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El cristianismo está creciendo más rápidamente en África que en cualquier otra parte del mundo, dice el Rev. Dr. Lawrence Iwuamadi, profesor de hermenéutica bíblica ecuménica en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey. El 15 de febrero el Rev. Iwuamadi organizó un debate sobre la antología del cristianismo africano, que fue acogido por el CMI en el Centro Ecuménico de Ginebra y contó con la participación de un grupo de expertos.

In the new issue of International Review of Mission, a dozen authors from a variety of regional and confessional contexts explore the theme of the forthcoming world mission conference, to be held in Arusha, Tanzania, 8-13 March 2018.

En la última edición de la revista internacional sobre misión International Review of Mission, una docena de autores de distintos contextos regionales y confesionales exploran el tema de la próxima Conferencia Mundial sobre Misión, que tendrá lugar en Arusha (Tanzania), del 8 al 13 de marzo de 2018.

On 6 December, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (EDAN) and the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) launched three new theological resources during the 7th AACC Theological Institute.

Twenty church leaders from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania met in Arusha, Tanzania from 7-11 November to discuss deepening inclusion, participation and active involvement of persons with disabilities in the spiritual, social, economic and structural life of the church and society. The forum was organized by the WCC Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network and hosted by the Council of Churches in Tanzania.

Dr Samuel Kabue, an ordained elder of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa, has been the person behind the solid work of the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network over the past years. On 6 October, he was interviewed by WCC communications, in Geneva, and talked about his memoirs, “From the Village to the World”, the importance of inclusiveness and the loud prophetic voice of the minorities in church and society.

Including persons with disabilities and the aged in humanitarian practices was the theme for the 4th annual International Humanitarian Partnership Conference in Nairobi on 21-22 September. More than 140 humanitarian practitioners, academicians and advocates met for the conference, organized by the Inter Agency Working Group on Disaster Preparedness for East and Central Africa (IAWG). The theme was “Disability and Age Inclusion in Humanitarian Practice: Scaling up inclusive practices toward the achievement of Agenda 2030.”

Blantyre Synod is the component part of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) for the southern region of Malawi. The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed the Blantyre Synod to the ecumenical fellowship in July at the WCC Central Committee meeting. Rev. Alex Benson Maulana, general secretary of the Blantyre Synod, spoke to WCC news about why the synod has joined WCC.

El Sínodo de Blantyre representa a la Iglesia Presbiteriana de África Central en Malawi en la región meridional de Malawi. El CMI acogió al Sínodo de Blantyre en su comunidad ecuménica en julio, en la reunión del Comité Central del Consejo. El Rev. Alex Benson Maulana, secretario general del Sínodo de Blantyre, ha contado a las noticias del CMI las razones que llevaron a su organización a unirse al Consejo.

Forty representatives of national councils of persons with disabilities from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda met in Kigali, Rwanda from 8-11 August to explore ways in which they can promote disability-inclusive development in East Africa.

Cuarenta representantes de consejos nacionales de personas con discapacidad de Burundi, Kenia, Ruanda, Tanzania y Uganda se reunieron en Kigali (Ruanda) del 8 al 11 de agosto para estudiar de qué maneras pueden promover un desarrollo que tenga en cuenta la discapacidad en África Oriental.

Increasingly, the unity of the church is threatened by different positions on moral issues. In response to this, the Faith and Order Commission of the WCC continues to study how churches arrive at the ethical decisions they make.

Con cada vez más frecuencia la unidad de la iglesia se ve amenazada por diferentes posturas sobre cuestiones morales. En respuesta a ello, la Comisión de Fe y Constitución del CMI sigue estudiando cómo llegan las iglesias a las decisiones éticas que toman.

A five-day consultation on “Evangelism in Theological Education and Missiological Formation In Africa” drew some 25 participants who explored what it means to live out authentic Christian witness within secular, multicultural and multi-religious contexts.

La consulta de cinco días sobre “La evangelización en la educación teológica y la formación misiológica en África” reunió a unos veinticinco participantes que examinaron lo que significa vivir el auténtico testimonio cristiano en contextos laicos, multiculturales y plurirreligiosos.

Interview with Fr James Oyet-Latansio (JOL), general secretary of the Christian Council in South Sudan and Mr Ferdinand von Habsburg-Lothringen (FHL), advisor on reconciliation, South Sudan Council of Churches

Entrevista con el Padre James Oyet-Latansio (JOL), secretario general del Consejo Cristiano de Sudán del Sur y el señor Ferdinand von Habsburg-Lothringen (FHL), asesor en materia de reconciliación, Consejo de Iglesias de Sudán del Sur.

Dr Samuel Kabue, executive secretary of the WCC’s Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network, an initiative of the World Council of Churches, was elected to the Committee of Experts to the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities.

Hope in a Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace formed the integral thread for proceedings at the meeting of the Central Committee of the WCC in Trondheim, Norway this week. The 2016 meeting took place 22-28 June, the second gathering since the Central Committee was elected at the WCC 10th Assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea in 2013.

La esperanza en la peregrinación de justicia y paz fue el hilo conductor de los procedimientos de la reunión del Comité Central del CMI celebrada en Trondheim (Noruega).