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Hace setenta años, en la península de Corea estalló una guerra que dividió Corea y que todavía no ha concluido. Por ello, las iglesias del mundo han puesto en marcha la campaña mundial de oración por la paz “Setenta días de oraciones”.

A global prayer campaign for peace on the Korean Peninsula will occur from 1 March – 15 August, lasting 70 days and inviting hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to say: “We Pray, Peace Now, End the War!”

World Council of Churches invites the media representatives to the event announcing 70 days of global prayer for peace on the Korean Peninsula on 6 February at 11.30 CET at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

On day 847 of a 1,000-day pilgrimage for peace on the Korean Peninsula, the Bargn Nuri Community stopped at the WCC for a Life and Peace Conference.

Even as international tension mounts, religious leaders from North and South Korea renewed their exchange during a December meeting that kept the push for peace alive. Members of the Steering Committee of the Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification and Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula – including delegations from the Korean Christian Federation (KCF) of North Korea and of the National Council of Churches in South Korea (NCCK) – met in Shenyang, China, on 2-3 December 2019.

Churches across the Korean Peninsula will mark the year 2020 as a “jubilee year,” and, as they commemorate 70 years since the Korean War, religious leaders are pledging to redouble their ongoing efforts for stronger peace and reunification.

Las iglesias de toda la península de Corea celebrarán el año 2020 como un “año de jubileo” y, al conmemorar los setenta años desde la Guerra de Corea, los líderes religiosos se comprometen a seguir desplegando esfuerzos para alcanzar la paz y la reunificación.

On 18 November a delegation led by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit met with the prime minister of the Republic of Korea, Lee Nak-yeon.

세계교회협의회(WCC) 총무, 울라프 픽쉐 트베이트 총무는 한국기독교교회협의회 제 68차 총회에서 예수께서 제자들과 함께하신 최후의 만찬에 관한 요한복음서 기록에 기초한 “새 계명의 길을 걸어라”라는 총회 주제로 기조연설을 했다.

한국기독교교회협의회는 세계교회협의회(WCC) 울라프 트베이트 총무 및 피터 프로브 국제협력국장에게 감사패를 전달했다.

The National Council of Churches in Korea has presented plaques of appreciation to World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and to WCC director of international affairs Peter Prove.

El Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de Corea ha entregado placas de reconocimiento al Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), y a Peter Prove, director de asuntos internacionales del CMI.

Offering a keynote speech during the 68th General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in Korea in Seoul, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit reflected on the assembly theme, “Walk the Path of the New Commandment,” based on John’s account of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples.

Durante el discurso de apertura de la 68ª Asamblea General del Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de Corea en Seúl, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, meditó sobre el tema de la asamblea, “Recorre el camino del nuevo mandamiento”, basado en el relato de San Juan de la última cena de Jesús con sus discípulos.

세계교회협의회(WCC) 울라프 트베이트 총무는 지난 17일 서울 성은감리교회에서 2021년 WCC 총회의 주제인 “세상을 화해와 화합으로 이끄는 그리스도의 사랑”이라는 제목으로 설교했다.

In a sermon at the Seong Eun Methodist Church on 17 November, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit reflected on the theme of the upcoming WCC Assembly in 2021, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

En un sermón pronunciado en la Iglesia Metodista Seong Eun, el 17 de noviembre, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, reflexionó sobre el tema de la próxima Asamblea del CMI, en 2021: “El amor de Cristo lleva al mundo a la reconciliación y la unidad”.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit is traveling to the Republic of Korea with a delegation that also includes WCC director of international affairs Peter Prove, WCC director of communication Marianne Ejdersten, and WCC programme executive Rev. Dr Jin Yang Kim.

Our series of interviews with Thursdays in Black ambassadors highlights those who are playing a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape and violence. Hanbeet Rhee, from the Presbyterian Church of Korea, is a member of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Korea. She is also a commissioner with the World Council of Churches (WCC) ECHOS programme, as well as a youth advisor for the WCC Central Committee.

As the Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity opened at the Yonsei University Chapel in South Korea on 18 September, participants were already learning to live into the theme “Stewards of Hope, Seekers of Harmony.” For the first time, the training includes not only young people from Asia but from across the world, and is being co-coordinated by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Programme for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, the Council for World Mission, and youth representatives from the ecumenical movement.