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World Fellowship Sunday, January 22, 2012: Hands Reaching Across Borders
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- Published on Thursday, 10 November 2011 17:19
Weltgemeinschaftssonntag Dimanche de la fraternité mondiale
Domingo de la Fraternidad Mundial
Letter to congregations Worship Suggestions
Why celebrate World Fellowship Sunday?
Because of our theology, we Anabaptist Christians tend to focus on our local congregations. It is here that we experience what it means to be and to live as the body of Christ. Sometimes, though, we forget that we also belong to other Anabaptist-related congregations in our neighbourhoods and beyond. Indeed, the church includes congregations of other Christian confessions near and far in the world-wide Christian fellowship.
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No longer foolish and small
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- Published on Friday, 27 January 2012 13:15
JOINT RELEASE: MENNONITE WORLD CONFERENCE and MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Editor’s Note: Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network (YAMEN!) is a joint program of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Mennonite World Conference (MWC). It places young adults from MWC member churches in the Global South in other countries of the Global South for cross-cultural learning and ministry. Yunarso Rosandono of Indonesia, who participated in the program in 2008-2009, explains how his experience spurred his personal growth during and since his YAMEN! assignment.
SUKODONO, Indonesia -- In 2008 I went to Cairo, Egypt, under YAMEN! to work at the Anaphora Retreat Centre of the Coptic Orthodox church. I used my limited English language as a basis for learning Arabic.
Brethren in Christ Church in South Africa celebrates conference status
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- Published on Friday, 27 January 2012 10:56
The following release was submitted by Andrew Suderman, director of the Anabaptist Network in South Africa. The Brethren in Christ Church in South Africa (BICCSA) is linked with Mennonite World Conference through the International Brethren in Christ Association (IBICA), which became an associate member—the 101st member—of MWC in May 2011.
Energetic music, lively dance, and passion for the church they belonged to was apparent to those who came, both church delegates and visitors, to the conference held just outside of Johannesburg from April 15-17, 2011.
A second celebration was then held from October 14-16, 2011, as this commemorated the recognition of the South African Brethren in Christ Church as a conference by the International Brethren in Christ Association (IBICA). The October celebrations were held in the nearly completed Hillbrow BIC church, which is located in the heart of Johannesburg. Representatives from Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana were in attendance to celebrate with the Brethren In Christ Church in South Africa (BICCSA).
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News alert - prayer request
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- Published on Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:39
On Sunday, January 22, Rafael Erasmo Arevalo, a Mennonite pastor in Honduras, was attacked and killed after leading an evening worship service. Arevalo, from Santa Rosa de Copán, drove about 20 kilometres north to Veracruz, where he had led worship services for the past 10 years.