Showalter: Honduran forgiveness

Feb 18, 2019 by

Showalter: Honduran forgiveness

Christians know the cost of reconciliation. It stands at the core of the gospel in the suffering and death of Jesus for our salvation. Greater love has no one than a life sacrificed for others. Reconciliation...

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Leaders set example of forgiveness in Honduras

Dec 3, 2018 by and

People prepare to receive communion at the reconciliation event of the Amor Viviente (Living Love) and Centro Christiana Internacional denominations Nov. 14 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. — Richard Showalter for MWR

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Leaders of the Amor Viviente (Living Love) and Centro Cristiano Internacional churches met Nov. 14 in an act of reconciliation and mutual forgiveness. They embraced in the presence of...

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MWC census: Anabaptist world membership up slightly

Nov 26, 2018 by and

People worship at a congregation of Uganda Mennonite Church, a new member of Mennonite World Conference in 2017 and one of the growing Anabaptist churches in Africa. — Uganda Mennonite Church

Membership in Anabaptist churches worldwide grew 0.7 percent since 2015, according to Mennonite World Conference’s triennial census released Nov. 20. By MWC’s count, the Ana­baptist-Men­non­ite faith...

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‘Brother, you are forgiven’

Oct 20, 2014 by and

Adalid Romero, left, president of Iglesia Evangelica Menonita Hondureña, and Carlos Marín Montoya, president of Amor Viviente, embrace at the 2013 Holy Spirit in Mission Conference in Singapore. — Javier Soler

LA CEIBA, Honduras — After decades of misunderstanding and little collaboration, the two largest Anabaptist groups in Honduras have publicly reconciled. In August 2013, leaders from the groups — Amor...

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