David preached in Bakerview MB church on Feb 14 for their Missions Sunday, on Luke 5:1-11 – Launch into the Deep Water as a mission calling. He also presented the work of ICOMB to about 150 adults in their “Current
Many of our members around the world have shown interest, provided donations, and prayed for our Congolese friends as they outlined and wrote a new curriculum for students Grades 1-12. These are Mennonite run schools – about 335 of them, serving
Maxym Oliferovsky is leading his church – New Hope in Zaporozhe – in the study of the newly translated (Russian language) International Confession. He wrote: I initiated this because many people in our church are either new (with no Christian
On March 14 an auction will be held by the Punjab National Bank to sell the Jadcherla property (56 acres) to the highest bidder. This is to pay off a loan which was taken by Dr. PB Arnold in
India is a very unique country: 1.2 billion population, almost overtaking China. It has a growing economy: the city of Hyderabad (14 million) has a huge “Tech City” – in fact that part of town is called “Cyberabad” – where
David Wiebe shares what he experienced on his visit to India with José Arrais (Portugal), January 15 to 27. Big Churches Yemmiganur lies about 300 km south of Hyderabad. About 2000 people attend the Sunday service. There are
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“The church serves the world by giving the world the means to see itself truthfully. The first question we must ask is not ‘What should we do?’ but ‘What is going on?’” I believe this is a quote from Stanley
A note from IP Asheervadam came just before Christmas: “Today we have won the court case that was filed…against the Bible College, Dr. Arnold’s Presidency and my Principal-ship.” While this shows resolution to some aspects of this internal conflict, ICOMB continues to ask
Are you interested in attending Summit 2016 in Panama City? Meet leaders of our national churches, and learn about ICOMB’s agenda. Visit a church in one of the river villages, and take in Panamanian Indigenous culture. Contact the ICOMB office for
Uruguay and Brazil COBIM are beginning talks about planting churches in the region of Uruguay near the colonies around Bage, Brazil. This is very early, yet the Spirit of God is moving to bring the two groups together to pray
Colegio Americas Unidas celebrated their 50th anniversary in operation as a Mennonite Brethren Christian school, on Dec 11-12. Victor Wall of Paraguay, Education Facilitator for ICOMB represented our global family. Six leaders from Mennonite Church USA school support programs also attended,
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