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The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism will hold an online “Missional Formation Workshop: Young Leadership in Mission” on 15-16 April, in collaboration with the WCC Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) extended its congratulations to Rev. Prof Dr Jooseop Keum, the new general secretary for the Council for World Mission.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has extended the deadline for applications of the recent invitation they announced for ecumenical youth to be stewards at the 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2022. 

Faith-based health services play a critical role in many countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization head Dr Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, has said in support of a World Council of Churches (WCC) led Week of Prayer on the pandemic.

The 15 March webinar provided information on the pandemic's current status and related issues and presented an introduction and overview of the ecumenical Week of Prayer from 22-27 March.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will host a webinar on 15 March that looks candidly at “signs of the times” after one whole year has passed since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

In a recent meeting, the World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism discussed how COVID-19 has reshaped mission and the church.

In an online meeting on 4-5 and 8-9 March, the World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) reflected on the impact of COVID-19, approved an 18-month study process with a centenary celebration of the International Missionary Council, and planned for its contributions to the WCC 11th Assembly in 2022.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) lädt der Ökumene verbundene junge Erwachsene ein, 2022 als Stewards an der 11. Vollversammlung in Karlsruhe teilzunehmen. Das Stewards-Programm hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, eine dynamische und diverse Gruppe vom 160 jungen Menschen aus allen Teilen der Welt vom 21. August bis zum 10. September 2022 in die Versammlung einzubinden. Diese Einladung richtet sich an junge Erwachsene aus einer Vielzahl von Hintergründen, Kirchen und Regionen. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites ecumenical youth to be stewards at the 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2022. The Stewards Programme aims to bring together a dynamic and diverse group of 160 young people from all over the world, from 21 August to 10 September 2022. The invitation is open to young people from a variety of backgrounds, churches and regions. 

The deadline has been extended to 15 March for a youth essay competition on “The Future of Interreligious Dialogue.”

As youth within the Taize community prepared for their annual gathering—to be held this year online on 27 December—World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent greetings of peace, love and joy.

Die am 2. Dezember erschienene neue Publikation auf Englisch, Mission Rediscovered: Transforming Disciples, (etwa: Mission neu entdeckt: verändernde Nachfolge) von Ken Ross weckte das Interesse von Webinar-Teilnehmenden, die sich eingehender mit dem Aufruf von Arusha zur Nachfolge befassen wollen.

The 2 December debut of a new publication, Mission Rediscovered: Transforming Disciples, by Ken Ross, drew the interest of webinar participants eager to interpret more deeply the Arusha Call to Discipleship

A 24 November webinar unveiled and then unpacked many aspects of “Converting Discipleship: Dissidence and Metanoia,” a study paper produced by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission for World Mission and Evangelism.

A book by Ken Ross, Mission Rediscovered: Transforming Disciples, will be released during a webinar on 2 December 2020. A commentary on the Arusha Call to Discipleship, the publication unpacks the meaning of the 12-part summons of the Arusha Call. With an up-to-date theological and missiological view on the Arusha Call, the book also offers a personal reflection on the state of a world desperately in need of change and transformation.