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Meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa

ÖRK-Generalsekretär trifft sich mit dem südafrikanischen Präsidenten Cyril Ramaphosa zu Gesprächen über lokalen und globalen Frieden

Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, hat sich mit dem südafrikanischen Präsidenten Cyril Ramaphosa getroffen, um mit ihm über Friedensinitiativen weltweit und über die Rolle des ÖRK und südafrikanischer Führungskräfte zu sprechen.

17 August 2023

Meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa

WCC general secretary meets with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss local and global peace

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, discussing peace initiatives across the globe—and the role of the WCC and South African leaders.

10 August 2023

South African Council of Churches shares video message of peace and reassurance

South African Council of Churches general secretary, Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, released a video message of peace and reassurance as, he notes, more and more voices are reaching out for the word of God.

21 March 2023

Prof. Jace Pillay

Prof. Jace Pillay reflects on importance of churches in upholding children’s rights

Prof. Jace Pillay, South African research chair for Education and Care in Childhood at the University of Johannesburg, reflected on the importance of churches in ensuring the rights of children.

Twin brother of World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, Jace Pillay noted that South Africa has very good policies with regard to children’s rights —but in many areas those policies exist only on paper, as they are not implemented.

14 March 2023

African man wearing a black medical face mask stands in front of a poster at a museum.

Pastor Frank Chikane: „Einheit lässt sich nicht auf Kosten der Gerechtigkeit erreichen“

Als Pastor Frank Chikane als Generalsekretär den Südafrikanischen Kirchenrat leitete und das Apartheidsystem wegen seiner Ungerechtigkeiten anklagte, führte er seine Mission unbeirrt fort, auch nachdem das Büro des Gebäudes nach einem Bombenanschlag völlig zerstört war. Pastor Chikane ist seit 2016 Vorsitzender der Kommission der Kirchen für internationale Angelegenheiten des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) und engagiert sich für den Kampf gegen Ungerechtigkeiten in zahlreichen Ländern der Welt. Die ÖRK-Kommunikationsabteilung hat Pastor Chikane darum gebeten, auf seine bisherige Arbeit innerhalb der Kommission zurückzublicken und über die fortwährende Berufung der Kirchen zu sprechen, ein Zeichen gegen die Ungerechtigkeiten in der Welt von heute zu setzen.

17 January 2022

African man wearing a black medical face mask stands in front of a poster at a museum.

Rev. Frank Chikane: “You can’t do unity at the expense of justice”

When Rev. Frank Chikane was leading the South African Council of Churches in calling out injustices of the apartheid system, their work did not stop even after the council’s office building was bombed to the ground in 1980s. Moderating the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches (WCC) since 2016, Rev. Chikane has been engaged in addressing injustices in many parts of the world. WCC Communication asked Rev. Chikane to look back at his term at the commission and the ongoing calling of churches to address injustices in the world today.

13 January 2022

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Die Welt trauert um Desmond Tutu

Heute trauert die Welt um eine herausragende Persönlichkeit im Kampf für Freiheit, Menschenwürde und Rechte.

30 December 2021

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

World mourns loss of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Today the world joins in mourning the passing of a towering figure in the struggle for freedom and for human dignity and rights.

30 December 2021

View over Johannesburg, South Africa, with jacarandas blooming.

Ihr Engagement in internationalen Angelegenheiten hat die Kirchen in die Lage versetzt, entschieden gegen Ungerechtigkeiten Stellung zu beziehen

Das 58. Treffen der Kommission der Kirchen für internationale Angelegenheiten (CCIA) des Ökumenischen Rats der Kirchen (ÖRK), das im Jahr des 75-jährigen Bestehens der Kommission Vertreter in Johannesburg und online zusammenbrachte, stellte zum Abschluss fest, dass diese seit der letzten ÖRK-Vollversammlung in Busan das Engagement der Kirchen in vielen für die Welt kritischen Bereichen unterstützt habe.

16 November 2021

View over Johannesburg, South Africa, with jacarandas blooming.

Engagement in international affairs has enabled churches to take a firm stand against injustices

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) has facilitated churches’ engagement in a wide range of critical issues of the world since the last WCC Assembly in Busan, concluded the 58th meeting of the WCC CCIA, gathering church representatives in Johannesburg and online in the 75th anniversary year of the Commission’s creation.

15 November 2021

Panelists of the 58th meeting of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs in Johannesburg, South Africa.

ÖRK-Kommission der Kirchen für internationale Angelegenheiten eröffnet Tagung in Johannesburg und sieht ihre wichtigste Aufgabe darin, die tiefen Wunden der Welt zu heilen.

Mit dem Klang südafrikanischer Trommeln zur Begrüßung begann diese Woche in Johannesburg die 58. Tagung der Kommission der Kirchen für internationale Angelegenheiten des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen. Auf der Tagung wird die Arbeit der Kommission zwischen zwei ÖRK-Vollversammlungen auf den Prüfstand gestellt, und es wird über das Engagement der Kirchen für wichtige Themen unserer heutigen Zeit diskutiert.

04 November 2021

Panelists of the 58th meeting of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs in Johannesburg, South Africa.

WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs opens meeting in Johannesburg with focus on helping to heal the world’s deep wounds

With the welcoming sound of South African drums, the 58th meeting of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) began this week in Johannesburg, reviewing the work of the commission between two WCC assemblies and discussing the churches’ engagement in critical issues of the world today.

04 November 2021

CCIA meeting in Brisbane, 2020

WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs will meet to prepare for the 11th WCC Assembly

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.

28 October 2021

Church leaders in southern Africa participate in child safeguarding workshops

Church leaders in South Africa and Zimbabwe are participating in online workshops on “Churches and Child Safeguarding” on 3 and 5 August. Part of the World Council of Churches (WCC) partnership program with UNICEF, “Churches’ Commitments to Children,” the workshops are designed to nurture churches where children feel welcome and safe.

04 August 2021

hands together praying

Prayer services for South Africa will call for unity, mark Nelson Mandela’s birthday

On 18 July, prayer services in South Africa will mark Nelson Mandela’s birthday and will also be an opportunity to pray for unity.

The Religious Forum Against COVID-19 has elected to observe the day in both a nationally broadcast prayer service as well as observing 67 minutes of prayer that evening.

16 July 2021

South Africa flag in red

South African Council of Churches calls for restoration, healing in wake of unrest

The South African Council of Churches, in a 15 July statement, called for supporting a campaign of restoration and addressing the root causes of the unrest that is happening simultaneously with a third wave of COVID-19.

15 July 2021

Praying in the church

South African Council of Churches appeals for calm in the midst of looting

A 12 July statement from the South African Council of Churches notes with deep concern the violence and destruction of property that is engulfing the nation. “This violence is resulting in untold suffering,” the statement reads.

13 July 2021

Clint le Bruine

WCC mourns passing of South African theologian Dr Clint Le Bruyns

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss of Dr Clint Le Bruyns, who was deeply involved in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.

14 January 2021

Photo: Peter Kenny/WCC

South African Council of Churches calls on De Klerk Foundation to retract statement about apartheid

The South African Council of Churches is calling on the De Klerk Foundation to retract and apologize in the wake of a 14 February statement issued by the foundation amplifying the position that apartheid was not a crime against humanity, but a Soviet propaganda ploy.

17 February 2020

Foto: ÖRK/SACC

ÖRK-Delegation trifft sich mit Südafrikas Präsident Ramaphosa

Am 9. Dezember hat sich eine Delegation unter der Leitung von Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), mit dem südafrikanischen Präsidenten Cyril Ramaphosa und Mitgliedern seines Kabinetts in Johannesburg in Südafrika getroffen.

09 December 2019