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With an intervention delivered by Max Weber, a student at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, the World Council of Churches expressed deep concern for human rights in Haiti. 

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) schreibt eine Reihe von Führungspositionen im ÖRK aus und will damit Interessenten gewinnen, die sich für die Aufgaben der globalen Gemeinschaft engagieren wollen und die laufenden Arbeiten für Einheit, Gerechtigkeit und Frieden mit neuer Dynamik fortsetzen wollen.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is accepting applications for staff leadership positions from people who want to continue and build on the momentum of the global fellowship in its ongoing work for unity, justice and peace.

In seiner Unterstützung der ÖRK-Gemeinschaft und ihres anhaltenden Aufrufs zur gemeinsamen Nachfolge hat der ÖRK-Zentralausschuss den ÖRK-Mitgliedskirchen das Dokument „Zur Verwandlung aufgerufen: Ökumenische Diakonie“ mitsamt seiner Ergänzung empfohlen.

Encouraging the WCC fellowship in its ongoing call to discipleship together, the WCC central committee commended to WCC member churches the document “Called to Transformation—Ecumenical Diakonia and Addendums.”

Der geschäftsführende Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Priester Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, hat sich am 31. August im Ökumenischen Institut in Bossey mit Dr. Muhammad Bin Abulkarim Al-Issa, dem Generalsekretär der in Mekka ansässigen Islamischen Weltliga, und mit Aamir Javed Sheikh, dem Präsidenten der norwegischen Stiftung „Foundation Dialogue for Peace“, getroffen.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca met with Dr Muhammad Bin Abulkarim Al-Issa, secretary general of the Mecca-based Muslim World League and Aamir Javed Sheikh, head of the Norway-based Foundation Dialogue for Peace, at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute on 31 August.

A House panel in the United States Congress advanced a decades-long effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves by approving legislation, commonly referred to as H.R. 40, on 15 April that would create a commission to study the issue. The “40” refers to the failed government effort to provide 40 acres (16 hectares) of land to newly freed slaves as the Civil War drew to a close.

It's the first time the House Judiciary Committee has acted on the legislation.

The WCC has welcomed four new programme executives.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) are calling upon young Africans to participate in an essay contest for the African regional publication on Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace. Africans from the continent and the diaspora up to 35 years of age are invited to send their texts by 15 October 2019.

Conversations at the World Council of Churches (WCC) exhibition booth at the Kirchentag showed there is a growing interest in ecumenical movement among German churches. The topics of a particularly high interest were the Thursdays in Black campaign and studies at the Ecumenical institute in Bossey.

Women in Liberia participated in the Thursdays in Black campaign by staging a peaceful demonstration in the streets of Margibi County against the growing waves of violence against women and girls.

Eine besondere Kampagne des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) beschäftigt sich mit den Themen Missbrauch und Gewalt in einer „liebenden“ Beziehung. Der Valentinstag am 14. Februar fällt in diesem Jahr auf einen Donnerstag und wird daher in Verbindung gestellt mit der Kampagne „Donnerstags in Schwarz“ gegen Vergewaltigung und Gewalt.

A special WCC campaign is tackling abuse and violence in “loving” relationships. Valentine’s Day, 14 February, falls on a Thursday this year, and is being connected to the Thursdays in Black campaign against rape and violence.

Almost 30 international students from the WCC's Bossey Ecumenical Institute, Switzerland, are embarking on a future of ecumenism, dialogue and unity that began with months of intense study and fellowship.

As a result of a consultation on 9-10 November in Washington, D.C., Pan African Women of Faith have released a Call to Action toward a vision of sustainable communities and an end to hunger and poverty.

A delegation from the Evangelical Church in Germany is visiting the WCC on 26-27 October for an ecumenical learning experience that includes prayers with students from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, an introduction and overview of the work of the WCC, a meeting with the Lutheran World Federation, and a guided tour of the Ecumenical Centre.

Speaking in Lviv, Ukraine on 30 August, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri presented a paper on ”Women and Ecumenical Engagement for Peace in South Sudan,” reflecting on the experiences of a Pilgrim Team visit by the WCC in May 2018.

Erklären Sie mir, wie Sie sich ernsthaft mit dem Thema dieser Vollversammlung – „Die Unordnung der Welt und Gottes Heilsplan“ – beschäftigen können, nachdem Karl Barth am Montagnachmittag mit dem erhobenen Zeigefinger eines Baseler Professors prophezeit hat, dass es falsch ist, dass es genau anders herum sein müsste: erst „Gottes Heilsplan“ und dann „die Unordnung der Welt“?