The World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) was inaugurated on 18 March during a prayer service that touched on the global role of the commission.
The latest issue of International Review of Mission (IRM) focuses on the decolonial task for ecumenical mission today, highlighting the need for repentance, reparation and restorative justice.
In a message to the Global Refugee Forum released 12 December, faith-based leaders underscored their commitment to offering sanctuary for refugees as well defending their human rights.
En un mensaje al Foro Mundial sobre los Refugiados publicado el 12 de diciembre, diversos dirigentes religiosos destacaron su compromiso de ofrecer un santuario a los refugiados y defender sus derechos humanos.
In einer am 12. Dezember veröffentlichten Erklärung an das Globale Flüchtlingsforum betonten religiöse Führungspersönlichkeiten ihre Verpflichtung, Flüchtlingen Zuflucht zu gewähren und ihre Menschenrechte zu verteidigen.
Dans un message adressé au Forum mondial sur les réfugié-e-s publié le 12 décembre, des responsables religieux ont souligné leur attachement à apporter un abri aux réfugié-e-s et à défendre leurs droits.
In a message to the Global Refugee Forum released 12 December, faith-based leaders underscored their commitment to offering sanctuary for refugees as well defending their human rights.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) planning group met on 23-25 November, praying together and envisioning the future with a focus on the WCC Strategic Plan.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) will host on event on 10-12 in Geneva that will bring together young Black European Christians who will begin to share their ideas and visions for mission and ecumenism.
Las iglesias expresan su solidaridad con los refugiados de Lampedusa, la isla italiana a la que llegaron miles de migrantes la semana pasada, sobrecargando los recursos locales.
Les Églises expriment leur solidarité avec les réfugié-e-s à Lampedusa, l’île italienne sur laquelle des milliers de personnes migrantes sont arrivées la semaine dernière, surchargeant les ressources locales.
Die Kirchen bekunden ihre Solidarität mit den Flüchtlingen auf der italienischen Insel Lampedusa, wo letzte Woche Tausende Migrantinnen und Migranten ankamen, was die lokalen Ressourcen überlastete.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism began meeting online in October, rooted in the vision of the Arusha Call to Transforming Discipleship. The commission, constituted by the WCC central committee in June, is convening with the understanding that discipleship is both an individual and community calling.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) shared joyful greetings on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Argentine Commission for Refugees and Migrants (CAREF).
Churches are expressing solidarity with refugees in Lampedusa, the Italian island on which thousands of migrants arrived last week, overloading local resources.
In a video interview, Rev. Dr Peter Cruchley, director of the World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME), reflects on what mission and evangelism mean, the structure of the commission, and the vision for its work.
As a search continued for missing migrants after a fishing boat capsized off the coast of Greece, the World Council of Churches (WCC) conveyed prayers to the families of victims, and to the churches in Greece and elsewhere that are responding.
Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame was elected to chair the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. She is also a commissioner for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism, as well as an active member of the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network.
Bei der Eröffnung der Buchpräsentation für „The Future of Mission Cooperation“ (Die Zukunft der Missioncooperation) sagte ÖRK-Generalsekretär Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, der letzte Band der Trilogie des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) zum hundertjährigen Bestehen des Internationalen Missionsrates sei „das Ergebnis eines umfassenden und langen Prozesses.“
