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Dal se Dil tak: to the heart through soup
Posted: October 25, 2018 | Category: Testimonies
As an Indian living in Canada on MCC’s International Volunteer Exchange Program, I have made dal (lentil soup) a number of times. When I made it for the first time, I was little nervous, but it was requested again for different groups of people and... more/más/suite
A day peace and justice kissed
Posted: October 25, 2018 | Category: Testimonies
A local church in Colombia lives out peace Why won’t a country forgive? Why are there people who seem to prefer war? These are questions that disturb the soul and invite us to look for answers, not in the cold streets of the city, but the forgotten... more/más/suite
Sitshokuphi Sibanda: a pioneering church planter
Posted: June 12, 2018 | Category: Testimonies
One of the earliest Brethren in Christ (BIC) women in Zimbabwe who was involved in church planting work and in preaching the gospel in the early years was Sitshokuphi Sibanda. more/más/suite
Comfort food across the world
Posted: April 11, 2018 | Category: Testimonies
Recipe : Ugali “Ugali is a maize-meal bread-like food mostly eaten alongside chicken or beef stew, Kenyan kale and cabbage or sometimes eggs fried with onions and tomatoes. All you need to make it is water and flour, though some people use salt to... more/más/suite
Retired pastor still learning about Jesus and his people
Posted: April 11, 2018 | Category: Testimonies
“We have to go to school [with] Jesus,” says Erwin Cornelsen. The nearly 100-year-old retired pastor reads the Bible every day: “I’m still learning what Jesus has to teach me.” Mennonite World Conference (MWC) has always offered Cornelsen a view on... more/más/suite
Christmas around the world
Posted: March 2, 2018 | Category: Testimonies
Christian communities around the world celebrate Christmas together yet each culture has their own traditions. Here, Anabaptist brothers and sisters from different regions share how they celebrate. Light The Netherlands Christmas is my favourite... more/más/suite
Stop and listen
Posted: February 26, 2018 | Category: Testimonies
Nellie is a woman who has achieved many firsts against many odds in the Brethren In Christ Church (BICC) in Zimbabwe. She has been a valued lay preacher right through life, particularly in large gatherings such as conferences. more/más/suite
Mennonites in Quito pray and work for peace
Posted: January 9, 2018 | Category: Testimonies
Ana (not her real name), came to Ecuador from Medellin, Colombia, in 2016 after escaping from paramilitaries who had taken and kept her hostage for two years. She was subjected to various kinds of abuse and violence, the result of which was... more/más/suite
Migrant Trail walkers imitate Jesus
Posted: December 4, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
“Our Anabaptist history is intrinsically tied to migration, and so is our Christian story,” says Saulo Padilla, immigration education coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) U.S. “We must keep challenging the narratives that separate us,... more/más/suite
7 reasons MWC matters to your congregation
Posted: December 4, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
Mennonite World Conference (MWC) gathers and equips member churches and local congregations to be the body of Christ together. Here are some blessings leaders and congregations receive through MWC: 1. A mosaic of a growing church: As we meet... more/más/suite
Embracing vulnerability
Posted: November 15, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
A renewed peace church calls for renewed commitment to one another; even those who may be our enemies. Building bridges resolves disconnectedness. Without relationship and connectedness peace cannot flourish. This is essential if we want to relate... more/más/suite
Hot chiles and warm fellowship
Posted: November 7, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
Recipe: Mole Coloradito Enchiladas As a Mexican-American, one of the most comforting things about living in Colombia was how similar my Mexican culture is to Colombian culture. My Colombian host family was very interested to learn more when I told... more/más/suite
Eun Hunki: Choosing to follow the way of Jesus
Posted: September 1, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
His life was not easy, but he never failed to carry the spirit of Jesus that the Mennonites taught him through his vocational school years in 1950–60s. After graduation, he studied dairy farming and finally moved to Hokkaido, Japan, to live with his... more/más/suite
Elsbeth and Balthasar Hubmaier
Posted: July 22, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
What was it like for a Christian who defends the state’s use of force to have the force used against him? Or for a wife, after her husband’s imprisonment and torture, to watch as he is burned at the stake? Or, three days later, for her to be tied to... more/más/suite
When mental illness arrives in the pews
Posted: July 14, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
Ben’s parents were mystified and deeply concerned. They had received a call that their 22-year-old son was being taken for a psychiatric exam at the hospital. He had been a regular kid who was bright, creative, fun-loving and caring. Now he was... more/más/suite
Churches as healing communities
Posted: July 13, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
How should the church think about mental health? Our mental state is connected to body and spirit, and, like them, can be in a state of unhealthiness. In this perspectives section, leaders and health practitioners from Anabaptist-related... more/más/suite
Churches and psychiatry: “it’s complicated”
Posted: July 13, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
How should the church think about mental health ? Our mental state is connected to body and spirit, and, like them, can be in a state of unhealthiness. In this perspectives section, leaders and health practitioners from Anabaptist-related... more/más/suite
Stress management for mental health
Posted: July 13, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
How should the church think about mental health? Our mental state is connected to body and spirit, and, like them, can be in a state of unhealthiness. In this perspectives section, leaders and health practitioners from Anabaptist-related... more/más/suite
Health of a whole person
Posted: July 13, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
How should the church think about mental health? Our mental state is connected to body and spirit, and, like them, can be in a state of unhealthiness. In this perspectives section, leaders and health practitioners from Anabaptist-related... more/más/suite
Life from a graveyard
Posted: July 13, 2017 | Category: Testimonies
Intermingled Anabaptist expressions bloom in hard soil of Thailand “Thailand: The graveyard of mission.” This descriptor has echoed in the ears of Thailand-bound missionaries for decades; thankfully, God has a different story. That different story... more/más/suite
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