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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
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
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
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
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
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
Following Jesus into Assembly
Posted: 一月 27, 2020 | 分類: News
Crossing barriers at Assembly 2021 in Indonesia begins with the Assembly program committee. These volunteers appointed to develop the activities and schedule of Mennonite World Conference’s flagship event, the global Assembly, come from 5 different... 閱讀全文
Growing team serves church
Posted: 一月 14, 2020 | 分類: News
A composer, health manager and auto mechanic – all church leaders – joined the Mennonite World Conference team. These newly appointed regional representatives complete the team that helps Mennonite World Conference and its member churches maintain a... 閱讀全文
Solidarity with a Mennonite church at a crossroad
Posted: 一月 13, 2020 | 分類: News
From 1–8 December 2019, a joint delegation from Mennonite World Conference’s Peace Commission and Deacons Commission visited three Mennonite churches in Hong Kong, other denominations and also some educational institutions to offer solidarity and to... 閱讀全文
Top stories in 2019
Posted: 十二月 20, 2019 | 分類: News
English readers were interested in the news that general secretary César García and executive assistant Sandra Báez Rojas of Mennonite World Conference (MWC) have relocated to Canada in February 2019. They also enjoyed the testimony of YAMENers . “... 閱讀全文
Two letters renounce violence
Posted: 十二月 19, 2019 | 分類: News
“Renounce violence and love our enemies.” This is part of being a peacemaker in Mennonite World Conference’s Shared Convictions. Living out that conviction, 13 September 2019, 13 Anabaptist churches in the USA signed a letter to the National... 閱讀全文
Development Officer steps down
Posted: 十一月 15, 2019 | 分類: News
Chief Development Officer Arli Klassen will step down from her position at the end of January 2020. She came to this role in December 2012 after serving as binational Executive Director of Mennonite Central Committee. She supported MWC through... 閱讀全文
Meserete Kristos Church inspires LMC
Posted: 十一月 13, 2019 | 分類: News
Standing in one of the regional offices of MWC member church Meserete Kristos Church (MKC), the church’s former president, Tewodros Beyene introduced several LMC leaders to the church’s administrative staff. He explained that the LMC delegation had... 閱讀全文
MWC walks with family through hard times
Posted: 十月 28, 2019 | 分類: News
Earthquake. Famine. Flooding. The headlines catch attention, and people respond with prayers and donations to emergency appeals. A few days later, the reporting stops and the event fades from memory. But for those directly affected, it is only the... 閱讀全文
Mission and service workers: ambassadors of peace
Posted: 十月 22, 2019 | 分類: News
How do our churches and service agencies work together? How does the gospel illuminate our witness in our context? How do we make explicit the invitation to follow Jesus as part of our social and mission work? How do we bring our justice witness to... 閱讀全文
Hindi publication resurrected to share Mennonite news
Posted: 十月 18, 2019 | 分類: News
To share news and a sense of identity among the 4,900 baptized members of the 22-congregation Mennonite Church India Dhamtari CG (MCI), a magazine committee resurrected Mennonait Mandli Samachar Patrika – a Hindi-language news magazine for the... 閱讀全文
Anabaptist testimonies inspire Anabaptist lives
Posted: 十月 16, 2019 | 分類: News
The image of Dirk Willems reaching back to rescue his pursuer from the ice is iconic for Anabaptists. But just as powerful are more recent – and more diverse – stories of Anabaptists who live out peace and reconciliation in ordinary but sacrificial... 閱讀全文
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