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Church of the Lord in Nigeria called women to pastoral work from its founding

The primate of The Church of the Lord, Aladura, Worldwide, an African initiated church founded in 1925 talks with pride about how the founder had a calling from God to have women serving with men in pastoral work. Primate Rev. Dr Rufus Okikiolaolu Ositelu, metropolitan archbishop of the church visited Geneva and the WCC on 29-30 January.

In Nigeria, Thursdays in Black is flourishing

Rev. Ikechukwu Anaga remembers when people didn’t know about “Thursdays in Black,” the global movement resisting attitudes and practices that permit rape and violence. But his community of Aba, in Abia State, Nigeria, was seeing firsthand an increase in gender-based violence and rape. When Anaga helped others in his community make a firm decision to do something about it, the zeal and passion for Thursdays in Black rose.

La iniciativa "Jueves de negro" prospera en Nigeria

El Rev. Ikechukwu Anaga recuerda los tiempos en los que la gente no conocía la campaña "Jueves de negro", el movimiento mundial que lucha contra las actitudes y las prácticas que permiten la violación y la violencia, a pesar de que su comunidad de Aba, en el Estado de Abia, en Nigeria, estaba experimentando de primera mano un aumento de la violencia de género y las violaciones. Cuando el Rev. Anaga ayudó a otras personas de su comunidad a tomar la decisión clara de pasar a la acción, aumentaron el entusiasmo y el fervor por la campaña "Jueves de Negro".

Walking together against hatred and violence

When more than 100 religious leaders and other actors from around the world gathered at the UN in Vienna in mid-February, it was a manifestation of unity between religious and non-religious organizations, and a genuine commitment to cooperate in dealing with hate speech and incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes.

«La nourriture est un don du ciel» - Le COE lance un appel à une Journée mondiale de prière pour mettre fin à la famine

Alors que le nombre de personnes souffrant de la faim n'a jamais été aussi élevé dans l'histoire moderne, le COE et la Conférence des Églises de toute l'Afrique, aux côtés d'un certain nombre de réseaux et de partenaires confessionnels, lancent un appel à une Journée mondiale de prière pour mettre fin à la famine le 21 mai 2017, et ce, en réponse à la crise alimentaire.