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After being postponed twice because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 15^th General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) finally got underway in late September and early October 2023 in Kottayam, India. Under the theme "God, renew us in your spirit and restore the creation,” CCA member churches across Asia gathered to stake out the direction forward and evaluate accomplishments and challenges since the last assembly in 2015 in Jakarta. 

With a focus on peacebuilding and human rights protection, The United Evangelical Mission’s International Summer School 2023, organized in cooperation with the World Council of Churches and other partners, took place in August and September in Hofgeismar, Germany.

As the World Council of Churches celebrates its 75th anniversary, a series of feature stories from different regions of the world will portray ecumenism at the local level—within churches, communities, and individuals who embody the spirit of ecumenism in unique ways. The feature story below offers a glimpse of some facets of ecumenism present in the Philippines.

Church leaders in Pakistan are calling for international solidarity and for measures to ensure the safety and security of Christians in Pakistan. Their messages come in the wake of church burnings in the city of Jaranwala, in eastern Pakistan, where 24 churches have been burned, affecting at least 600 families.

In crowded urban neighborhoods and drought-plagued rural villages, Indonesians from all religious backgrounds are putting their faith into action.

In seiner Jugend wuchs Tony Rinaudo in einer von der Landwirtschaft geprägten Region des Owens Valley im australischen Bundesstaat Victoria auf und ärgerte sich über die Umweltzerstörung, die er dort beobachtete. Sein Glaube brachte ihn dazu, etwas dagegen zu unternehmen.

At a young age, Tony Rinaudo got angry at some of the environmental destruction while growing up in an agricultural region of the Owens Valley in Australia's Victoria state and, driven by his faith, did something.

Eine maßgebliche Beteiligung von Frauen an Konfliktlösungen und an der Friedensarbeit führt zu einem nachhaltigeren Frieden. Zu diesem Ergebnis kam eine Podiumsdiskussion mit Frauen, die sich in der Friedensarbeit engagieren. Auf dem Event wurde auch ein Dokumentarfilm aus dem Jahre 2015 über die Initiative „Women Cross the DMZ“ gezeigt.

Meaningful participation by women in a conflict resolution and peace-building promotes a more sustainable peace, a panel discussion with women peace-makers concluded, after the screening of a documentary on the 2015 “Women Cross the DMZ” initiative.

A new report offering an overview of the human rights situation in West Papua found little progress in decreasing human rights violations in 2022 and calls for reducing violence and promoting accountability in 2023.

“It’s okay not to be okay.” That’s the catchy way Denis Pattinasarany, from the Protestant church in the Mollucas, Indonesia, describes one of the most important things he learned at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

The following feature begins a series of reflections from churches in different countries on "reconciliation" in the midst of conflict and division, following the theme of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.” As the WCC commits to working together as a fellowship on a “Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity,” these stories explore how deepened relationships can lead to understanding and radical change.

Church leaders in the Philippines gathered in an ecumenical memorial service in Manila on 21 September, the 50^th anniversary of the imposition of martial law, to solemnly recall people of faith who were tortured and killed during the brutal regime of president Ferdinand Marcos.

Während der 11. Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen hat eine Gruppe junger Erwachsener von der Koreanischen Methodistischen Kirche einen Workshop veranstaltet und sich dabei wie die Darsteller/innen der Netflix-Serie Squid Game gekleidet. Diese bekannte Serie ist eine Art von Sozialkommentar und erörtert die Frage, wie sich ungleiche Lebensverhältnisse besonders auf vulnerable Gruppen auswirken können. In Squid Game geht es um Armut, Jugend, Gewalt, Überleben und Eroberung politischer Macht – diese Themen waren der kreative Rahmen für einen Blick auf die aktuelle Situation nicht nur der jungen Menschen in Korea, sondern auch in vielen anderen Ländern besonders im globalen Süden.

During the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly, a group of Korean youth from the Korean Methodist Church hosted a workshop—and they dressed like characters from the Netflix show, Squid Game. The well-known series is a form of social commentary on how inequalities affect vulnerable people. The show addresses poverty, youth, violence, survival, and political conquest—and this provided a creative framework for looking into the current situations of not only Korean youth but also those of many other countries, especially in the Global South.

Menschen aus der ganzen Welt trafen sich am 5. September in der Kirche St. Stephan in Karlsruhe, Deutschland, um gemeinsam für eine friedliche Vereinigung der koreanischen Halbinsel zu beten.