Towards full participation of people with disabilities in churches
In a recent meeting in the Netherlands, theologians and ecumenists came together to give renewed consideration to an interim statement titled A Church of All and for All, first produced in 2003 by the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (EDAN), a project of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the WCC’s Commission on Faith and Order.
New mission statement part of European ecumenical study course
A new WCC document on mission and evangelism was presented and discussed at a recent European ecumenical study course in Josefstal, Germany.
Consultation reflects on how to build peace with justice in Asia
At a WCC consultation in Hong Kong participants reflected on “Asia’s human security challenges” today and how to strengthen efforts of working towards “sustainable peace with justice in Northeast Asia.”