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A team from the Church of Westphalia visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey from 27 September to 1 October, exploring a global view of ecumenism by learning about the WCC as a global ecumenical organisation.

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 fourth of a series of five webinars promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pan-African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN) was held on 18 February, providing reflections on inclusion of both African culture and tradition into theological reflection.

Under the title “Christ’s Love in the Midst of Pandemic: Moving the World to Reconciliation and Solidarity,” the World Council of Churches (WCC) journal The Ecumenical Review explores a range of theological, spiritual, and societal questions raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

The WCC has welcomed four new programme executives.

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.

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.

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.

Rising populism, racism and xenophobia - how can churches act against this tide?

Practitioners, ecumenical officers, and representatives of mission and church-based humanitarian agencies came together in Geneva from 1-3 September to formulate an answer.

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.