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The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), on 11-12 July, held an international consultation on “Towards Revitalising the Ecumenical Movement in Asia.” The gathering of 60 church and ecumenical leaders was organised by the CCA at its headquarters in Chiang Mai, Thailand as a prelude to its Diamond Jubilee celebration.

The World Council of Churches' (WCC) popular YATRA (Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity) programme has a new online learning component that adds four weeks of intensive training to two weeks of residential learning. When 35 young men and women from 14 different countries meet at the Jakarta Theological Seminary in Indonesia on 8 July, they will already have a familiarity with the major religious traditions found in Asia, thanks to their online studies.

Frauen afrikanischer Herkunft haben einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Ökumene und zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung ihrer Gesellschaft geleistet. Aber ihre Geschichten sind oft wenig bekannt, und ihr Potenzial liegt häufig brach.

Women of African descent have made important contributions to the ecumenical movement and to their societies' sustainable development. However, their stories often remain untold and their potential unfilled.

“The world is calling upon the faith leaders to use their power for justice for the excluded and discriminated against, and for the exploited planet earth,” says WCC deputy general secretary Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri.

Reconciliation was once primarily seen as a message of the church but is now used by secular leaders trying to establish peace in communities torn by conflict and war, the WCC president for Africa, the Rev. Mary Anne Plaatjies van Huffel, has said at a major Protestant gathering in Germany.

The first ever WCC Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held 24 July to 3 August, hosted by the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Blantyre Synod. Applications are now open with a deadline of 11 June (deadline extended).

On 12 March, Jane Murenga, a head teacher at a local Anglican Church-sponsored primary school, was raped and murdered in Githure village, Kirinyaga County in Kenya. She was hosting her younger sister at her home. She left the main house to take a shower in the bathroom which is detached from the house. Her sister decided to check on her, only to find her on the ground lifeless with a man on top of her, raping her.

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!”

Rauha. Paix. Friede. Paghidait.

Rauha. Paix. Friede. Paghidait.

Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der römisch-katholischen Kirche und des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen gehen neue Wege der Zusammenarbeit bei den dringendsten Problemen unserer Zeit.

Roman Catholic and WCC representatives are forging new ways of working together on today’s most pressing issues.

Geschichten über Frauen in Führungspositionen der Kirchen sind wichtig, um eine neue Generation weiblicher Führungspersönlichkeiten in Afrika zu fördern, sagen Redner/innen auf einer Veranstaltung während der Sitzung des Zentralausschusses des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen.

Stories of women in church leadership are vital to forming a new generation of female pan-African leaders, say speakers at World Council of Churches event.

Ermutigung, Inspiration und Erfahrungsaustausch prägten die Plenarsitzung, die sich mit dem vom ÖRK initiierten Pilgerweg der Gerechtigkeit und des Friedens befasste.