Essay contest marks the 60th anniversary of the WCC:

In the run-up to its 60th anniversary in 2008, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invited young theologians and students of theology to submit essays addressing the theme:

Making a Difference Together -
Prospects for Ecumenism in the 21st Century.  

By the end of February, the WCC had received 55 essays from different church traditions, contexts and perspectives.

The six best essays have been printed in the Ecumenical Review and published on the WCC website.

The winners are:

• Ms Erin Brigham, Roman Catholic Church, USA:
  Communicative Action as an Approach to Ecumenical Dialogue

• Mr Beril Huliselan, Indonesian Christian Church (GKI), Indonesia:
  Bringing Unity Down to Earth

• Mr Gu Mengfei, China Christian Council, China:
  The Post-Denominational Era: Chinese Churches on the Way Towards Unity

• Mr Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar, Church of England, United Kingdom/India:
  Towards a Transforming Togetherness

• Rev. Chad Rimmer, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, USA/Denmark:
  Towards an Ecumenical Theology of the Wilderness

• Ms Lucy Wambui Waweru, Presbyterian Church of East Africa, Kenya/Netherlands:
  Preparing for Tomorrow

Additionally, the following essays were chosen for online publication:

• Ms Audrey deCoursey: Unity in Multiplicity: a Brethren Theology of Relationship toward Peace

• Mr Eun Young Hwang: Power, the World Dominion of Capital and the Nature of the Church

• Rev. Peter-Ben Smit: Ecumenism in Exile