiveness
Posted: May 17, 2019 | Category: News
It took about 490 years for government officials in Bern, Switzerland, to ask for forgiveness for persecution of Anabaptists in the region. It took less than two to get a response from Swiss Mennonites. Delegates from every congregation in Konferenz... more/más/suite
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