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 | 1989 Moscow (1.1 mb)When the central committee met in Moscow in 1989 (pictured: a worship at the Moscow Baptist Church), everyone knew the Council was in a huge transition in global context, church and ecumenical situation. Renewal, if not radical reform, was essential. © WCC/Peter Williams |
 | 1990 JPC Seoul (523.61 kb)The World Convocation on Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation in Seoul, Korea, 1990 © WCC/Peter Williams |
 | 1991 Canberra (591.08 kb)A controversial presentation on the assembly theme by Dr Chung Hyun Kyung of Korea, at the 7th WCC assembly in Canberra, Australia, 1991. © WCC/Peter Williams |
 | 1992 Yugoslavia (931.87 kb)Patriarch Pavle, Serbian Orthodox Church, left, and Cardinal Franjo Kuharic, Roman Catholic Church, right, in Geneva 1992. © WCC/Peter Williams |
 | 1993 Koinonia (690.79 kb)At the 5th World Conference on Faith and Order in Santiago de Compostela. Rev. Dr Günther Gassman, director of Faith and Order, Lutheran, Germany; Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Anglican, South Africa; Rev. Dr Soritua Nababan, Lutheran, Indonesia. |
 | 1998 Harare (480.09 kb)The 8th assembly in Harare, Zimbabwe, 1998 was a jubilant celebration of 50 years in fellowship. |
 | 2003 Genocide (605.87 kb)"The scars of memory" an installation by Ghanaian artist Kofi Setordji at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, 2003. It calls to mind the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which nearly a million people were killed. © WCC/Peter Williams |
 | 2005 Critical Moment (1012.2 kb)Dr Yehuda Stolov, a Jewish scholar from Israel, and Heba Raouf Ezzat, a Muslim from Egypt. © WCC/Peter Williams |
 | 2006 March for Peace (1.24 mb)The march for peace in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in February 2006 was part of the 9th WCC assembly and of the 2001-2011 Decade to Overcome Violence. © WCC/Paulino Menezes |