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A book discussion on “Ahead of Her Time: Pan-African Women of Faith and the Vision of Christian Unity, Mission, and Justice,” showed how women of pan-African descent are bringing the wisdom and fire of ecumenism into the hearts and minds of the next generation.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) acepta para los puestos directivos las candidaturas de personas que quieran aprovechar el impulso creado por la comunidad mundial para dar continuidad a la labor que realiza en materia de unidad, justicia y paz.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is accepting applications for staff leadership positions from people who want to continue and build on the momentum of the global fellowship in its ongoing work for unity, justice and peace.

Students at the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Institute at Bossey marked Thursdays in Black on 10 October, together with a group of visitors from Sweden.

Over 30 seasoned theological educators, emerging theologians and researchers, church ministers and practitioners engaged in grassroots adult education gathered at the Ecumenical Institute Bossey, near Geneva, Switzerland, 12-15 May, to reflect on eco-theology and theological education.

Rev. Dr Katie Geneva Cannon, the first African-American woman ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), died on 8 August at age 68.

Chō Takeda Kiyoko passed away on 12 April at the age of 100. Throughout her many scholarly pursuits, she always strived to deepen her engagement with global ecumenical Christianity. The World Council of Churches released a tribute.

The marketplace - also referred to as a “sokoni" - became an opportunity for faith and community-based institutions to share what they do to improve the lives of people around them.

En los alrededores de la Conferencia sobre Misión Mundial y Evangelización (CMME), varias personas y grupos organizaron numerosas exposiciones de coloridos artículos para su venta: bolsos, ropa tradicional, zapatos, joyas y piezas de arte.

If women will not support each other to step up to the pulpit or become engaged in politics, then gender equality will not be a priority issue for leaders both in the church and in government, says Eppie Marecheau, Christian educator and president of the Christian Council for Caribbean Women. In July, she participated in a seminar organized by the Pan African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN), at the WCC's Ecumenical Institute Bossey.

Church must be a safe place where sinners are welcome to learn and change, and where the wounded can share their pains and find refuge, says Maria Dous, a medical student from Egypt. In July, she participated in a seminar organized by the Pan African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network at the WCC's Ecumenical Institute Bossey.

La iglesia debe ser un lugar seguro donde se acoja a los pecadores para que aprendan y cambien, donde quienes tienen heridas puedan compartir su dolor y encontrar refugio, dice María Dous, una estudiante de medicina de Egipto. En julio, María participó en un seminario organizado por la Red Ecuménica Panafricana para el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (PAWEEN), un proyecto del Departamento de Educación Teológica Ecuménica del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey del CMI. La siguiente entrevista forma parte de una serie que presenta la visión de algunas de las participantes

The untold stories and neglected potential of women of African descent were in focus at a seminar organized earlier this month by the Pan African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN), at the WCC's Ecumenical Institute Bossey. This interview with Dr Kimberly M. Lymore is the first in a series featuring insights by some of the participants.

Las historias jamás contadas y el potencial ignorado de las mujeres afrodescendientes fueron el tema central de un seminario organizado a principios de este mes por la Red Ecuménica Panafricana para el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (PAWEEN) en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey del CMI. Esta entrevista con la Dra. Kimberly M. Lymore es la primera de una serie que presentará la visión de algunos de los participantes en ese seminario.

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.

“Science and religion can provide solutions to poverty and injustice.” This was the theme of the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Alternatives for Poverty Reduction and Ecological Justice (SAPREJ) in Kampala, Uganda, on 4-7 April. The conference was organized by the Kyambogo University and the WCC economic and ecological justice programme.

The Basel University honoured Ghanaian Methodist theologian Mercy Amba Oduyoye with a doctor of theology honoris causa.

For public theology, “the essential and pressing task of the churches and theological education is to foster love, dialogue, forgiveness, reconciliation” says Prof. Dr Rudolf Von Sinner.