The Nigerian Patriarch His Holiness Pope Dr Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, Primate and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Church of The Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide is visiting Geneva and the World Council of“ Churches (WCC) 29-30 January 2018.

A public panel on "Christianity and human rights in multi-faith Nigeria", hosted by WCC, will take place 29 January at 14.00-15.30, at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. The event is followed by a press briefing.

A discussion about the current challenges for Christianity in Nigeria and Africa as a whole, as well as how churches address human rights violations in a multi-faith context will take place with the participation of:

• WCC deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri
• Dr Christoph Stückelberger, Founder of Globethics.net Foundation and Executive Director of Geneva Agape Foundation
• Rev. Dr Benjamin Simon, Professor of Ecumenical Missiology at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey
• Rev.Prof. Dr Dietrich Werner, Senior Advisor for Theology, Ecumenical Education and Research at Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service participate at the panel and in a discussion about the current challenges for Christianity in Nigeria and Africa as a whole, as well as how churches address human rights violations in a multi-faith context
• Dr Ani Ghazaryan Drissi, WCC programme executive for Faith and Order
• Ms Jennifer Philpot-Nissen, WCC programme executive for human rights

Livestream for the panel discussion on "Christianity and human rights in multi-faith Nigeria"