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We are one
Posted: Tháng 11 20, 2024 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Evangelism rallies, energetic music and dancing all day; witnessing, altar calls with a dozen respondents. Praying is loud, through tears or joy. You can feel the enthusiasm. I was heartily welcomed by the Mennonite Brethren church in DR Congo to... Xem thêm
“Remember your baptism”
Posted: Tháng 10 30, 2024 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Could Anabaptist-Mennonites practice “remembering our baptism” as a tool for lifelong discipleship? Although they often baptize infants, both Catholics and Lutherans call upon the believer – sometimes every year – to “remember your baptism” into a... Xem thêm
Grieving a year of increasing violence in the Middle East
Posted: Tháng 10 3, 2024 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
A pastoral letter on October 7, 2024 Beloved brothers and sisters of the global Anabaptist/Mennonite communion: With heavy hearts, we mark the one-year anniversary of terrible events that signalled the beginning of a new cycle of violence in the... Xem thêm
Counting on love
Posted: Tháng 9 23, 2024 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
In 2025, the global Anabaptist movement looks back over 500 years of existence. Mennonite World Conference invites all to a major event on Ascension Day,29 May 2025, in Zurich, Switzerland. Even as we look back on a long past, the focus of the... Xem thêm
The unity of the Spirit
Posted: Tháng 8 30, 2024 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
About the Faith & Life Commission Anabaptist churches around the world live their faith diversely, addressing local challenges and opportunities while adhering to Shared Convictions . The Faith & Life Commission enables MWC member churches... Xem thêm
God so loved the cosmos...
Posted: Tháng 8 5, 2024 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
The environmental crisis and our mandate to care for creation A word of encouragement from the MWC Faith & Life Commission and the Creation Care Task Force . Part 1 of 2 “Creation care” is taking on ever-increasing urgency. The news reminds us... Xem thêm
A pastoral letter for Anabaptist-Mennonites in Colombia
Posted: Tháng 5 28, 2024 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
“He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and defense.” Psalm 91:4 Beloved brothers and sisters The council of elders (Consejo de Ancianos) of Iglesia Hermanos Menonitas de Colombia... Xem thêm
Every church must plan for succession
Posted: Tháng 5 16, 2024 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Jeremiah Choi, MWC regional representative for North Asia, retired as lead pastor of Agape Mennonite Church in Hong Kong in November 2023. Elina Ciptadi (MWC Interim Chief Communications Officer) sat down with him at the Executive Committee meetings... Xem thêm
Pastoral arm listens, prays and encourages
Posted: Tháng 3 24, 2024 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
“We are called to be shalom-makers wherever we go. It takes courage, discipline, commitment and, of course, the guidance of the Holy Spirit,” says Andi Santoso, chair of the Deacons Commission. What is the Deacons Commission? The Deacons Commission... Xem thêm
Lent 2024: Go deeper with God
Posted: Tháng 2 16, 2024 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings to you in this sombre season. Through the centuries the church has observed the 40 days leading up to Easter as a special time to focus on God, called Lent. A path to finding extra space in our lives to listen to... Xem thêm
Ambassadors of God’s Kingdom
Posted: Tháng 12 5, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
“But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20). These words of the apostle Paul are part of a letter that addresses a church audience that likely included both... Xem thêm
Mennonites and the state
Posted: Tháng 11 2, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
When we enter God’s kingdom, we receive new citizenship and are freed to experience a new kind of politics. We are not slaves of evil systems anymore. We belong to a new society where, along with other followers of Christ, we project Jesus’ image to... Xem thêm
A reconciling response to war in the Middle East
Posted: Tháng 10 23, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
October 2023 At a time of increasing bloodshed between Israelis and Palestinians, with mounting tension between nations of the Middle East and beyond, leaders of Mennonite World Conference make three urgent appeals: That member churches of Mennonite... Xem thêm
A Christian nation?
Posted: Tháng 10 11, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
The search for political power and privileges is increasing among evangelicals in Latin America. The close connection between some pastors and partisan politics concerns some of us as Mennonites, especially when religious Christian leaders try to... Xem thêm
A pastoral letter for peace in the Holy Land
Posted: Tháng 10 9, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Beloved sisters and brothers: Over the weekend the world was shaken by Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israeli lives. This crisis quickly escalated with air raids, land battles, random killings, kidnappings and war propaganda. No one is more... Xem thêm
A pastoral letter for Anabaptist-Mennonites in West Africa
Posted: Tháng 8 11, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Beloved sisters and brothers: In recent weeks we have been made aware of the escalating violent conflict in West Africa along the Central Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, affecting our brothers and sisters in the Evangelical... Xem thêm
Universally appealing core values
Posted: Tháng 7 20, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
Meet Hiro Katano of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Member of the Faith & Life Commission. How do you serve MWC? I have been a General Council member, representing Nihon Menonaito Kirisuto Kyokai Kyogikai (Japan Mennonite Christian Church Conference),... Xem thêm
Pastoral letter regarding persecuted Anabaptist-Mennonites
Posted: Tháng 4 28, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26) Beloved sisters and brothers: An MWC member church in an African country is not recognized by the government and thus operates in difficult... Xem thêm
Unity with a purpose
Posted: Tháng 3 7, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
According to our MWC vision, worship is one of the purposes of being one, of enjoying a global community of faith, of being a worldwide communion. In that sense, it follows the emphasis the book of Revelation gives to worship in a multicultural... Xem thêm
Meet MWC treasurer Sunoko Lin
Posted: Tháng 2 22, 2023 | Mục phân loại: From Our Leaders
MWC is a gathering place for each member church to encourage and strengthen each other by sharing resources with one another.Xem thêm
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