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  • 6. June 10

    Christian mission needs to address greed, says WCC general secretary

    Colorful diversity

    Christian mission is about sharing both the gospel and material goods, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has said preaching in Edinburgh on Sunday, 6 June.

  • 5. June 10

    Christian leaders see value in common journey

    O. Fykse Tveit, B. Farrell, G. Tunnicliffe

    The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) has played a significant role in helping bishops educated in a dated “theology of exclusion” to move towards a genuine “ecumenical commitment”. This was one of the remarks made by a leading Vatican figure at a press conference held at an international conference on world Christianity.

  • 5. June 10

    Evangelization and social justice belong together, says WCC representative

    Bishop Geevarghese Mor Coorilos

    The need to keep together evangelism and the quest for social justice was highlighted by a representative of an ecumenical mission body speaking at an international church conference in Edinburgh on 3 June.

  • 20. May 10

    Message of the presidents of the WCC at Pentecost 2010

    In 2010, this year just as at the time of the first Pentecost, Christians throughout the world, in their respective churches, will celebrate Pentecost in hundreds of different languages and will sing hymns in their own languages giving praise to the Lord.

  • 20. May 10

    WCC Living Letters team in Nigeria listens to survivors of violence, prays at mass grave

    It was a deeply moving experience for the Living Letters team visiting Nigeria on behalf of the World Council of Churches (WCC) when they gathered to pray around a mass grave in Dogonahawa, near Jos, in the Central Plateau State on Tuesday. About 323 locals murdered last March have been buried at the site.

  • 8. April 10

    Peace workshop proposals invited, deadline extended

    The World Council of Churches (WCC) has extended the deadline for the submission of workshop proposals for the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) to take place in Jamaica in May 2011. The new deadline to submit proposals is 31 May 2010.

  • 4. February 10

    Two new scholarship endowments for Bossey

    The endowment of two new scholarship funds geared towards facilitating studies at the Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches (WCC) was celebrated at the graduation ceremony for the 61st session of the institute's Graduate School of Ecumenical Studies on 3 February.

  • 25. January 10

    WCC calls for Haiti's foreign debt to be cancelled

    The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has called on the international community to cancel Haiti's foreign debt.

  • 22. January 10

    WCC congratulates newly elected Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej

    In a congratulatory letter to Bishop Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Nis, who was elected patriarch by the holy assembly of bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Friday, 22 January, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit expressed " extraordinary joy" at the news of the election.

  • 13. January 10

    WCC expresses solidarity with churches under attack in Malaysia

    In a 13 January solidarity letter to the churches in Malaysia, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit expressed deep concern and profound sorrow about recent attacks against church buildings in the country following a controversy over the right of Christians to use the term "Allah" to refer to God.