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MWC – new pictures, people and publication
Mennonite World Conference weaves a web of connections within the Anabaptist Mennonite family around the world through website, emails, social media, publishing and relations with other organizations. Here are some new connecting points. MWC’s... 続きを読む
Global encyclopedia commits to global content
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – John D. Roth, Mennonite World Conference Faith and Life Commission secretary, was appointed general editor of the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO – www.gameo.org ). The GAMEO board voted... 続きを読む
Hot chiles and warm fellowship
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... 続きを読む
God’s church and its vocation for peace
Like the chambers of a heart, the four MWC commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches, in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the General Council, give... 続きを読む
MWC facilitates interdependent response to Peru flooding
Bogotá, Colombia – Maria Justa Ipanaque (34) never imagined that she would ride in a helicopter. The small-scale farmer who lives with her husband Ezequiel Ramos Sánchez (40) and five children in Chato Chico, Piura, Peru, became trapped in her house... 続きを読む
Anabaptists respond to violence and displacement in DR Congo
Akron, Pennsylvania, USA – A collaborative Anabaptist response will soon reach some of the 1.4 million people displaced by armed conflict in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) with food, household items and shelter... 続きを読む
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – October 2017
The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its... 続きを読む
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – September 2017
The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its... 続きを読む
Spanish speaking YAMENers face unique challenges in Latin American placements
Serving in an area of the world relatively close to your home country where the dominant language is the same as your own might seem relatively easy. But Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network (YAMEN) participants who hail from Latin American... 続きを読む
Angolan Mennonites welcome refugees
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – “The situation is very serious,” says Francisca Ibanda, Mennonite World Conference regional representative for Central/West Africa. The UN expects more than 50,000 people from DR Congo to become refugees in Angola in... 続きを読む
MWC – new on the web: Building bridges with Peace Sunday
Mennonite World Conference weaves a web of connections within the Anabaptist Mennonite family around the world through website, emails, social media, publishing and relations with other organizations. Several new connecting points are emerging over... 続きを読む
Eun Hunki: Choosing to follow the way of Jesus
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... 続きを読む
Ministry partner update: IBICA – August 2017
The International Brethren in Christ Association (IBICA) is the common network for all national conferences of the Brethren in Christ church with the aim to facilitate communication, build trust and cooperation within our global community, and to... 続きを読む
Ministry partner update: ICOMB – August 2017
The International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB) is made up of 21 national churches in 19 countries with approximately 450,000 members. ICOMB exists to facilitate relationships and ministries to enhance the witness and discipleship of its... 続きを読む
Elsbeth and Balthasar Hubmaier
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... 続きを読む
MWC has beauty to be shared
Bogota, Colombia – “MWC is a global family through which we experience our participation in the body of Christ,” says general secretary César García. Social media is one place we participate with each other across geographical boundaries. “We are a... 続きを読む
New bishops in Tanzania plan for revival
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – The church in Tanzania underwent revival in the 1940s–1980s and the leaders of Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania (KMT) are ready to welcome it again. The newly elected bishops have cast a vision to expand the Mennonite church... 続きを読む
心の健康が教会に影響するとき
ベンの両親はわけが分からず、ひどく心配になりました。22歳の息子が病院に連れていかれて精神鑑定を受ける、と電話があったのです。 ベンはいたってふつうの子どもでした。聡明で創造性があり、楽しいことが大好きで、人にやさしい子でした。それが、このところ彼らしくないふるまいをするようになったのです。人を激しく責めたり、被害妄想を抱いたり、何日もろくに眠らなかったり。 学校生活がプレッシャーだと不平をいい、先学期の成績はひどいものでした。友だち付き合いをしない理由を「極秘のプロジェクトに携わっているから... 続きを読む
癒しの共同体としての教会
癒しの共同体としての教会 1960年代半ばから、コロンビアでは武力紛争が続いています。子どもを含むおよそ700万人の人々が家を失い、6万人以上の人々が行方不明となり、殺された民間人は60万人近くにもなります。人々は大都市に避難してきて、私たちの教会にたどり着く人もいます。人々はありったけの家財と力強さをもっていますが、同時に多くの悲しみと、コミュニティの喪失と、愛に満ちたはずの神がなさった仕打ちへの疑問を抱えてもいます。正義を渇望し、自分たちを避難に追いやった脅威がここにも及ぶのでは、... 続きを読む
教会と精神医学：その複雑さについて
教会は心の健康をどう考えるべきか？ 私たちの精神状態は身体や霊（スピリット）とつながっており、調子を崩すこともあります。今号の「視点」では、世界のアナバプテスト系教会の指導者や健康問題に取り組む人々に、教会が人々の心の健康のために果たす役割について、考えを述べてもらいました。 教会と精神医学：その複雑さについて 精神医学の仕事をしていてもっとも驚かされることの一つは、信仰をもちながらも入院して私たちの治療を受ける人の数が少なくないことです。より正確には、キリスト教徒の数が、ということです。 「... 続きを読む
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