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The upcoming Barbados Gospelfest, set for 21-28 May, will express churches’ affirmation and celebration of persons with disabilities in musical and other creative ways.

Speakers and participants will explore the question: What does it mean to be the church within the contemporary context of world Christianity?

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order is convening for the last time with its current composition before a new commission takes its place.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order will convene for the last time with its current composition before the new commission takes its place.

Ein Webinar am 5. Mai gedenkt der Opfer von Sklaverei und des transatlantischen Sklavenhandels, diesmal mit dem Fokus auf Europa.

Ein Webinar am 25. April wird sich mit den Hindernissen, Chancen und Strategien für den Kampf gegen Rassismus, Fremdenfeindlichkeit und ethnische Diskriminierung in der Kirche und weltweit auseinandersetzen.

Bei der Eröffnung der Buchpräsentation für „The Future of Mission Cooperation“ (Die Zukunft der Missioncooperation) sagte ÖRK-Generalsekretär Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, der letzte Band der Trilogie des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) zum hundertjährigen Bestehen des Internationalen Missionsrates sei „das Ergebnis eines umfassenden und langen Prozesses.“

A webinar on 25 April will explore obstacles, opportunities, and strategies to combat racism, xenophobia and racial discrimination in the church and in the world.

A 5 May webinar will remember the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, this time with a focus on Europe.

Opening the launch of the text “Future of Mission Cooperation”—the last in a World Council of Churches (WCC) trilogy reflecting on the centenary of the International Missionary Council—WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay described the volume as “the outcome of a rich and long process.”

During an Africa-Europe Ecumenical Forum on Migration, held 15-19 March In Hamburg, Germany, nearly 60 people gathered to discuss, among many other issues, the negative effects of “irregular” migration, caused in part by the growth of inequality within and between countries.

A new volume of “The Future of Mission Cooperation” will be released during a hybrid event on 24 March, and will be followed by a discussion for an editorial group to discuss next steps with scholars and schools who contributed to the text.