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Central Committee (30 August - 6 September 2006)

The central committee serves as the main decision-making body of the WCC between assemblies. This is the first meeting of the new committee, elected last February at the 9th Assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It will decide on programme plans and a renewed organizational structure, and will appoint a series of advisory bodies.  

21.09.06 11:12

We are called to work in this broken world "for such a time as this" Interview with WCC president Rev. Dr Bernice Powell Jackson

Rev. Dr Bernice Powell Jackson

Rev. Dr Bernice Powell Jackson talks about her life-long commitment to justice, some of her sources of spiritual inspiration, and some of the current challenges she sees for the churches in the ecumenical movement.

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15.09.06 12:12

"People in the pew ask why can't we worship, live and work together now?" Interview with WCC president Dr Mary Tanner

Dr Mary Tanner, Church of England, WCC president

Elected as one of the eight presidents of the World Council of Churches (WCC) at the 9th Assembly in Porto Alegre, Tanner speaks in the following interview about the promises and challenges lying ahead of the ecumenical...

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14.09.06 14:37

"It is a scandal for Christians to remain isolated" Interview with WCC president Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania

Archbishop Dr Anastasios of Tirana

The rich ecumenical and church experience of Archbishop Dr Anastasios of Tirana, head of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, spans four decades and several continents. Sent to Albania for the first time in...

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