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L’année 2017 marque le cinq-centième anniversaire de la Réforme. Une chaîne de commémorations reliera des villes des Pays-Bas, d’Italie, de Hongrie, de Suisse, de Slovénie, d’Irlande et d’Allemagne. Chaque étape durera 36 heures: des partenaires régionaux et œcuméniques inviteront les gens à des temps festifs comportant de multiples activités afin de découvrir des traces locales de l’histoire de la Réforme.

Latin America is one of the most unequal regions in the world in terms of income and living conditions. At the same time, the region has strong religious traditions and churches. The seminar will address topics linked to the engagement of Latin American churches in social justice issues, drawing on the experiences of the participants themselves.

Young people are very much affected by the violence and tensions along religious lines that we are witnessing today in the Middle East but also in Europe, Asia, North America. The seminar is an interfaith initiative jointly organized by the Egyptian Muslim Centre Al Azhar (mosque and university), and the WCC.

The multi-cultural and multi-faith realities Christians live in today are confronting them, in their witness and praxis, with common challenges along with on-going differences among various Christian confessions. In a world of post-modern values and concepts, the voice of the churches remains often unheard and is hardly understood. In these contexts, the faithful members of the congregations across all confessions are getting aged and their number decreases. Other faith communities living in such contexts go through a similar experience.

The workshop aims at strengthening ecumenical advocacy for peace by bringing key stakeholders together to share existing initiatives and best practices on advocacy for peace in the Middle East and to develop a joint advocacy plan for peacebuilding in the Middle East.

In order to strengthen the voice of the churches with regards to global economics, a group of 18 current and future leaders representing the churches will have the opportunity to attend the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM) for an Economy of Life in Mexico City, Mexico from 19-31 August 2018.

Afin de donner plus de voix aux Églises sur le thème de l’économie mondiale, un groupe de responsables actuels et futurs représentant les Églises auront la possibilité de participer à une École œcuménique de gouvernance, d’économie et de gestion pour une économie de la vie.

Les 16 jours contre la violence sexiste sont une campagne internationale annuelle qui commence le 25 novembre, en la Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmes, et s’achève par la Journée des droits de l’homme, le 10 décembre. Cette année, le COE insiste sur les liens existants entre la maison de Dieu et le besoin fondamental de faire de nos maisons des lieux sûrs et aimants.

This two-week residential training programme is for young leaders aged between 20-35 years from the WCC member churches from Asia. Centred on the theme “Passionately Christian and Compassionately Interreligious” the training will equip participants to engage in ministries of justice and peace in pluralistic contexts from an interreligious perspective.

The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network (WCC-EWN) invites you to use the season of Lent to reflect on water. Since 2008, the WCC-EWN through its campaign “Seven Weeks for Water” - has been providing weekly theological reflections and other resources on water for the seven weeks of Lent and for World Water Day on 22 March (which always falls during the Lenten period).

Le Réseau œcuménique de l'eau vous invite à mettre à profit la période du carême pour vous interroger sur les moyens d'être de meilleurs intendants et intendantes de la création de Dieu et de mettre en pratique l'amour de Dieu dans nos relations avec autrui. Depuis 2008, le ROE prépare des méditations hebdomadaires et de la documentation sur le thème de l'eau pour le temps du carême.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, held worldwide on 18-25 January (Northern hemisphere) and 21-28 May (Southern hemisphere), will draw together churches across the globeunder the theme "You shall love the Lord your God ... and your neighbour as yourself" (Luke 10:27).

From September 1st to 4 October, Christians around the world are praying and caring for creation. It’s the “Season of Creation”. The beginning and the end date of Season of Creation are linked with the concern for creation in the Eastern and the Western traditions of Christianity, respectively.

"What can we, as people of faith, do to respond and to overcome the pressing challenges of our time, such as violence and conflict, and build together mutually accountable societies based on respect and cooperation?" This is the question up to 30 young adults from around the world are to explore during a study course at the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Institute in Bossey.

«Que pouvons-nous faire, nous, gens de convictions, pour surmonter les enjeux les plus pressants de notre temps, comme la violence et les conflits, et édifier ensemble des sociétés mutuellement redevables, fondées sur le respect et la coopération?» C'est sur cette question qu'une trentaine de jeunes chrétiens, musulmans et juifs du monde entier se pencheront à l'occasion d'un séminaire d'été organisé à l'Institut œcuménique du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, à Bossey (Suisse).