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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.

To promote open discussions on the theological and practical discourse, narrative and experiences on implications for the work of the multi-religious organizations on religion, violence and extremism, the WCC, along with the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists held a Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs.

A small diaspora congregation of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church observed the Joint Ecumenical Sunday of the Communion of Churches in India (CCI) in Geneva on 24 January.

Der ÖRK-Generalsekretär Olav Fykse Tveit begrüßte die sogenannte Erklärung von Marrakesch über die Rechte religiöser Minderheiten in mehrheitlich muslimischen Gemeinschaften.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit commended the release of the Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of Religious Minorities in Predominantly Muslim Majority Communities.

Ecumenical cooperation among Christian traditions is “an indispensable path to evangelization,” according to the 2013 apostolic exhortation from Pope Francis titled Evangelii Gaudium, or “the joy of the gospel.” The latest issue of the journal International Review of Mission analyses the encyclical’s teaching in light of two other documents on mission agreed by the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism and the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.

The latest issue of Current Dialogue explores the phenomenon of “multiple religious belonging,” in which people participate or identify with the practices and beliefs of more than one religious tradition.

An ecumenical worship service on 21 January at St. James Cathedral in Riga, held during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2016, was vivid confirmation of the ecumenical efforts of Christians in Latvia.

The #SyriaCrisis has raged for five brutal years and another round of talks involving the world’s powerful nations and those involved in the conflict to push for peace could be starting to finally end the warring.

In Lettland zeigt sich die Einheit der Christen meist in Form von praktischer Zusammenarbeit, aber auch in ökumenischen Gottesdiensten – mit der Beteiligung von lutherischen, römisch-katholischen, orthodoxen, armenisch-apostolischen, baptistischen, adventistischen, methodistischen und pfingstkirchlichen Gemeinden, und manchmal sogar Vertretern der Altgläubigen.

In addition to ecumenical prayer and celebration – with the participation of Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, Baptist, Adventist, Pentecostal, Methodist churches, and sometimes even representatives of the Old Believers’ community – Christian unity in Latvia usually takes the form of practical cooperation.

The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe and the WCC have published a revised and updated edition of their joint study, Mapping Migration: Mapping Churches’ Responses in Europe. The 2016 text explores challenges and changes in the European church landscape in light of international migration.

Den Kirchen in Europa käme im Umgang mit den ankommenden Flüchtlingen in Europa eine wesentliche Rolle zu, erklärte der deutsche Bundesminister des Innern auf einer Tagung von Regierungsvertreterinnen und -vertretern, UN-Organisationen, Kirchen, glaubensgestützten Gruppen und zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen in Genf.

Churches in Europe have a crucial role to play in responding to the arrival of refugees in Europe, Germany's interior minister has told a gathering in Geneva of governments, United Nations agencies, church and faith groups and civil society organizations.

Implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change sharpened discussion of the 2015 papal encyclical Laudato Si’ at a UN conference initiated by the Holy See and several permanent missions to the UN on 15 January in Geneva. Among the presenters were the president of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace, the apostolic nuncio to the United Nations and the WCC general secretary.

Zum Jahresauftakt empfing der ÖRK am 13. Januar Jürgen Moltmann einen Tag lang zu Vorträgen und Gesprächen im Ökumenischen Zentrum in Genf. Dabei ging Moltmann auch auf Fragen und Bemerkungen zu seinem letzten Buch „Der lebendige Gott und die Fülle des Lebens“ ein, dessen englische Fassung im Dezember von WCC-Publications veröffentlicht wurde.

At the start of a new year of work at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, respected German theologian Jürgen Moltmann led a day-long series of presentations and discussions as a guest of the WCC on Wednesday, 13 January. He also responded to comments and questions on his new book, The Living God and the Fullness of Life (WCC Publications, 2016).

As they prepared materials for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2016, Christians in Latvia reflected on this year’s theme from 1 Peter 2:9, “Called to proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord.” The week of prayer is traditionally celebrated from 18-25 January (in the northern hemisphere) or at Pentecost (in the southern hemisphere).

Erstmals sind 2016 Ressourcen für die Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen für Smartphones, Computer und Tablets verfügbar.