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![]() | 1968 Uppsala (983.67 kb)After lighting candles at a "tree of reconciliation" in Uppsala Cathedral, participants in the WCC 4th assembly in 1968 gave a donation to the Martin Luther King Fund. |
![]() | Combat against racism (1.01 mb)Participants from Kenya, Fiji and Australia (pictured together with the WCC's Rev. Daisuke Kitagawa, right) of an 1969 consultation on racism in Notting Hill, London. |
![]() | 1975 Nairobi (638.77 kb)The Nairobi assembly in 1975 was the first to be held in Africa. |
![]() | 1981 Community of Women and Men (967.57 kb)International conference on the Community of Women and Men in the Church 1981 in Sheffield, England © WCC/John Taylor |
![]() | 1983 Vancouver (466.2 kb)A night-long vigil for peace at the 6th Assembly in Vancouver 1983 commemorated the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 38 years earlier. |
![]() | 1984 education (601.74 kb)The Majahida Bible School in Tanzania trains African Inland Church pastors and theologians. © WCC/Peter Williams |
![]() | 1984 John Paul II (977.7 kb)On Pentecost 1984: John Paul II (left) and WCC general secretary Philip Potter (right) at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. © WCC/Peter Williams |
![]() | 1985 Argentina (1.12 mb)Paula Logares, a girl who had disappeared, lights a candle at the central committee meeting in Buenos Aires. © WCC/Peter Williams |
![]() | 1986 Diakonia (877.02 kb)Collage at the global ecumenical consultation on interchurch aid in Larnaca, Cyprus 1986 © WCC/Peter Williams |
![]() | 1988 baptism (760.43 kb)A baptism at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Leningrad, 1988 |
![]() | 1968 Uppsala candles p42 01 (983.67 kb)After lighting candles at a "tree of reconciliation" in Uppsala Cathedral, participants in the 4th assembly in 1968 gave a donation to the Martin Luther King Fund. |












