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Dr Jurjen Zeilstra is a historian and theologian. His biography “Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985 Living for the Unity of the Church” served as a dissertation in the humanities at the Amsterdam Free University in order to receive the degree of Ph.D. in 2018. Willem Visser 't Hooft led the World Council of Churches (WCC) during its formative stages. Below, Dr Zeilstra reflects on what it was like to study the life of Visser 't Hooft.

In a letter to its European sister organizations, the Council of Churches in the Netherlands reiterated its call to the Dutch government to honour the call from the European Committee regarding the relocation of vulnerable and unaccompanied children from Greek refugee camps. The letter also urges European sister organizations to appeal to their governments to exercise the same human compassion.

Bernadette Butler, who is from the Bahamas, shared a morning reflection at the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 21 October. She spoke as part of the ecumenical prayer cycle for the people of the Caribbean.

Nachdem Bischof Theophilus Rolle, der auf den Bahamas lebt, dem Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) eine erste Einschätzung der Lage nach Hurrikan Dorian übermittelt hatte, hat der ÖRK zu Gebeten und Solidarität der weltweiten Gemeinschaft mit den Menschen aufgerufen, die von dem Sturm hart getroffen wurden.

As Bishop Theophilus Rolle, living in the Bahamas, shared initial assessments with the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, the WCC in turn called for prayers and solidarity across the world for the people suffering greatly during the storm.

Pastorin Kelli Jolly ist es wie viele Menschen auf den Bahamas gewohnt, Jahr für Jahr mit dem Wissen zu leben, dass mehrere Wirbelstürme über sie hinwegziehen könnten. Jolly ist reisende Älteste im Kirchenkreis Nassau im Distrikt Bahamas/Turks- & Caicosinseln der Methodistischen Kirche in der Karibik und Lateinamerika.

Rev. Kelli Jolly, like many Bahamians, is used to living through the possibility of multiple hurricanes, year after year. She serves as itinerant presbyter with the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas, Bahamas/Turks and Caicos Islands District, Nassau Circuit of Churches.

Pastor Kirkland Russel, anglikanischer Priester aus Grand Bahama, sprach am 2. September mit dem Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK), während der Hurrikan Dorian über der Insel praktisch stehen blieb, eine drohende Sturmflut mit sich brachte und zahlreiche Menschen in Schrecken versetzte.

Rev. Kirkland Russel, an Anglican priest from Grand Bahama, spoke with the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 2 September as slow-moving Hurricane Dorian lingered over the island, bring-ing a threatening storm surge and trauma to many people.

A delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) including representatives from Malaysia and Jordan as well as the Director of the WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) visited The Bahamas from 13-17 November 2018 to consult with church leaders, to participate in a workshop coordinated by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Das Ökumenische Wassernetzwerk (ÖWN) des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) lädt anlässlich der Fastenzeit zu Reflexionen zum Thema Wasser ein. Seit 2008 veröffentlicht das ÖWN in den sieben Wochen der Fastenzeit wöchentlich und anlässlich des Weltwassertags am 22. März theologische Reflexionen und andere Materialien zum Thema Wasser. Dieses Jahr steht Lateinamerika im Mittelpunkt.

The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network (WCC-EWN) invites you to use the season of Lent to reflect on water. Since 2008, EWN has been providing weekly theological reflections and other resources on water for the seven weeks of Lent and for World Water Day on 22 March. This year, the focus is on Latin America.

„Die Menschen in der Karibik können aus einem umfassenden Fundus an Erzählungen schöpfen, die das spirituelle Leben von Menschen christlichen Glaubens auf der ganzen Welt bereichern können“, sagte Anthony Currer vom Päpstlichen Rat zur Förderung der Einheit der Christen.

“The people of the Caribbean have a rich story to tell, one that can enrich the spiritual lives of Christians around the world,” said Fr Anthony Currer of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. That very story was shared in a heartfelt way this week at an ecumenical gathering to create the first draft of the text that will be used for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2018.

Hopes and aspirations for peace were expressed on 20 September at the Peace Palace in the Netherlands, site of a “Walk of Peace” held on the second day of the International Week of Peace. The event was organized by the Council of Churches in the Netherlands and PAX, a Dutch peace organization, in cooperation with local churches in The Hague.

Mit Blick auf die gegenwärtige Flüchtlingskrise sollen die europäischen Kirchen ihre Anstrengungen bei der Aufnahme, der Unterstützung und dem Schutz von Flüchtlin¬gen, die in der Region ankommen, weiter verstärken. Dazu haben der ÖRK, die Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen und die Kommission der Kirchen für Migranten in Europa in einem gemeinsam verfassten Brief aufgerufen.

In view of the current refugee crisis, European churches are being encouraged to deepen their efforts in receiving, supporting and protecting refugees who arrive in the region. This call was made in a letter issued jointly by the WCC, the Conference of European Churches and the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe.

A set of recommendations advocating the rights of stateless persons was presented by a World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation at the First Global Forum on Statelessness organized by the UNHCR and Tilburg University in The Hague, Netherlands.

To give visibility to the voices of stateless people in our society as well as to strategize together in how to support protection of their rights, a consultation was held by church organizations in Den Dolder, the Netherlands, in preparation of the UNHCR First Global Forum on Statelessness to be held from 15 to 17 September in The Hague.