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A pastoral letter for Anabaptist-Mennonites in Kenya
Posted: Mai 6, 2024 | Kategorie: News
Beloved sisters and brothers: Our brothers and sisters in Kenya Mennonite Church have asked for prayer that the continuous rain in Kisumu County would subside. Weeks of heavier than usual rains for the season have wreaked havoc in many parts of East... Weiterlesen
MKC promises memorable and inspirational Assembly
Posted: April 25, 2024 | Kategorie: News
The MWC Assembly in Ethiopia in 2028 takes its first steps toward celebration with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and appointment of a national advisory council. From 11-17 January 2024, MWC leaders Liesa Unger (Chief... Weiterlesen
In Memoriam: Reverend Bleise Nzamba (1957-2024)
Posted: April 11, 2024 | Kategorie: News
Reverend Bleise Nzamba, legal represntative of Igreja da Comunidade Menonita em Angola (ICMA), died 30 March 2024. He served Mennonite World Conference on the General Council in Indonesia 2022 and Kenya 2018. Reverend Bleise Nzamba studied at Nyanga... Weiterlesen
Power of prayer cannot be underestimated
Posted: März 28, 2024 | Kategorie: News
“Those who are involved in humanitarian projects and pastoral care are familiar with loneliness, anhedonia, weakness, despondency, cynicism... But all this was washed away with water and wiped off with towels,” Denis Gorenkov, a Baptist pastor in... Weiterlesen
Mennonite World Conference commemorates birth of Anabaptism in 2025
Posted: März 27, 2024 | Kategorie: News
On 29 May 2025, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) will welcome guests from around the world to The Courage to Love: Anabaptism@500. The day-long celebration commemorates the birth of the Anabaptist movement in Zurich, Switzerland. Following workshops... Weiterlesen
MWC mourns with our brothers and sisters in Myanmar
Posted: März 1, 2024 | Kategorie: News
Our Mennonite World Conference siblings from Myanmar have asked for the prayers of our global communion. They write: Our country's civil war has been ongoing for more than three years. The death toll is rising every day. More than half of the... Weiterlesen
Zurich 2025 builds bridge to reconciliation
Posted: Februar 29, 2024 | Kategorie: News
“We have walked a long way as Anabaptist-Mennonites; today we are learning to be bridge builders,” says Jürg Bräker, general secretary of Konferenz der Mennoniten der Schweiz/Conférence mennonite suisse. “The Courage to Love” is a public,... Weiterlesen
Gathering of world communions focuses on God’s work
Posted: Dezember 18, 2023 | Kategorie: News
The Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions met at the Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches at Bossey, Switzerland, from 30 October-3 November 2023. To foster mutual understanding and familiarize participants with... Weiterlesen
In Memoriam: John A. Lapp (1933-2023)
Posted: Dezember 10, 2023 | Kategorie: News
Mennonite World Conference mourns the loss of John A. Lapp, who died on Tuesday, 7 December 2023, at 90 years of age. John A. Lapp was coordinator and co-editor of MWC’s Global Mennonite History Series. From 1997 to 2012, he and C. Arnold Snyder... Weiterlesen
MWC calls for global energy transition
Posted: Dezember 7, 2023 | Kategorie: News
Earth in all its diversity, vitality and abundance is a gift that has been overshadowed by neglect, exploitation and unsustainable consumption. Anabaptist values, by contrast, call for stewardship (thoughtful care-taking), simplicity and the dignity... Weiterlesen
“We start with what we have”
Posted: Oktober 22, 2023 | Kategorie: News
“The way to address inequality is treating people differently – not the same,” says Arli Klassen, MWC regional representatives coordinator. Mennonite World Conference is an organization made of members. However, financial resources vary widely... Weiterlesen
In Memoriam: Charles Christano (1939-2023)
Posted: September 22, 2023 | Kategorie: News
He gave himself as our mentor Rev. Charles Christano, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) president from 1978 to 1984, and one of the cornerstone pastors of GKMI (Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia church) in Indonesia, died Friday, 22 September 2023, at... Weiterlesen
Building resilience in church members
Posted: September 22, 2023 | Kategorie: News
Like many in Zimbabwe, Sukoluhle Ncube splits her time between the city where her family lives and works, and the rural community where they farm, 40 minutes away. “Most of the people have two homes,” Sukoluhle Ncube says. “In the town, you come and... Weiterlesen
Anabaptists on the streets of Zurich
Posted: September 21, 2023 | Kategorie: News
On 29 May 2025, Mennonite World Conference invites guests from around the world to gather in Zurich to commemorate this beginning. “Courage to love,” the theme for the event, will mark this history and celebrate what the movement has become today... Weiterlesen
What can I do to address world hunger?
Posted: September 20, 2023 | Kategorie: News
Mennonite World Conference is one of 14 Christian organizations joining hands with World Vision International in prayer and action against world hunger. The third annual Weekend of Prayer and Action Against Hunger (#WoPA2023) is observed 14-16... Weiterlesen
A time to act
Posted: September 19, 2023 | Kategorie: News
César García, general secretary of Mennonite World Conference, received the PAX Award from Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) on 28 April 2023. The PAX award honours people who lead exemplary lives of service, leadership and reconciliation in... Weiterlesen
What about the children?
Posted: September 5, 2023 | Kategorie: News
For the past two years, Meserete Kristos Church has been working with communities and local institutions to restore peace between warring ethnic groups in the Nono district of the West Shewa Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia. MKC facilitated different types... Weiterlesen
New tagline reinforces MWC Vision and Mission Statements
Posted: August 22, 2023 | Kategorie: News
If you were to sum up Mennonite World Conference in three phrases, what would you say? MWC leadership has selected a new tag line to do just that: “following Jesus, living out unity, building peace”. “After almost one year of consultative process... Weiterlesen
High water and helping hands
Posted: August 14, 2023 | Kategorie: News
In December 2022, heavy rainfall caused flooding in several cities in Central Java, Indonesia. One of the most affected areas was Tanjung Karang Village, Kudus. The Wulan River overflowed, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes. Some... Weiterlesen
Growing networks add faces in Virginia
Posted: August 11, 2023 | Kategorie: News
“We also valued very much our first face-to-face meeting with the Faith and Life Commission as a whole, and Anicka Fast as in-coming secretary,” says David Wiebe, chair of GAHEN. In development for several years already, three additional networks... Weiterlesen
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