Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Mennonite World Conference

Jan. 5 issue

• Congo conversations bring three groups closer

  KINSHASA, Congo — The simple reminder that “the church is you and I” became a key refrain of the second annual meeting of the Congolese Inter-Mennonite Forum for Conversation.
  

Nov. 24, 2008 issue

• Giving thanks for the global church

  As people in the United States prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, we mark an encounter between immigrant and indigenous groups on this continent.

• Paraguayans focus on beliefs that unite

  LANCASTER, Pa. — With about 100 cultures in their churches today, Mennonites need to clarify their shared faith principles, said Alfred Neufeld, chair of the coordinating council for the Mennonite World Conference assembly in Paraguay in July 2009.

Oct. 20, 2008 issue

• Bishops: Go to Paraguay in 2009

  KITCHENER, Ont. — Go to Paraguay in July 2009, or support someone else in going, a Zambian bishop told Anabaptist groups during a September visit.

Oct. 13, 2008 issue

• Love for MWC ‘family’ spreads

  WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonites around the world are a family. Families care for each other, and families gather. No matter what the questions thrown at a trio of Mennonite World Conference representatives recently, the answers kept circling back to these facts.

Oct. 6, 2008 issue

• BIC among victims of India violence

  Brethren in Christ Church members and institutions were attacked when brutal violence against Christians erupted Aug. 24 in India’s Orissa state.

Sept. 1, 2008 issue

• Mennonites in Colombia take risks for peace

  MANILA, Philippines — The Mennonite Church of Colombia is prepared to take risks to work for peace in the conflicted country.

• MWC Executive Committee meetings focus on building communion

  MANILA, Philippines — Mennonite World Conference Executive Committee meetings July 31-Aug. 5 focused on building global communion, the 2009 assembly in Paraguay, strengthening relations with Asian and African church bodies and hearing reports from the worldwide church.
  

July 21, 2008 issue

• German pastor stops air force low flights

  REGENSBURG, Germany — Liesa Unger knows one person can accomplish much.

July 7, 2008 issue

• Power and mystery of prayer

  Last week I met someone for whom I had prayed, previously knowing only her name. Her son, my former classmate at Goshen College, had died tragically in 2005.

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