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.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission for World Mission and Evangelism and Programme for Overcoming Racism, Xenophobia, and Related Discrimination hosted a meeting of young Black European Christians.
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.
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.
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.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism, in partnership with the Portuguese Council of Churches, hosted a seminar in Lisbon, Portugal, on 5-9 June entitled “Making the last FIRST,” relating this theme to decolonization.
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.“
Al intervenir con ocasión del lanzamiento del documento “The Future of Mission Cooperation” (“El futuro de la cooperación para la misión”), el último volumen de una trilogía del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) que reflexiona sobre el centenario del Consejo Misionero Internacional, el secretario general del CMI, Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, lo describió como “el resultado de un largo y fructífero proceso”.
À l’occasion du lancement du livre «The Future of Mission Cooperation» (L’avenir de la coopération missionnaire), le dernier ouvrage d’une trilogie du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) sur le centenaire du Conseil international des Missions, le pasteur Jerry Pillay, secrétaire général du COE, a décrit l’ouvrage comme «l’aboutissement d’un processus riche et long».
Opening the launch of the text “Future of Mission Cooperation”—the last in a World Council of Churches (WCC) trilogy reflecting on the centenary of the International Missionary Council—WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay described the volume as “the outcome of a rich and long process.”
A new volume of “The Future of Mission Cooperation” will be released during a hybrid event on 24 March, and will be followed by a discussion for an editorial group to discuss next steps with scholars and schools who contributed to the text.
Rev. Dr Kuzipa Nalwamba, World Council of Churches programme director for Unity and Mission, reflects below on mission, theology, and the making of a better world.
In a video book launch and discussion, the World Council of Churches (WCC) introduces “A Hundred Years of Mission Cooperation" and "Together in the Mission of God” in connection to the Centenary of the International Missionary Council, founded in 1921.
In a recorded lecture, Dr Brian Stanley, professor of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, overviews the history of the International Missionary Council, and reflects on its relevance to today’s global ecumenical movement.
On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, being observed 9 August with a UN virtual commemoration, the World Council of Churches (WCC) reiterated its commitment to partnering with Indigenous Peoples to renew creation.
El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha nombrado, por consenso, a tres nuevos directivos de personal del CMI: una directora de programa de Unidad y Misión; un director de programa de Testimonio Público y Diaconía; y un director de la Comisión de Misión Mundial y Evangelización.
Der Exekutivausschuss des Ökumenischen Rats der Kirchen (ÖRK) ernannte im Konsens drei neue Stabsmitarbeitende für den ÖRK: eine Programmdirektorin Einheit und Mission, einen Programmdirektor Öffentliches Zeugnis und Diakonie und einen Direktor der Kommission für Weltmission und Evangelisierung.