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Youth from churches in the Philippines perform at the opening ceremony of the WCC Commission for World Mission and Evangelism pre-Assembly event in Manila.

Church to renew its thinking on mission and evangelism

With more than 200 participants from around the globe, an event of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) starts today in Manila, the Philippines. Its aim is to seek renewed thinking on mission and evangelism, developing a draft of the WCC statement on mission and evangelism that succeeds a statement of thirty years ago.

22 March 2012
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The Rev. Geoffrey A. Black was installed as General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ on 17 April. Photo: Gregg Brekke/United Church News

WCC congratulates new UCC leader

In a congratulatory letter to the Rev. Geoffrey A. Black, who was installed as General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ on 17 April, the WCC general secretary underscored the significance of this member church.

21 April 2010
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"We thank God for giving Bishop Anderson the gifts and graces for empowering us in the work of ecumenism," said the Rev. Philip Blair and the Rev. Wilma Taylor, who are the first benificiaries of the Bishop Vinton R. Anderson Ecumenical Leadership Scholarship, at the graduation ceremony in Bossey.

Two new scholarship endowments for Bossey

The endowment of two new scholarship funds geared towards facilitating studies at the Ecumenical Institute of the WCC was celebrated at the graduation ceremony for the 61st session of the institute's Graduate School of Ecumenical Studies on 3 February.

04 February 2010