Walking with God and each other (overview)
Video series: Charting Walks with God
Worship services
MWC PA 2015 opens with celebration, call for walking together
Speakers share doubts from their settings, journeys
Testimony of a church-conflict casualty
Mukawa calls for reconciliation with God, others
Confession and forgiveness part of loving your neighbour
Assembly called to wrestle with independence and community
Calls for action in mission and evangelism
Love means taking initiative to do good, Cavey tells MWC assembly
To see the videos of these sessions, go the PA 2015 site: http://pa2015.mwc-cmm.org/watch-live
News
Music brings unity at world conference
MWC youth program supported by MC Canada
Global Youth Summit calls young people to share gifts
Global Church Village invites visitors to leave their mark
Women gather to explore global network
General Council fosters interdependence in global communion
First Anabaptist World Cup offers time for fun
At MWC assembly, MCC cans vegetables for first time
Assembly location a good choice
PA 2015 attenders seize opportunity to build MDS houses
Getting youth to World Conference four years in the making
Historians address Nazi influence on Mennonites
Opinion
First thoughts of a first-time Mennonite World Conference participant
Having second thoughts (and 3rd, 4th, 5th…) about Mennonite World Conference
MWC assembly was an amazing experience
For discussion
1. Mennonite World Conference has been meeting regularly (more recently about every six years) for the last 90 years. What are some of the blessings that come out of these international experiences? How important is it to have large assemblies where many people gather?
2. As well as Europe and North America, MWC assembly has been held in Brazil, India, Zimbabwe and Paraguay. What are the advantages and disadvantages of holding MWC assembly in North America? How much is paternalism still a major problem? Do North Americans assume they know how to do things better?
3. Mennonite World Conference is an organization of churches while Mennonite Central Committee works to provide relief from suffering, development and peace training. How much should the work of MCC be tied directly to international churches? How could the churches of MWC do a better job of sharing their gifts and resources?
4. What vision do you have for the future of Mennonite World Conference?
—Barb Draper
Members of the Mennonite-Anabaptist family from around the world gathered July 21 to July 26, 2015, in Harrisburg, Pa., U.S.A., for the 16th assembly of Mennonite World Conference. To learn more about the event, click on the links below. (Jim Cheng photo)
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