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	<description>Website for Bridgefolk, a movement of sacramentally-minded Mennonites and peace-minded Roman Catholics who come together to celebrate each other&#039;s traditions, explore each other&#039;s practices, and honor each other&#039;s contribution to the mission of Christ&#039;s Church.</description>
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		<title>MWC requests prayer for Honduran church following murder of pastor</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mennonite World Conference has issued the following press release in the wake of the murder of Rafael Erasmo Arevalo, a Mennonite pastor in Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras.  Bridgefolk participant Joetta Schlabach has been traveling in Central America and had recently talked with other church workers in the Copán area.  Motives for the murder are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Larry Miller reflects on 22 years at the helm of Mennonite World Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mennonite World Conference news release by Phyllis Pellman Good “As long as the wind is in its sails. . .” Larry Miller remembers one moment clearly when, as a 38-year-old, he was weighing whether or not to accept the nomination to lead Mennonite World Conference. The year was 1988, 23 years ago, and he was sitting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing César García, in-coming MWC General Secretary</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2011/08/16/introducing-cesar-garcia-in-coming-mwc-general-secretary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mennonite World Conference  news release By Kathy Heinrichs Wiest As one amateur Mennonite historian likes to point out, the only real Mennonite name is Menno Simons. From there on down through history, the rest of the family names are just &#8220;add-ons.&#8221; After a series of Mennonite World Conference (MWC) secretaries named Dyck (1961-73), Kraybill (1973-90) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MWC&#8217;s Larry Miller to lead Global Christian Forum</title>
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		<comments>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2011/06/13/mwcs-larry-miller-to-lead-global-christian-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strasbourg, France (MWC)&#8211;The Global Christian Forum (GCF) has appointed Larry Miller to become its first full-time Secretary when he completes nearly 22 years as the General Secretary of the Mennonite World Conference (MWC). The GCF, formed in 1998, is a growing global initiative that seeks to bring leaders of all Christian churches in the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MWC  names first general secretary from the global South</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2011/05/09/mwc-names-first-general-secretary-from-the-global-south/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[César García has been leader in Mennonite-Catholic dialogue in Colombia Mennonite World Conference has just announced the appointment of its next General Secretary.  A search of Bridgefolk&#8217;s online archives suggests that García already has a record of involvement in Mennonite-Catholic dialogue in Colombia and advocacy for continued dialogue at the international level.  Here is the MWC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lutherans and Mennonites seek reconciliation, forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/09/09/lutheran-reconciliation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STUTTGART, Germany– In what Bishop Mark S. Hanson, President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), described as possibly “the most significant legacy this Assembly will leave,” the Eleventh Assembly of the LWF today took the historic step of asking the Mennonites for forgiveness for past persecutions. Delegates unanimously approved a statement calling Lutherans to express [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite World Conference endorses dialogue with Catholics, Lutherans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia &#8211; During its annual meeting in July, the Executive Committee of Mennonite World Conference approved participation in a tri-lateral conversation with the Lutheran World Federation and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.  General Secretary Larry Miller reflected: “Because of our history, we Anabaptists have often seen ourselves as heirs of martyrs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican&#8217;s ecumenical council proposes renewed dialogue with Mennonites</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/07/16/vaticans-ecumenical-council-proposes-renewed-dialogue-with-mennonites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Information Service publication of the Vatican&#8217;s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) includes news that the PCPCU has sent a letter to the Mennonite World Council &#8220;proposing a round of conversations.&#8221;  The council suggests that this new round of dialogue begin in late 2010 or early 2011, and that discussions center on &#8220;the theology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite World Conference participates in WCC theological dialogue</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2009/12/15/mennonite-world-conference-participates-in-wcc-theological-dialogue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strasbourg, France (MWC) &#8211;  How and where does the global church discuss issues such as the nature and mission of the church, sources of authority and moral discernment in the churches? One long-standing forum for important discussions such as these is the Faith and Order Plenary Commission of the World Council of Churches. This body, [...]]]></description>
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