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A Roundtable for Peace on the Korean Peninsula convened in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) on 8-12 November, building on decades of progress by the Korean Methodist Church, United Methodist Church, and World Methodist Council, as well the Korean Christian Federation and the World Council of Churches (WCC).

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit expressed dismay at the tragic shooting in California (USA) during which a gunman killed 12 people before taking his own life.

A delegation from the Evangelical Church in Germany is visiting the WCC on 26-27 October for an ecumenical learning experience that includes prayers with students from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, an introduction and overview of the work of the WCC, a meeting with the Lutheran World Federation, and a guided tour of the Ecumenical Centre.

Maryland-based, Ghanaian-born Rev. Dr Casely Essamuah was in February selected as secretary of the Global Christian Forum. Originally ordained in the Methodist Church in Ghana, he began his work officially in July. This week he made a study visit to the WCC and the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva and the WCC was able to converse with him.

Christians have a moral responsibility to speak out and teach people to say no to racism, xenophobia, exclusion and discrimination.

The 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, the nascent movement for economic justice that Martin Luther King Jr. began just before his death, has been revived and relaunched in the US at a time of heightened racial tensions and political upheaval.

Vor dem Hintergrund der im April durch die Präsidenten von Süd- und Nordkorea (Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea, DVRK), Moon Jae In und Kim Jong Un, unterzeichneten Erklärung von Panmunjom und des Gipfeltreffens des Vorsitzenden Kim Jong Un mit US-Präsident Donald J. Trump, hat der ÖRK-Zentralausschuss die Aussichten auf Frieden auf der instabilen koreanischen Halbinsel neu bewertet.

In the wake of the recent Panmunjom Declaration, signed in April by South Korean President Moon Jae-In and Chairman Kim Jung Un of North Korea (DPRK), as well as the June summit of Chairman Kim with US President Donald J. Trump, the WCC central committee has re-assessed the prospects for peace on the troubled Korean peninsula.

Tras la reciente Declaración de Panmunjom, firmada en abril por el presidente surcoreano Moon Jae-In y el presidente Kim Jung Un, de Corea del Norte (RPDC), y la cumbre de junio entre el presidente Kim con el presidente estadounidense Donald J. Trump, el Comité Central del CMI ha vuelto a valorar las perspectivas de paz en la problemática península de Corea.

Suite à la récente déclaration de Panmunjeom, signée en avril par le président de Corée du Sud, Moon Jae-In, et le président Kim Jung Un de Corée du Nord (RPDC), et suite au sommet de juin entre le président Kim Jung Un et le président des États-Unis, Donald J. Trump, le Comité central du COE a réévalué les perspectives de paix dans la péninsule coréenne agitée.

In einer Videobotschaft, die bereits mehr als 800.000 Personen gesehen haben, fordern Führungspersonen aus verschiedenen in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika ansässigen Kirchen die Menschen auf, „Jesus zurückzugewinnen“ („reclaim Jesus“) und engstirnige nationalistische und rassistische Ideologien abzulehnen.

In a video message viewed by more than 1, 790 000 people, leaders in various USA-based churches are urging people to “reclaim Jesus” and reject narrow nationalistic and racist ideas.

En un mensaje de vídeo visualizado por más de 800 000 personas, los líderes de varias iglesias en Estados Unidos instan a las personas a "reivindicar a Jesús" y rechazar las ideas racistas y las ideas nacionalistas radicales.

Dans un message vidéo visionné par plus de 800 000 personnes, les responsables de plusieurs Églises américaines lancent un appel au peuple pour «réhabiliter Jésus» et rejeter les idées étriquées nationalistes et racistes.

Abgesandte des Südsudanesischen Kirchenrates (SSCC) nahmen in Begleitung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) in der letzten Woche in New York an einer Reihe von Gesprächen teil, um die UN-Mitgliedsstaaten und Organisationen über die aktuelle Krise zu informieren und für einen Friedensprozess zu werben.

Representatives of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) engaged in a series of meetings last week in New York, accompanied by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to inform UN member states and agencies about the current crisis and to advocate for a pathway towards peace.

Representantes del Consejo de Iglesias de Sudán del Sur (SSCC, por sus siglas en inglés) participaron en una serie de reuniones la semana pasada en Nueva York, acompañados por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), para informar a los Estados miembros y los organismos de las Naciones Unidas sobre la crisis actual y promover un camino hacia la paz.

Des représentants et représentantes du Conseil des Églises du Soudan du Sud (SSCC) ont participé à une série de réunions la semaine dernière à New York, aux côtés du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), pour informer les États membres et les agences de l’ONU de la crise actuelle et pour défendre un chemin de paix.

On 19 April, the World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed recent initiatives to establish meaningful and constructive dialogue between the United States of America and North Korea.

Rev. Dr Sharon Watkins was the coordinator of “A.C.T. (Awaken, Confront, Transform) Now,” a series of events on 3-5 April that included an ecumenical gathering; rally in Washington, D.C.; and “National Day of Advocacy and Action.” The three-day event marked the beginning of a Truth and Racial Justice Initiative by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. As A.C.T. Now came to a close on 5 April, Dr Watkins spoke about the work ahead to eradicate the entrenched racism that grips the United States and paralyzes our ability to see every human being as equal.