Living and Learning Together Bearing witness during this season of COVID-19 at Capital Christian Fellowship by Paris Rossiter In Psalm 133:1-2, it says, “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe.” Community provides one of the central values… Read More
Celebration of Church Life ~ Celebración de la Vida de la Iglesia Plenary Videos: Celebration of Church Life Promo (English and Spanish) Plenary Keith Weaver State of LMC 2021 (English with Spanish subtitles) Second LMC Plenary Speaker, Pastor Desalegn Abebe from KMC (English with English subtitles) AAILT Report & LMC Intercultural Competency and Racial Reconciliation Report (English with Spanish subtitles) Governance & Structure Task Force CCL Report by Conrad Kanagy LMC ~ EMM Collaboration Report of Discussions… Read More
One Mission, For Many Languages Swahili at Stumptown by Keith Nyce “Come join us for dinner,” my friend said in broken English. Sitting down for dinner and having a basic understanding of the language can be interesting. You certainly have a nice evening, but at the end of the night, you wonder what exactly happened. At Stumptown Mennonite Church, God has blessed us by experiencing many cultures with about 6… Read More
One Mission, For Many Languages The Move of God in Baltimore by EECB Elders The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Baltimore is located in Baltimore, Maryland. Believers from Ethiopia and Eritrea gather together in fellowship. We are affiliated with Meserete Kristos Church. Our worship is conducted in Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia. The church started in 1991 when a few believers met and formed a Bible study group. Later the Lord… Read More
Excessive Happiness by Steve Shank When I graduated from college in my early twenties, I was not really following Jesus. I knew about Jesus, but I wasn’t on fire for God until I connected with a group of believers that challenged and changed my life. There I met Jesus as a real person, and I was filled with the Holy Spirit. For me everything changed. I caught… Read More
A Spirit-led Movement’ Article Summary in Swhahili Ningeelezea LMC kama harakati inayofuata Roho katika utume. Harakati ni chaguo la kuvutia la maneno. Harakati inamaanisha mabadiliko. Inamaanisha utetezi wa mabadiliko ambayo ni ya ukombozi na ya kubadilisha. Harakati inaonekana kama neno zuri kuelezea ushirika wetu wa makanisa. Maneno, “Kuongozwa na Roho,” katika taarifa ya ujumbe wa LMC hufanya sifa muhimu. Kama Matendo 1: 4-5 inavyoonyesha, utume wa Mungu unahitaji ujazo na uwezeshwaji wa… Read More
A Spirit-led Movement’ Article Summary in Amharic ኤል.ኤም.ሲን በተልእኮ ውስጥ መንፈስን እንደሚከተል እንቅስቃሴ እገልጻለሁ ፡፡ እንቅስቃሴ አስደሳች የቃላት ምርጫ ነው ፡፡ እንቅስቃሴ ለውጥን ያመለክታል ፡፡ ቤዛ እና ለውጥ የሚያስገኝ የለውጥ ተሟጋችነትን የሚያመለክት ነው ፡፡ እንቅስቃሴ የቤተክርስቲያናትን ህብረት ለመግለፅ ጥሩ ቃል ይመስላል። በኤል.ኤም.ሲ ተልእኮ መግለጫ ውስጥ “በመንፈስ መሪነት” የሚለው ሐረግ አስፈላጊ ብቃትን ይሰጣል ፡፡ እንደ ሥራ 1: 4-5 እንደሚያመለክተው የእግዚአብሔር ተልእኮ የመንፈስ ቅዱስን መሙላት እና ኃይልን ይጠይቃል ፡፡ ይህ ሐረግ “በመንፈስ መሪነት የሚደረግ… Read More
A Spirit-led Movement By Keith Weaver In 2019 at our Celebration of Church Life, I led a workshop where I described the growing geographic footprint of LMC. Someone asked the question, “Keith, are we an area conference, or is LMC a denomination, or are we a fellowship of churches?” After fumbling around and not really answering the question, Richard Showalter, who was in the audience, helped me out… Read More