This article was previously published in Direction and is used with permission: Randy Wollf, “Community Discernment for Making Major Group Decisions,” Direction 50, no.1 (Spring 2021): 85-96. https://directionjournal.org/50/1/community-discernment-for-making-major.html As someone with a strong interest in leadership that is shaped by
Join us in prayer for Ukraine. February 25th: During today’s prayer meeting, Ukrainian brothers shared their experiences from different cities. They lack fuel, and stores are closed. Many men cannot flee the country with their families, as the roads are
..if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chr
Kapatirang Menonita Ng Pilipinas Incorporated or Mennonite Brethren of the Philippines is an Emerging Conference in partnership with ICOMB. The Conference is composed of 8 local churches or congregations placed in different regions of the country, with a total of
The Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference unites today 29 churches in Japan. In total, the Conference has approximately 1676 members. Representing the Conference at ICOMB is Pastor Takao Sugi. JMBC 70th Anniversary The JMBC was born in 1950 by the ministries
This year, the Paraguayan conference Convención Hermanos Menonitas del Paraguay celebrated its 50th anniversary. Pastor Dario Ramírez, President of the conference and ICOMB representative, expressed: “My heart is very happy and joyful. We see how God has been faithful with
In a taste of Revelation 7:9, Mennonite Brethren churches of Winnipeg, Canada, from many nations gathered on December 9, 2018 to worship together in their heart languages. Bomba Ng’andu (Manitoba Conference staff member) led a worship band with a multicultural
The ICOMB executive committee is happy to announce the appointment of Rudi Plett of Asuncion, Paraguay, to the position of executive director. Rudi previously served ICOMB as associate director – Latin America and as regional team leader for MB Mission
*David will bring the opening address to Thailand 2017 from Mark 11:20-25. Since many ICOMB readers will not get a chance to participate, David will use these next months to share from this message.* Mark 11 tells the
Panama Summit: June 1-5. Our annual summit brought representatives from each member except Congo and Angola. Once again their delegates were defeated because of visa problems. The Panama Church – Iglesia Evangelica Unida – hosted us very well. It
David Wiebe arrived home from D.R. Congo just before Easter. Here he reports some of what he experienced from his 10 days in Congo. Palm Sunday Surprises 1st surprise: At 10 pm Saturday night I learned I was preaching
I have preached on Ephesians 4:1-3 quite a few times recently. It describes the pathway to maintain unity of the Spirit in the church. It’s a simple message, really, requiring us to interact with humility, gentleness, patience and love. St.
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