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Church and related organizations’ response to food crises globally may need to be strengthened following the findings of a new report which projects millions of people will be without food due climate change, conflict and insecurity.

At the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism, held in Tanzania in March, WCC communications interviewed Rene van Dongen, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Deputy Representative. Van Dongen spoke about Churches’ Commitments to Children, which is now supported by more than 200 churches and partners worldwide. The initiative was created when the WCC and UNICEF facilitated a broad consultative process around the question ‘How can churches use their influence to improve children’s lives?’

Am Rande der Konferenz für Weltmission und Evangelisation (CWME) gab es zahlreiche Ausstellungen von verschiedenen Gruppen und Einzelpersonen und es wurden allerhand farbenfrohe Gegenstände zum Verkauf angebote. Verschiedene Unternehmen boten Touren zu Touristenzielen und Sehenswürdigkeiten in Tansania feil, Banken waren auf der Suche nach neuen Kunden und Buchhandlungen zeigten ihr Angebot. Dieser Marktplatz, auch „Sokoni“ genannt, wurde zu einer Gelegenheit für religiöse und zivilgesellschaftliche Institutionen und Organisationen in den lokalen Gemeinwesen zu zeigen, was sie alles tun, um die Lebensbedingungen der Menschen in ihrem Umfeld zu verbessern.

The marketplace - also referred to as a “sokoni" - became an opportunity for faith and community-based institutions to share what they do to improve the lives of people around them.

Nachfolge finde dann statt, wenn wir absichtlich, aufopferungsvoll und konsequent jeden Moment unseres täglichen Lebens in die Nachfolge Jesu stellen, sagte Pastor Dhiloraj Ranjit Canagasabey im Plenum zu missionaler Ausbildung auf der Konferenz für Weltmission und Evangelisation (CWME) am 12. März.

Discipleship takes place when we intentionally, sacrificially, and consistently live every moment of our daily lives in commitment to following Jesus, said Rt Rev. Dhiloraj Ranjit Canagasabey at the missional formation plenary of the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) on March 12.

Traveling from Tanzania, Esther Ngulwa brought a sense of hope regarding gender equality as she spoke on 10 March, two days before the start of the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) in New York City.

In Makumira in der Nähe von Arusha (Tansania) haben über 100 Theologiestudierende aus aller Welt die Eröffnung des Global Ecumenical Theological Institute 2018 gefeiert, das vom Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen organisiert wurde.

Gathering in Makumira near Arusha, Tanzania on 5 March, more than 100 theology students from around the world celebrated the opening of the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute 2018, organized by the WCC.

Participants at the Africa Pre-Conference of the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism, arrived in black clothing on 14 September to act in solidarity with the worldwide “Thursdays in Black" campaign.

“We’ve seen in the case of refugees, how the church takes a strong standpoint in welcoming those who have fled. But it isn’t always so easy in the congregations. There are many who feel fear, as we receive not only refugees but sometimes also people of other faiths. In this case, we can see a gap between what the church says, and what is actually lived.”

Greta Nania-Montoya Ortega hat eine enthusiastische Botschaft für junge Erwachsene, die am Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) 2018 interessiert sind: „Verpasst nicht diese einmalige Gelegenheit. Sie wird euer Leben verändern!“

Greta Nania-Montoya Ortega has an enthusiastic message for young people considering signing up for the 2018 Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI): “Do not miss this unique opportunity. It will change your life!”

Rev. Dr Benjamin Simon was born in Germany, but he is also very much a product of Africa. Since September 2016, he has held the post of Professor of Ecumenical Missiology at the WCC's Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, a post he assumed just in time for the celebrations of 70 years’ serving ecumenism worldwide.

A WCC member church in Kenya has consecrated its second woman bishop, Rev. Alice Muthoni Mutuma, on 31 January in Meru. Rev. Pauline Wanjiru Njiru, East Africa regional coordinator for the WCC Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy, attended the service and brought greetings from WCC.