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Women in solidarity with Sudan
Women in solidarity with Sudan
1-7 July, Khartoum, Sudan
The WCC and the All Africa Conference of Churches will send a delegation of five women from around the world to visit churches, community centres and women’s groups in and around Khartoum. This visit, following the 2003 Sudan focus of the Decade to Overcome Violence and hosted by the Sudan Council of Churches, is part of an ongoing series of solidarity visits to women in conflict situations.
WCC work with women
wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/jpc/women.html
Samuel Kobia to visit churches in Hong Kong
5-7 July, Hong Kong, China
WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia will visit churches in Hong Kong, the headquarters of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) and the Hong Kong Christian Council (HKCC). While in Hong Kong, Rev. Kobia will meet with church leaders to address issues of inter-religious relations in Asia and attend events related to the year-long celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the HKCC.
Samuel Kobia to attend triennial national forum, Australia
8-11 July, Adelaide, Australia
In an upcoming visit to Australia, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia will attend the 2004 triennial national forum of the National Council of Churches in Australia. During his visit, he will meet with the leaders of WCC member churches in Australia, spend time with Australian aboriginal communities and visit a refugee detention centre.
Samuel Kobia to meet church leaders in Fiji
12-15 July, Nadi, Fiji
WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia will meet leaders of WCC member and non-member churches to discuss current challenges to ecumenism and the role of churches in the Pacific. As a first step to addressing these challenges, Dr Kobia will hear from HIV/AIDS-positive people and visit church-related NGOs, regional ecumenical organizations and political leaders in the region.
Media contact in Fiji:
Fe’iloakitau Kaho Tevi, tel: +679 331 7509, mobile: +679 992 5935, [email protected]
Faith and Order Plenary Commission
28 July – 6 August, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Faith and Order Plenary Commission, a 76-year-old body referred to as the most comprehensive theological forum in Christendom, will bring together approximately 150 members of the clergy and laity as well as scholars, youth and outside observers under the theme "Receive one another as Christ has received you, to the glory of God" Romans 15:7. The Faith and Order Commission is comprised of clergy, laypersons, scholars and church leaders from around the world, and its membership includes representatives of the Roman Catholic Church.
Introduction to the Faith and Order Commission