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The World Council of Churches and Implenia, working with The Almighty Tree, joined a conservation initiative that planted hundreds of trees in Kenya and Switzerland. 

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) hat für 2024 neues Personal eingestellt und eine Direktorin und zwei Direktoren für seine neuen Kommissionen ernannt. ÖRK-Generalsekretär Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay begrüßte sie herzlich zur Aufnahme ihrer Tätigkeit in ihrem jeweiligen Wirkungsbereich.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has made new staff appointments during 2024, including three new commission directors. WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay warmly greeted them as they began to serve in their particular ministries.

Das Personal des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) versammelt sich zur Klausurtagung und vertieft zu diesem Anlass das im ÖRK-Strategieplan festgelegte Thema „Gemeinsam unterwegs mit Gott“. Der Strategieplan basiert auf dem Pilgerweg der Gerechtigkeit, des Friedens und der Einheit. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) staff with gather for Staff Planning Days, exploring together the theme “Journeying together with God” in line with the WCC Strategic Plan which is based on a Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation and Unity. 

As the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting commenced in Davos beginning 15 January, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay urged the gathering to renew its commitment to multilateral cooperation for the longer-term good of all people. 

The forum is convening under the theme “Rebuilding Trust.” 

As the “Bethlehem Reborn – Palestine – The Wonders of the Nativity” exhibit was carefully installed at the Ecumenical Centre over the weekend, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is anticipating the official opening ceremony on 12 September.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and Rev. Rita Famos, president of the Protestant Church in Switzerland, and member of the WCC central committee, met with Ambassador Simon Geissbühler, head of the Peace and Human Rights Department at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, on 7 September in Bern.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shares an Easter message of hope and renewal, reflecting on the moment when Jesus Christ, on the cross cries: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, spricht in einer Osterbotschaft über Hoffnung und Erneuerung über den Moment, in dem Jesus am Kreuz ausruft: „Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?“

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen, der Muslimische Ältestenrat und die Rose Castle Foundation veranstalten im Ökumenischen Institut in Bossey ein „Emerging Peacemakers Forum“ für junge Frauen und Männer, die für zivilgesellschaftliche und internationale Organisationen arbeiten, oder für Menschen, die in ihren Gesellschaften über Einfluss verfügen. Junge Menschen, die bereits Erfahrung mit Friedensarbeit, Konfliktlösung und Konfliktmanagement haben, sind ebenso eingeladen wie junge Menschen, die daran interessiert sind, die Werte des Friedens in ihrem Lebenskontext zu verbreiten.

The World Council of Churches, the Muslim Council of Elders and Rose Castle Foundation are hosting an Emerging Peacemakers Forum for young men and women working in civil society and international organizations, or for influential people in their societies, at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. Young people who have previous experience in peace-making, conflict resolution, or conflict management, are also invited to apply, in addition to young people who are interested in spreading the values of peace where they live.

At the graduation ceremony of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey on 27 January, 27 students received certificates for their completed studies in ecumenism that prepared them to become future leaders and ambassadors of the ecumenical movement.

An einem Gottesdienst im Rahmen der Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen versammelten sich in der Kapelle des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen am 18. Januar Vertreterinnen und Vertreter von 25 Kirchen in Genf.

In a service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, representatives from 25 churches in Geneva drew together in the World Council of Churches chapel on 18 January.

On 1 December, World AIDS Day will mark more than 40 years since the first outbreak of the epidemic; however, in 2021, every two minutes, an adolescent girl or young woman (15-24 years old) acquired HIV.