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Mission and people with disabilities

How much is the mission of the church related to people with disabilities? These days we talk a lot about inclusive societies and churches. But, have we arrived there? Are our societies and churches taking seriously the problems and challenges that people with disabilities face on a daily basis? People with disabilities find themselves quite often at the margins of the societies and even of the churches.

North American churches embrace Arusha Call

In a joint message, the heads of four North American churches - Episcopal, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Anglican Church of Canada, and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - commended the richness of the Arusha Call to Discipleship and invited their members to embrace the call.

Mission as “the gearbox” bringing energy, action

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism closed its 16-22 May meeting in Helsinki, Finland, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit reflected that mission is the “gearbox” that brings energy to the ecumenical movement that results in action.

La mission, une «boîte de vitesses» source d'énergie et d'actions concrètes

Alors que la réunion de la Commission de mission et d'évangélisation du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) – qui s'est déroulée du 16 au 22 mai à Helsinki (Finlande) – vient de se terminer, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, a déclaré que la mission est une «boîte de vitesses» qui insuffle une énergie au mouvement œcuménique et aboutit à des actions concrètes.

How will the Arusha Call change the world?

The Arusha Call to Discipleship is at once exhilarating, transformative and challenging to the point of discomfort for some, reflected leaders of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) during a 20 May press conference and book launch in Helsinki, Finland.

Comment l’Appel d’Arusha changera-t-il le monde?

L’Appel d’Arusha à vivre en disciples est à la fois exaltant, exigeant, et source de transformation, jusqu’à l’inconfort pour certain-e-s, selon les responsables de la Commission de mission et d’évangélisation (CME) du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) à la conférence de presse et au lancement d’un ouvrage le 20 mai à Helsinki, en Finlande.

WCC reflects on way forward for mission, evangelism

As a meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism convened in Helsinki, Finland on 16-22 May, leaders reflected on the way forward for the ecumenical movement after the commission’s Arusha conference in March.
In opening remarks, Dr Agnes Aboum, moderator of the WCC Central Committee, reflected on what she described on as “landmark” conference in Arusha, which drew together more than 1,000 people and resulted in an Arusha Call to Discipleship.

Le COE réfléchit à la voie à suivre pour la mission et l’évangélisation

Alors qu’une réunion de la Commission de mission et d’évangélisation du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se tient à Helsinki, en Finlande, du 16 au 22 mai, les responsables se sont penché-e-s sur la voie à suivre par le mouvement œcuménique à la suite de la conférence mondiale de la commission à Arusha en mars 2018.
Dans son discours liminaire, la présidente du Comité central du COE, Agnes Aboum, a fait part de ses réflexions sur la conférence à Arusha qu’elle qualifie de «décisive», ayant compté sur la présence de plus de 1 000 personnes et débouché sur l’Appel d’Arusha à vivre en disciples.

Moving in the Spirit

Report of the World Council of Churches Conference on World Mission and Evangelism

The aim of this report of the World Council of Churches Conference on World Mission and Evangelism, which took place in Arusha, Tanzania, in March 2018, is to be as useful and user-friendly as possible for the reader, whether they are used to the ecumenical context or not. The Arusha conference was an extraordinary event in many ways, as the reader will discover in going through the conference material.

Arusha Report

Report and other resources of the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism, held in Arusha, Tanzania, 8-13 March 2018.

“Come and See” text exemplifies ‘a new way of working’

“Come and See - A Theological invitation to the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace,” a text newly published by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission, draws from different traditions in order to make the case for common witness. The document was presented and launched at the meeting with the WCC Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME). The CWME Commission gather in Helsinki, Finland 16-22 May, 2019 to evaluate and reflect on the Conference of World Mission and Evangelism that took place in Arusha (Tanzania) and its future work.

Le texte «Venez et voyez» illustre «une nouvelle manière de travailler»

«Venez et voyez – une invitation théologique au pèlerinage de justice et de paix» est un texte récemment publié par la Commission de Foi et constitution du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) qui s’inspire de différentes traditions dans le but de défendre un témoignage commun. Le document a été présenté et lancé lors de la réunion de la Commission de mission et d’évangélisation (CME) du COE. La CME se réunit à Helsinki, en Finlande, du 16 au 22 mai 2019 afin d’évaluer et de réfléchir sur la Conférence mondiale sur la mission et l’évangélisation qui s’est tenue à Arusha (Tanzanie), et ses futurs travaux.

The Arusha Call to action and engagement to transform the World

“What are some of the future directions that we can derive from reflections that we’ve had in Arusha so that the energy and the enthusiasm that we created in Arusha cannot be lost?” This key question was posed by Metropolitan Dr. Geevarghese Mor Coorilos, moderator of the World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME), during a recent working group meeting on discipleship at the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey, Switzerland.

New issue: International Review of Mission

The latest issue of the International Review of Mission, the biannual journal of the WCC contains a selection of articles which were on the one hand given as key lectures at the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism in Arusha from 8-13 March 2018 and on the other hand articles from Missiologists from all over the world, including Catholic, Pentecostal, Protestant and Orthodox voices, asking about “Mission quo vadis after Arusha?”.

WCC welcomes new staff

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has made several new appointments this year, welcoming programme executives, a programme director, and a new dean of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

Arusha spirit moving in Hamburg

The Bridge Group, a working group of the World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME), was established during the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism in Arusha, Tanzania in March.