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Staff changes in WCC International Relations and Media Relations
Appointed as coordinator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) International Relations team and director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) by the WCC executive committee in February, Peter Weiderud from Sweden took up his new post on 1 September 2002. Weiderud succeeds Dwain Epps, who retired at the end of August 2002...
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Dreaming of peace: Ecumenical accompaniers begin work in Palestine and Israel
By Royal Orr
Cf. Press update 02-25 of August 26
This is the first story in a three-part series on the accompaniment...
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WCC cautions Iraq, US, UK, France, Russia and China on threatened military action
The new director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Peter Weiderud, yesterday sent messages to Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and to...
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Church leaders have much to contribute to African unity
"Promoting church and ecumenical leadership is an essential part of reconstructing Africa... African leaders themselves recognize that the unity of the churches is an essential part of the search for African unity," says World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser.
The planners of a pan-African conference called...
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The Johannesburg plan of implementation doesn't hold water
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WSSD: "Kyoto is not enough" ecumenical statement warns
A statement calling on governments and people to take action in solidarity with those most affected by climate change was released 2...
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WCC Central Committee charts course for the future
Questions on the future shape of the ecumenical movement and of the World Council of Churches (WCC) dominated this year's WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva. The meeting adjourned on Tuesday, 3 September.
WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser set the tone in his opening report on Monday, 26 August, when he called for a "new ecumenical configuration" in the 21st...
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Central Committee 2002 Press Releases
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With only three days to go, Ecumenical Team says global trade interests dominate Earth Summit
An Ecumenical Team coordinated by the World Council of Churches (WCC) fears that over the next three days, when heads of state gather in Johannesburg to conclude the World Summit of Sustainable Development (WSSD), global trade interests will win out...
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Ninth Assembly will be in Porto Alegre
The Ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) will be in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2006, the Central Committee decided Monday (2 September).
The delegates made their decision by paper ballot after a recommending committee split three ways on possible venues. Churches in Korea and Cyprus also invited the...
