 | MWC Executive Committee deliberates, welcomes and celebrates Bogotá Colombia – As Mennonite World Conference (MWC) kicked off Renewal 2027 (a 10-year event commemorating Anabaptism's birth through the Reformation), the Executive Committee welcomed a record number of new members at their meeting in Germany. Read more |  | The Bible still speaks, say Renewal 2027 speakers Regional Anabaptists and leaders from around the world gathered 12 February 2017 for "Transformed by the Word: Reading Scripture in Anabaptist Perspectives," the first in a 10-year series of events called "Renewal 2027" organized by Mennonite World Conference (MWC) to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition with appreciation and critical reflection on what is now a global movement within the larger body of Christ. Read more |  | Solidarity with indigenous struggle From April 2016 to January 2017, indigenous people and allies gathered in the northern United States to protest a plan to build pipeline they believed would violate sacred burial grounds and threaten to contaminate drinking water. Mennonite church groups in the U.S. and around the world expressed solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their mission to protect the land and call for justice. Read more |  | Online theological education opens doors Nora Marleni Martínez of Metapan, El Salvador, is in the first group of students in a regional Peace and Justice Institute program of the Seminario Anabautista Latinoamericano (SEMILLA). Read more |  | The joy of Christian unity Over the more than 10 years I have been serving as pastor in Evangelische Freikirche Mennonitengemeinde Regensburg, the Burgweinting neighbourhood has been celebrating an ecumenical worship service during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.* Read more | Prayers of gratitude and intercession February 2017: We praise God for the gift of our global communion, our brothers and sisters through whom we experience the love of Jesus. This month, we rejoice that we were able to begin our 10-year celebration Renewal 2027 with a gathering in Germany. We praise God for what we have learned about our growing and changing community through the Global Anabaptist Profile and we thank God for the forthcoming translations into Spanish, French and other languages. Read more...
February 2017: We pray for students, teachers and administrators who have started a new school year in 2017 in the Global South. May God give them wisdom as they learn and teach. May they grow in the grace of Jesus Christ. Read more... | To unsubscribe from this mailing list, click here. Congreso Mundial Menonita
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