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To raise awareness across the world for the plight of the Sudanese people due to a 12-month armed conflict, the World Council of Churches is organizing a webinar to report on the learnings during the recent visit to Sudan.

An ecumenical prayer on 28 July will express love and solidarity for the churches and people of Sudan.

Ein weltweites Friedensgebet am 22. März soll christliche Gläubige zum Gebet und zu Fürsprachearbeit für Frieden und in der Hoffnung auf eine bessere Zukunft zusammenbringen. 

Ein weltweites Friedensgebet am 22. März soll christliche Gläubige zum Gebet und zu Fürsprachearbeit für Frieden und in der Hoffnung auf eine bessere Zukunft zusammenbringen. 

A Global Peace Prayer on 22 March will draw Christians together into prayer and advocacy for peace, and in hope for a better future. 

The WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) will meet on 2-6 November in Johannesburg and online, reviewing its work between the two WCC assemblies and preparing for the upcoming WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany.

World Council of Churches (WCC) in collaboration with the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), ACT Alliance, Methodist Church of Great Britain (MCB) and the Council of Churches in Mozambique (CCM) convene the International Ecumenical Conference for peace and security in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.

Der Weltgebetstag für ein Ende des Hungers will ökumenische Partner und Glaubensgemeinschaften aus aller Welt zu einer gemeinsam betenden und spirituellen Bewegungen vereinen, um: durch Informationen und Empfehlungen zum Gebet, zur Reflexion und zu konkret-praktischem Engagement anzuregen; Bewusstsein zu schaffen für die Auswirkungen von Hunger für die am stärksten gefährdeten Kinder und Familien und dabei zu helfen, die Grundursachen zu bekämpfen; eine Vernetzung mit kirchlichen und anderen humanitären Organisationen zu ermöglichen, die sich derzeit in der Nothilfe engagieren, um kurzfristige Verbesserungen zu schaffen, und darüber hinaus langfristig positiven Wandel herbeizuführen, damit Kinder und Familien Gottes Plan von einem würdevollen Leben in einer friedlichen und gewaltfreien Zukunft verwirklichen können; Gemeinschaften und Gemeinden dabei zu unterstützen, sich gegenseitig im Gebet zu bedenken und sich gegenseitig zu unterstützen, indem Erfahrungen ausgetauscht und über Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze berichtet wird.

The Global Day of Prayer to End Famine hopes to unite ecumenical partners and faith communities all over the world as a prayerful and spiritual movement to: encourage prayer, reflection and action with information and suggestions; bring awareness regarding famine’s impact on the most vulnerable children and families and to help address its root causes; connect with church-related and other humanitarian organizations that are currently working to bring immediate relief and positive long-term change so children and families can live out God’s aspiration for a dignified, peaceful and violence-free future; help communities and congregations to uphold each other in prayer and support, by sharing experiences, challenge and solutions.

On 23 February 2018, the World Council of Churches joins Pope Francis and the Roman Catholic Church in calling for a day of prayer, for peace in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

On 1 December 2017, the World Council of Churches invites to a full-day event at the Ecumencial Centre in Geneva, featuring a commemorative service, an interactive exhibition and a panel discussion on the lives and rights of children and adolescents living with HIV.

Konferenzen für Weltmission und Evangelisation sind eine lange Tradition des Internationalen Missionsrates und der Kommission für Weltmission und Evangelisation des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen; sie werden alle zehn Jahre abgehalten.

Conference on World Mission and Evangelism is the long tradition of the International Mission Council and the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME), organized every decade.

On 16 June 2017, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance in partnership with the Kenya chapter of the International Network of Religious Leaders Living with or personally affected by HIV and AIDS (INERELA+ Kenya), along with many other organizations, is coordinating an event to highlight country-led action backed by global support. Religious leaders and leaders of faith-based organizations will remind governments of their commitments agreed in the June 2016 United Nations’ Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS that there should be “special emphasis on providing 1.6 million children (0-14 years of age) with antiretroviral therapy by 2018.”

At its first Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice, the WCC's Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) along with its Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance will bring together about 20 young people from the Africa region. Over a period of 10 days, in an ecumenical setting, participants will have the opportunity to study the local, regional, and international manifestations and causes of the water crisis and food security affected by climate change. They will examine the situation and challenges from a perspective of faith and ethics, and search together for possible ecumenical responses to these challenges.

Das Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) ist ein ökumenisches Kurzzeit-Studienprogramm mit globaler Ausrichtung, dieses Mal im Zusammenhang mit der Weltmissionskonferenz 2018 in Arusha, Tansania.

The Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) 2018 is a global ecumenical short-term study and exposure programme in accompaniment of the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.

Religious actors representing different faiths from a broad range of countries participate in the meeting, including Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. They will work together over two days to develop a strategy to prevent and counter incitement to discrimination, hostility and violence in the region.

The event is co-organized by the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID), the World Council of Churches, and the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers.

In Southern Africa, around 28 million people are facing food insecurity due to drought conditions brought on by the strength of El Niño in 2015/2016. The World Council of Churches – Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance is holding a regional consultation, hosted by World Vision International, to plan coordinated faith-based action in support of sustainable agriculture, agro-ecology and other climate-resilient methods, particularly targeting the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) discussion on the response to El Niño.

Bei der Welt-Aids-Konferenz kommen alle zwei Jahre über 20'000 Forscher, Politiker, Aktivisten, Menschen mit HIV/AIDS und andere Akteure zusammen, um sich über die jüngsten Fortschritte auszutauschen und die nach wie vor bestehenden Hindernisse zur Überwindung der Pandemie zu identifizieren und abzubauen.