Suchergebnisse

Side Event for the 50th Session of the Human Rights Council.

The joint publication of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and ACT Alliance, offering resources to strengthen the diaconal capacity of the churches and to advance cooperation with their ecumenical partners, will be presented online on 9 June at 15.00 CET.

A briefing on 25 May at 12.00-13.30 CET will feature experts who will offer crucial updates on the global food crisis as well as a summary of urgent response from faith-based group, civil society, and governments.

28 May (Saturday)  is Menstrual Hygiene Day. On 30 May, 2022 (Monday), the WCC Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) and the Just Community of Women and Men (JCWM) along with their partner Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) invite you to a webinar to mark this important day. 

A capacity building session on the Statement “Climate Responsible Finance -  A Moral Imperative Towards Children”, released on 9 May by  the World Council of Churches (WCC), United Nations Environment Programme, Muslim Council of Elders, and NY Board of Rabbis.

A webinar commemorating Africa Day on 24 May will explore "Pluralism, Racism and Xenophobia: The colonial and missionary legacy and conflict in post-colonial Africa.”

A 25 May webinar—held on the exact same date of the tragic killing of George Floyd—will explore how the racial justice landscape has evolved, particularly in the United States as well as at the United Nations (UN).

With the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly approaching in less than four months, Orthodox Churches will convene in Cyprus for a pre-assembly to prepare themselves for the larger event in Karlsruhe, Germany, 31 August – 8 September.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will speak on “Churches and humanitarian aid” during a conference organized by the Foundation Dialogue for Peace, to be held 10 June in Geneva. 

An upcoming webinar on 3 May will explore the theme of “Sacraments and Sacramentality of the Church/The Theme of Sin in Relation to the Church as Such” as part of a continuing series offered by the World Council of Churches’ Faith and Order Commission.

As part of an ongoing series on bilateral dialogues, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will host a webinar, “Church, Mission, and the Bonds of Koinonia,” on 27 April that will bring in voices from the Anglican Communion, World Communion of Reformed Churches, and World Pentecostal Fellowship.

A side event of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's Civil Society Policy Forum Spring Meetings 2022

Als Teil der internationalen Konferenz, die vom 9. bis 12. April in Wuppertal in Deutschland stattfinden wird, wird die virtuelle Podiumsdiskussion die Herausforderungen einer gemeinsamen Vision von Kirchen zu Menschenrechten in der Gegenwart reflektieren und biblische, theologische und praktische Perspektiven zu menschlicher Würde zusammenbringen.

Part of the international conference held on 9-12 April in Wuppertal, Germany, the online panel discussion on 11 April will reflect on the challenges for a common vision of churches on human rights today, bringing together biblical, theological and practical perspectives on human dignity.