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The next World Mission Conference is to be held in Arusha, Tanzania, 8-13 March 2018. The proposal to hold the conference was approved by the WCC Central Committee.

La próxima Conferencia mundial sobre misión se celebrará en Arusha, Tanzania, 8-13 de marzo de 2018. El Comité Central del CMI aprobó hoy en su reunión en Trondheim, Noruega, la propuesta para celebrar la conferencia.

Starting preparations for a Global Ecumenical Theological Institute in the context of the 2018 World Mission Conference in Africa was a tangible result of a meeting of 20 ecumenical educators from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific. They met from 22-24 May in Halle (Germany) at the invitation of the World Council of Churches project on Ecumenical Theological Education.

The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (WCC-EDAN) will flourish and become a source of increasing education and dialogue, said the programme’s leaders at a meeting in Kenya on 10-15 April.

La Red Ecuménica de Defensa de las Personas Discapacitadas del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (EDAN-CMI) florecerá y se convertirá en una fuente cada vez más abundante de educación y diálogo, según afirmaron los responsables de ese programa en una reunión que tuvo lugar en Kenia del 10 al 15 de abril.

A World Mission Conference, hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, is being planned for 2018, reported the executive group of the World Council of Church’s Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.

Está previsto que se celebre en 2018 una Conferencia Misionera Mundial, que acogerá la Iglesia Luterana de Tanzania, según informó el grupo ejecutivo de la Comisión de Misión Mundial y Evangelización del CMI.

The first of what will be 1,000 refugees from camps in Lebanon, Morocco and Ethiopia are arriving this month in Italy through a “Humanitarian Corridors” project organized by the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy, the Sant’ Egidio religious community and the Italian government.

While news headlines continue to document tragedies on land and sea as desperate people flee violence and abject poverty in their homelands, representatives of governments, UN agencies and civil society organizations, including churches and faith-based organizations, met 18-19 January at a high-level conference on the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe, hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mientras los titulares siguen informando sobre las tragedias que acontecen en tierra y mar a quienes están huyendo desesperados de la violencia y la pobreza abyecta que azota a sus países, representantes de gobiernos, organismos de las Naciones Unidas y organizaciones de la sociedad civil, incluidas las iglesias y otras organizaciones religiosas, se reunieron los días 18 y 19 de enero en una conferencia de alto nivel sobre la crisis de los refugiados y los migrantes en Europa, organizada por el CMI en Ginebra, Suiza.

A coalition of Protestant and Catholic organizations has reached an agreement with the Italian government to provide travel and integration services for refugees from North Africa and the Middle East.

Una coalición de organizaciones protestantes y católicas ha llegado a un acuerdo con el gobierno italiano para proporcionar servicios de viaje y de integración a los refugiados del norte de África y Oriente Medio.

“Disability does not mean inability! Human rights for all! Equality and access to good health care! Leave no one behind!” Slogans were plentiful at the 18th International Conference on AIDS and STIs. Some participants felt that the conference venue sadly belied these clarion calls as it was ill-equipped to handle the mobility and access needs of persons with disabilities.

During the 4th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, the WCC, in collaboration with the ACT Alliance and Lutheran World Federation, organized a side-event on “Faith-based organizations’ contribution to the protection of communities’ land rights: lessons learnt and good practices from Africa, Asia and Latin America” at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

Durante el cuarto Foro de las Naciones Unidas sobre las Empresas y los Derechos Humanos, el CMI en colaboración con ACT Alianza y la Federación Luterana Mundial, organizó un evento sobre “La contribución de las organizaciones religiosas a la protección de los derechos de las comunidades sobre las tierras: lecciones aprendidas y buenas prácticas de África, Asia y América Latina”.

Supported by the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network, people with disabilities are welcomed at the Bio Intensive Agricultural Training Centre run by the Methodist Church of Kenya. People with disabilities learn livelihood skills with other members of the community at the Centre, contributing towards local development.

Con el apoyo de la Red Ecuménica de Defensa de las Personas Discapacitadas del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, el Centro de formación en agricultura biointensiva, gestionado por la Iglesia Metodista de Kenya, acoge a personas con discapacidad. En el centro las personas con discapacidad adquieren aptitudes para la subsistencia junto a otros miembros de la comunidad, lo que contribuye al desarrollo local.

Despite significant steps taken by the Kenyan government, coordinator of the WCC Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network Dr Samuel Kabue says that “more needs to be done” so that people with disability can enjoy their rights.

To promote strong measures against climate change, the WCC and the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights organized a side event to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

As head of policy at Christian Aid, a key member of the ACT Alliance, Alison Kelly has an eye on sustainable development in what is seen as the prophetic voice of the church, which has a busy year in 2015.