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Articles : Mennonite World Conference staff

Seventh-day Adventists, MWC begin dialogue

SILVER SPRING, Md. — The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Mennonite World Conference recently explored areas of common ground, both in history and theology.

West Africans overcome isolation

ACCRA, Ghana — Anabaptists in West Africa are a scattered group who often feel isolated from Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches in other parts of Africa and the world.
Worldwide prayer and long-term response needed for Japan

Mennonite World Conference is making plans to collaborate with Japanese Anabaptists, and Mennonite Central Committee is accepting donations to aid victims after an earthquake and tsunami devasted northeastern Japan on March 11.

MWC visitors build believers’ identity in India, Indonesia

A Mennonite leader in India had a big question for a visiting Canadian teacher last fall.
MWC team treks through U.S. by van

KITCHENER, Ont. — A four- person international team from Mennonite World Conference is visiting churches in the eastern and midwestern United States to listen and share stories.

Taiwan leaders declare their recommitment

TAIPEI, Taiwan — At their annual assembly, pastors and delegates from Taiwan’s 21 Mennonite churches committed themselves to renewal in mission.

MB church members among dead and wounded in Congo fuel explosion

KINSHASA, Congo — Mennonite Brethren churches in eastern Congo are raising funds to aid victims of a July 2 fuel truck explosion that killed or wounded more than 100 members of one of their congregations.

MWC hires new editor as retiring editor ends nine-year term

After nine years as news service editor for Mennonite World Conference, Ferne Burkhardt of Petersburg, Ont., retired as MWC news service editor in June.

Car crash kills Zambian church leader

CHOMA, Zambia — Esther Kalambo, a leader among the African Anabaptist Women Theologians, died in a car crash Jan. 21. She was 54.

MWC histories coming in Spanish, French coming soon

STRASBOURG, France — French and Spanish editions of two volumes of the Mennonite World Conference Global Mennonite History Project are well under way.