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Empowering Leadership Training in Church Planting with Integrating Cultural Values

*Pictured: Gilberto Flores, WDC pastor at Iglesia Cristiana Anabautista Casa de Paz in Guatemala City, works with leaders of WDC church plant, Iglesia Arca de Salvación in Uspantán, Guatemala. Developing […]

Thoughts on Real Community

Our Annual Assembly theme is “In Community We Transform.” How do we recognize real community? I have said, “I recognize it when I see it—or when I’m in the midst of […]

In your light we see light

*Credit: Photograph by Mark Kreider On the weekend of May 10 the earth witnessed one of the largest geomagnetic storms on record, a result of massive eruptions on the Sun […]

A New Community

*Pictured: Members of the June 2007 AMBS !Explore program pose for a group photo. The summer after I graduated from high school, I participated in a program through Anabaptist Mennonite […]

MCC School Kit Challenge 2024!

MCC is excited to begin our second School Kit Challenge campaign! With help from families, children and churches like yours, last year we collected more than 22,000 school kits for […]

Embracing the Pain: A Call to Peace Work in a Broken World

*Pictured: The reunification site for Bowie High School students and families. The news has reported another school shooting. This time at James Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas. As a […]

Lonely or Linked?

Our society is in the midst of another epidemic. Not a virus, but an epidemic of loneliness. Too many people don’t have adequate support systems. They don’t have family, friends, or a […]

Listening and Learning Together

*Pictured: WDC Listening Process visit at Peace Mennonite Church, Dallas, TX. Over the past year, the WDC Listening Process has been unfolding across our conference, as teams of volunteers and staff […]

AMBS Practical Leadership Fall 2024 Training Modules Released

AMBS’s Practical Leadership Training modules are designed to help pastors, lay leaders, community leaders and leaders of nonprofit organizations increase their capacity to provide effective Anabaptist leadership in a variety […]

Book Bundles for Group Study–Newly Expanded

Looking for your next Sunday school class study? Want to read something to challenge your faith with your book club? Wish you could read the same book as your friend […]

Easter Sermon, John 18

Sandra Montes-Martinez, Associate Conference Minister (TX-Based), would like to share the sermon she heard given by Samuel Voth Schrag (pictured), pastor of Peace Mennonite church in Dallas TX, on Easter Sunday 2024: […]

Safety in Church

“Be wise as serpents, gentle as doves,” Jesus said. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Child abuse prevention in church is crucial. Our congregations are intended to be welcoming […]

Generosity as Ministry

Broadly defined, the church is involved in many types of ministries. This happens in a sanctuary during a worship service, in a Sunday School class, at a homeless shelter, Vacation Bible […]

Love Letters from God

It seems like every day my little one is taller, she knows more complex words and spelling patterns, and asks more thoughtful questions about the world around us. Yet my […]

The church as a beacon of hope and faith: Adaptation and Renewal

The Christian church, throughout the centuries, has been a beacon of hope and faith for millions of people around the world, responding to the called in Mathew 5:14. However, in […]

Inner Peace is Key to Peacemaking

I just got back from AMBS Pastors and Leaders Week 2024. Our keynote speaker was conflict transformation specialist Betty Pries. The theme for the week was “Strategies for Peacemaking.” Betty reminded […]

Preparing and Caring

Photo caption: Mennonite Disaster Service learning tour participants meet with MDS volunteers and local partners in Jennings, Louisiana – January 2024 (Photo by Paul Hunt, Mennonite Disaster Service) Most Western District […]

The Passing of Elizabeth Raid

WDC retired minister, Elizabeth Raid, passed away on February 21, 2024. The memorial service is planned for March 23 at 11am at Bethel College Mennonite Church in North Newton, KS. […]

Miss Goody Two-Shoes

I have always been a rule follower. This hasn’t gained me a lot of love over the years. In fact, it really irritated my older sister during our school years […]

Black History Month

It’s Black History Month and the Resource Library has a wide variety of resources for all ages to honor the lives and contributions of African Americans to the United States. […]