Committee members are (l–r) Sarah Thompson (North America), Amandus Reimer (South America), Elina Ciptadi (Asia), Khohlwani Moyo (Africa) and Barbara Kärcher (Europe).
Youth want to be involved in decisions in their churches, especially on issues relating to them. This is a message a five-member youth committee will give in its action plan to the next Mennonite World Conference (MWC) executive committee meeting. After 18 months of e-mail contact, the group (created after the 2003 Global Youth Summit in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe), now called “AMIGOS: A global community of youth Anabaptists” had their first face-to-face meeting in St. Jacobs, Ontario with Elina Ciptadi of Jakarta, Indonesia, as chair. They discussed challenges like living in a pluralistic world, bringing intimacy with God back to their families and church, and mentoring youth in the church, as well as concerns unique to their continent. The group is currently working on planning and fundraising for the Global Youth Summit that will happen in Paraguay in 2009.
Read more about AMIGOS’ fundraising vision and about how to make a donation to help this global Anabaptist youth network continue.
2 Responses to “About AMIGOS”
• On Jun 6, 2009 keijo wrote:
And today I expect greatful deeds and visions of heavenly Fathers presence and life in Christ with songs and celebrate in joy, for Jesus is coming let us be ready and wach us from all sin,thanks and bless and pray,keijo sweden
• On Dec 12, 2010 Ruben Arrellaga wrote:
hola, soy de paraguay. lei mucho sobre su viaje por america en bicicleta, estoy planeando un viaje similar tambien en bicicleta pero en direccion contraria, de sur a norte. me gustaria recibir algun consejo de ustedes que ya hicieron el viaje.
Felicidades por terminar ese viaje. de verdad creo que es una experiencia de vida.
espero que contesten este mensaje.
Saludos desde paraguay.