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Advocacy Outline - WCC Easter Initiative 2024

As we witness the ongoing violence and injustice in the Holy Land and seek to stand in solidarity with its peoples struggling to find peace, the 2024 WCC-EAPPI Easter initiative lifts up the call to roll away the heavy stone of violence, war, and occupation, pain, and suffering, and to remind the world of what is needed to bring about peace, and to transform swords into ploughshares.

WCC Programmes

True Freedom

Ein neuer internationaler Kurs für die Fastenzeit 2024
Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata
Bishop Alastair Redfern
Frederique Seidel
Caroline Virgo
Claire Walford

A new global resource from The World Council of Churches and The Clewer Initiative, True Freedom is a six-week course for Lent. It draws on themes from the book of Galatians and encourages individuals and churches to respond to modern slavery in their communities.

True Freedom includes:

  • A short Bible study on the book of Galatians
  • A reflection written by Revd Dr Kenneth Mtata and Bishop Alastair Redfern
  • Questions for group discussion or personal reflection
  • Case studies from churches around the world
  • Information and statistics about modern slavery
  • Artwork to contemplate and discuss

True Freedom is available in English, German, French, Spanish, and Dutch 

CHRISTLICHES ZEUGNIS UND HANDELN FÜR MENSCHENWÜRDE UND MENSCHENRECHTE (Erklärung)

Der Geist des Herrn ist auf mir,

weil er mich gesalbt hat

und gesandt, zu verkündigen das Evangelium den Armen,

zu predigen den Gefangenen, dass sie frei sein sollen,

und den Blinden, dass sie sehen sollen,

und die Zerschlagenen zu entlassen in die Freiheit

und zu verkündigen das Gnadenjahr des Herrn.

(Lukas 4;18-19)

Der derzeitige globale Kontext ist geprägt von eskalierenden Konflikten, Spaltungen, Ungleichbehandlungen, wiedererstarkendem Rassismus, fremdenfeindlichen Angriffen auf Migrierende, Antisemitismus, Verletzungen der Frauenrechte und anderen Formen der Diskriminierung, Bedrohungen von Menschenrechtsverfechtern, autoritären Regierungssystemen, populistischem Nationalismus sowie religiösem und anderweitigem Extremismus, die eine massive Gefahr für die körperliche Sicherheit sowie die Menschenwürde und die Rechte diverser Gemeinschaften und Einzelpersonen rund um die Welt darstellen.

Executive committee

Climate Justice with and for Children and Youth in Churches

Get Informed, Get Inspired, Take Action
Research & Coordination: Frederique Seidel
Research assistant: Virág Kinga Mezei

This toolkit provides resources for churches, church-run schools, and summer camps to support intergenerational climate and environmental justice and promote care for children by stopping further global warming. All churches are encouraged to promote education and action to address climate change, reduce CO2 emissions, and protect the environment in their activities for and with children and youth.

Cooler Earth – Higher Benefits Second Edition

Actions by those who care about children, climate and finance
Frederique Seidel
Emmanuel de Martel

The second edition of this publication gives suggestions of how churches and other organizations around the world can respond to the climate emergency through investment decisions that are crucial to protect children from global warming. Contains updated tables and reports.

The third edition was published in August 2022 and is available here

Kindern aus dem Schatten und ins Licht helfen

Material für Spirituelles Leben, das Sexuelle Gewalt Gegen Kinder Bekämpft

A spiritual life booklet, with Bible studies, songs, and prayers that can be used to understand what the Bible says about children, sexual violence, and the role of the church to be a refuge.