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El 7 de junio, los coreanos de Seúl celebraron una vigilia con velas para orar por la paz en la península coreana, y a ellos se unieron el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) de Ginebra, el Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de Cristo en los EE. UU. y cientos de personas más en todo el mundo.

조선그리스도교연맹의 초청으로 5월 3~7일WCC와WCRC의 대표들로 구성된 6인의 국제에큐메니칼대표단이 WCC 총무인 올라브 픽세 트베이트(Olav Fykse Tveit) 박사와 WCRC 총무인 크리스 퍼거슨(Chris Ferguson) 목사의 인도하에 5월 3~7일 북한의 평양을 방문했다.

The third meeting of the Ecumenical Panel on a New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA) is underway in New York City from 21-23 April.

On 19 April, the World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed recent initiatives to establish meaningful and constructive dialogue between the United States of America and North Korea.

Eine umfassende Gruppe Kirchenleitender, Pastoren und Pastorinnen aus den USA hat am 27. März mit einem gemeinsamen Aufruf Christinnen und Christen auf der ganzen Welt aufgefordert, für den Frieden auf der koreanischen Halbinsel zu beten.

A wide-ranging group of evangelical leaders and pastors from the USA released a joint call on 27 March for Christians everywhere to pray for peace on the Korean peninsula.

Un amplio grupo de líderes y pastores evangélicos de EE.UU. publicó un llamado conjunto a la oración por la paz en la península de Corea dirigido a los cristianos de todo el mundo el pasado 27 de marzo. Esta declaración conjunta expresa la preocupación por los millones de vidas que se verían amenazadas si se produjera una intensificación del conflicto en la península.

The World Council of Churches welcomed historic meetings on 5-6 March between a South Korean special envoy delegation and North Korean leadership in Pyongyang, the first high-level direct talks between the two Koreas in more than a decade.

Vom 7. – 16. Januar besuchen der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, sowie eine Delegation des ÖRK Mitgliedskirchen in China.

In einem kurzen Interview beschreibt Tveit die Freude, die Feierlichkeiten zum 70. Jubiläum des ÖRK gemeinsam mit dem Chinesischen Christenrat zu beginnen.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and a WCC delegation are visiting member churches in China from 7-16 January.

In a brief interview, Tveit describes the joy of uniting with the China Christian Council to begin celebration of the WCC’s 70th anniversary.

El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, y una delegación del CMI estarán visitando a iglesias miembros en China del 7 al 16 de enero.

En una breve entrevista, el Rev. Tveit habla de la alegría que supone unirse al Consejo Cristiano de China para empezar a celebrar el 70° aniversario del CMI.

Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, wird gemeinsam mit einer ÖRK-Delegation vom 7. bis zum 16. Januar Mitgliedskirchen in China besuchen.
Dieser historische Besuch bildet den Auftakt zu den Feiern anlässlich des 70-jährigen Bestehens des ÖRK.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and a WCC delegation will visit member churches in China 7-16 January. The historic visit will begin the celebration of the WCC’s 70th anniversary. The WCC delegation, in addition to Tveit, includes WCC Asia president Dr Sang Chang and Rev. Dr Peniel Rajkumar, WCC programme executive for Interreligious Dialogue.

El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, y una delegación del CMI visitarán a iglesias miembros de China del 7 al 16 de enero. La histórica visita será el inicio de las celebraciones del 70º aniversario del CMI.

The World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA grieve with the families of those who lost their lives in the mass shooting that took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the night of October 1, 2017. We pray for those whose lives have been shattered by this senseless act and lift up those who will be recovering years to come.

As they gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia from September 2-8 to prepare resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2019, ecumenical partners reflected on the theme of “Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue.”

The need for the ecumenical movement is an urgent one today, said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit as he spoke this week at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Minnesota (USA).

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, met with church leaders and politicians in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand last week. The meeting occurred almost one year after his latest visit to the region. On request of the church leaders a meeting took place with political leaders to discuss follow-up on the Paris Agreement, peace in the Middle East and on the Korean Peninsula, and the challenges the region is facing.

On Saturday in Charlottesville, one woman died and 19 others were injured when a man who, after rallying with white supremacist groups, rammed his car into a crowd. Earlier in the day, two law enforcement officers lost their lives when their helicopter crashed as they patrolled the building crowds.

Da die Atomwaffenentwicklung Nordkoreas und die wachsenden Spannungen zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten und Nordkorea eine neue Dimension erreicht haben und die Welt an den Rand eines Krieges bringen können, fordern die Kirchen überall auf der Welt einen bilateralen Dialog und setzen damit auf eine friedliche und gewaltfreie Lösung des Konfliktes.