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Rev. Fr Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi is dean of the Ecumenical Institute, the graduate school which opened its academic year this week. Below, Iwuamadi reflects on the arrival of new students at the Ecumenical Institute during this remarkable time.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey is mourning the passing of Anglican Bishop Desire Mukanirwa, from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

At a seminar on African missiology held in Nairobi, Kenya on 13 February, participants gave space to theological reflections linked to the Arusha Conference.

The one-day event, “Re-visiting Arusha 2018: Highlights of African Missiology,” also created space for new reflections based on the Arusha Call to Discipleship.

Highlights of African missiology will be explored during an event to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 13 February.

With great sadness, the World Council of Churches (WCC) received news of the demise of Prof. Vuyani Vellem on 4 December. A member of the WCC’s Commission on Ecumenical Education and Formation, Vellem was director of the Centre for Public Theology and associate professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He also served as deputy secretary of the South Africa Council of Churches.

Kenyan religious leaders, scholars, students and ordinary people have mourned Prof. John Samuel Mbiti, world-renowned Christian philosopher and writer who died on 6 October.

Gemeinsam mit seiner Familie und seinen Freunden trauert die Gemeinschaft des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) um Prof. Dr. John Samuel Mbiti, der am 6. Oktober verstorben ist, und ist gleichzeitig dankbar für sein Leben.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) fellowship joined family and friends of Prof. John Samuel Mbiti in giving thanks for his life and grieving his death on 6 October.

La comunidad del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se unió a los familiares y amigos del profesor John Samuel Mbiti para dar gracias por su vida y llorar su muerte el 6 de octubre.

La communauté du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se joint à la famille et aux amis de John Samuel Mbiti pour rendre grâce pour sa vie et faire le deuil de sa mort survenue le 6 octobre.

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.

Der Aufruf von Arusha zur Nachfolge ist gleichzeitig belebend, verwandelnd und herausfordernd und bereitet einigen Menschen sogar Unbehagen – das sagten Vertreter/innen der Kommission für Weltmission und Evangelisation (CWME) des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) auf einer Pressekonferenz anlässlich einer Buchveröffentlichung in Helsinki (Finnland) am 20. Mai.

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.

El llamado de Arusha al discipulado es al mismo tiempo estimulante, transformador y provocador hasta el punto de ser incómodo para algunos, reflexionaron los líderes de la Comisión de Misión Mundial y Evangelización (CMME) del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) durante una conferencia de prensa y la presentación de un libro en Helsinki (Finlandia).

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.