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Coffin maker overcomes evil with good
Posted: October 19, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Tulio Pedraza: persecuted 1949–1964, in Colombia When missionaries arrived in Colombia to establish the country’s first Mennonite congregations, Tulio Pedraza and his wife Sofía became two of their first converts. They were baptized in June of 1949... more/más/suite
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – September 2016
Posted: September 16, 2016 | 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
How should Jesus followers respond to the Marrakesh Declaration?
Posted: August 22, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Over the past three years, my family has enjoyed friendship with an extended family from Iraq who came to the USA as refugees and asylum seekers. We have enjoyed meals together in our homes, picnics, hiking trips, choir concerts and church services... more/más/suite
Aguapanela: youth and children drink in curriculum’s “faith vitamins”
Posted: August 22, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
“There is no path, Pilgrim. The path is made by walking.” This lovely phrase by the poet Antonio Machado epitomizes my life journey, particularly the two years I sojourned in Colombia. Each person’s identity is marked by their family and social... more/más/suite
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – August 2016
Posted: August 19, 2016 | 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
CAMCA 2016: Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean Anabaptist Consultation
Posted: August 15, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
The annual Central America, Mexico and Caribbean Anabaptist Consultation (CAMCA) took place 5–9 July 2016 in the Escuela de Capacitación Adventista Salvadoreña, San Juan Opico, La Libertad, El Salvador. Fifty-nine participants came from México,... more/más/suite
Ministry partner update: ICOMB - July 2016
Posted: July 26, 2016 | 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
Brief historic journey, profile, tendencies and challenges of Mennonites in Latin America
Posted: July 18, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
These reflections are a brief summary linking the historical development, profile and tendencies of the multiethnic Anabaptist communities and Mennonite churches in Latin America that belong to MWC, and present the challenges faced by Mennonites in... more/más/suite
Newcomers to natives: Diversity and challenges for Mennonites in Brazil
Posted: July 18, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
The first Mennonites arrived in Brazil during the year 1930, coming as refugees from Russia/Ukraine, where their property, churches and schools were taken over by the state during the Stalin years. Thousands of Mennonites (15,000–25,000) and other... more/más/suite
A ministry of inclusive hospitality
Posted: July 13, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Hospitality: Exploring what it means to offer hospitality as followers of Christ Shocking photographs published in the news media awoke the Western world to the refugee crisis on September 2015. With a heightened awareness of the issue, the... more/más/suite
Love opens hearts to learn more
Posted: July 13, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Hospitality: Exploring what it means to offer hospitality as followers of Christ Shocking photographs published in the news media awoke the Western world to the refugee crisis on September 2015. With a heightened awareness of the issue, the... more/más/suite
The heart of a stranger
Posted: July 13, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Hospitality: Exploring what it means to offer hospitality as followers of Christ Shocking photographs published in the news media awoke the Western world to the refugee crisis on September 2015. With a heightened awareness of the issue, the... more/más/suite
Hospitality transforms
Posted: July 13, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Hospitality: Exploring what it means to offer hospitality as followers of Christ Shocking photographs published in the news media awoke the Western world to the refugee crisis on September 2015. With a heightened awareness of the issue, the... more/más/suite
New Young Anabaptists Committee Meets in Indonesia
Posted: May 23, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Less than a year ago, I hadn’t the faintest idea that I would be in Indonesia this February, let alone have four new friends from four different continents. But that’s what happens when you engage in your global faith community: you end up in places... more/más/suite
Larry Miller reflects on 22 years at the helm of Mennonite World Conference
Posted: May 19, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
“As long as the wind is in its sails. . .” Strasbourg, France--Larry Miller remembers one moment clearly when, as a 38-year-old, he was weighing whether or not to accept the nomination to lead Mennonite World Conference. The year was 1988, 23 years... more/más/suite
Christian Equality – Utopia?
Posted: May 19, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Economic Inequality: Exploring our shared commitment to pursuing shalom As a global communion of Anabaptist-related churches, we share a common commitment to pursuing shalom. In this pursuit, we believe in seeking justice and sharing our resources,... more/más/suite
Evening Sermons from PA 2015
Posted: May 19, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Read the full text of the evening sermons from PA 2015, by César García, Yukari Kaga, Nzuzi Mukwa, Wieteke van der Molen and Bruxy Cavey. These can also be a helpful resource as you prepare to celebrate World Fellowship Sunday with your congregation... more/más/suite
Offering our blessings to the world
Posted: May 19, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Sindy Novoa Caro lives in Bogotá, Colombia, where she belongs to the Casa de Oración church, a Mennonite Brethren congregation. In 2010–2011, Sindy served with YAMEN in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as a teacher´s assistant in a school for children living... more/más/suite
A Glimpse of the Universal Church
Posted: May 19, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Global Communion and Why It Matters: Exploring our shared commitment to being a worldwide family As Mennonite World Conference, we share a commitment to being a worldwide communion ( koinonia ) of faith and life. Together, we seek to be a fellowship... more/más/suite
Inspiration and reflection: Hospitality
Posted: May 19, 2016 | Category: Testimonies
Piring bukan beling: Hospitality not hostility Indonesians are famous for their hospitality. If you visit their home, they will serve you food and drink. In the villages, the housewife will cook the family’s only chicken to serve a guest. I learned... more/más/suite
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