Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Mennonite World Conference

Feb. 6 issue

• Honduran Mennonite pastor murdered

  Rafael Erasmo Arevalo, 42, a Mennonite pastor in Honduras, was attacked and killed after leading an evening worship service in Veracruz on Jan. 22.

Jan. 23 issue

• Asians strengthen Anabaptist identity

  KOLKATA, India — Strengthening Anabaptist identity, learning more about Mennonite World Conference and proposing priorities for the future were the main issues for Asian members of the MWC General Council at a training session for the Asia Caucus.

Jan. 9 issue

• Africans lay foundation for MWC caucus

  KINSHASA, Congo — Church leaders from across Africa shared a sense of isolation and desire for more fellowship in the latest gathering of a five-year process to create a new structure for fellowship and collaboration among Mennonite World Conference member churches in Africa.

Dec. 12, 2011 issue

• Outgoing leader reflects on 22 years at the helm of Mennonite World Conference

  Larry Miller remembers one moment clearly when he was weighing whether to accept the nomination to lead Mennonite World Conference. It was 1988. He was 38 years old and sitting in a university library in Strasbourg, France.

Dec. 5, 2011 issue

• MWC leaders attend pope’s peace gathering

  ASSISI, Italy — Invited by Pope Benedict XVI, religious and humanist leaders gathered Oct. 27 in Assisi, home of the 12th-century Catholic friar and preacher, St. Francis, known for his commitment to peace.

Nov. 21, 2011 issue

• Tree symbolizes deeper relations with Lutherans

  WITTENBERG, Germany — Mennonites planted two trees in the Luthergarten in early October to mark the deepening of Mennonite-Lutheran relations.

Nov. 14, 2011 issue

• Delegation from MWC joins Dutch celebration

  ELSPEET, the Netherlands — In a visit punctuated by humor and joy, a five-person “koinonia” delegation of Mennonite World Conference got to know their Dutch brothers and sisters in September.

Oct. 3, 2011 issue

• Mennonite World Conference’s 100th member

  SANTIAGO, Chile — Mennonite World Conference’s 100th member did not need a nice round number to feel the addition was momentous.

Sept. 5, 2011 issue

• 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.

Aug. 15, 2011 issue

• Mennonite World Conference assembly dates chosen

  GRANTHAM, Pa. — The National Coordinating Council for Mennonite World Conference’s Assembly 16 has decided dates for the Harrisburg gathering: July 21-26, 2015.

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