Rev. Dr Odair Pedroso Mateus, professor of ecumenical theology at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland and acting director of the WCC Commission on Faith and Order, has been confirmed as the new Faith and Order director.
In the wake of the release of a summary report by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, member churches in Canada belonging to the WCC are beginning what they acknowledge will be a painful pilgrimage toward recognizing the mistreatment of their country’s indigenous peoples and ensuring such abuse will not happen again.
Young ecumenical leaders from Asia have met in Siam Reap, Cambodia to examine how religious traditions can offer resources to overcome religious violence in a changing Asian context.
Der Kirchentag schloss in Stuttgart mit einem Open-Air-Gottesdienst und einer Einladung zum nächsten Treffen 2017: 500 Jahre, nachdem Martin Luther die Reformation einläutete.
Germany’s biggest Protestant convention, the Kirchentag, ended in Stuttgart with an open-air service and an invitation to the next gathering in 2017, a year that marks 500 years since the Reformation unleashed by Martin Luther.
Während Organisationen weltweit ihre Arbeit zur Klimagerechtigkeit intensivieren und der Countdown für die Ausarbeitung neuer Klimaverpflichtungen läuft, haben sich Mitglieder der ÖRK-Arbeitsgruppe zum Klimawandel an einem viertägigen Treffen versammelt, um effektive Maßnahmen für Klimagerechtigkeit und eine starke Teilnahme von kirchlichen Initiativen an der Konferenz der Vereinten Nationen über Klimaänderungen in Paris (COP21) zu planen.
As organizations worldwide intensify their work on issues of climate justice, and the clock is ticking for new climate commitments to take shape, members of the WCC Working Group on Climate Change have gathered for a four-day meeting to strategize for effective climate justice action and for strong participation of faith-based initiatives at COP21.
Der Dialog mit dem Judentum fordert Christen heraus, gründlicher über ihre eigene Identität und ihren eigenen Glauben nachzudenken, waren sich Podiumsteilnehmer und Podiumsteilnehmerinnen einig, während einer Diskussion auf dem Deutschen Evangelischen Kirchentag, einer kirchlichen Versammlung, die in Stuttgart fast 100'000 Menschen vereinte.
Dialogue with Judaism challenges Christians to think more deeply about their own identity and faith, according to panelists at a forum during the German Protestant Kirchentag, a church convention that brought almost 100,000 people to the city of Stuttgart.
Christians need a "spirituality of resistance" to face oppression, violence and experiences of defeat, the WCC general secretary said in an address at Germany’s biggest Protestant gathering.
”Truly, I am in the household of God,” began WCC associate general secretary for public witness and diakonia Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri in her keynote speech today at the 14th Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia.
Under the theme “Living Together in the Household of God,” some 440 representatives of member churches and partner bodies from 28 countries gathered on Thursday 21 May in Jakarta, Indonesia, for the opening of the Christian Conference of Asia’s 14th General Assembly.
The WCC has hailed news of a resumption of talks between Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders on the longstanding division of the island of Cyprus.
Members of the WCC Commission on Youth (ECHOS) visited the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate and Bishop Yohannes, president of the Bishopric of Social and Ecumenical Services.
Members of the WCC Commission on Youth (ECHOS), visited Al Azhar Mosque and University on 12 May for a meeting with the grand sheikh and the Egyptian minister of Religious Affairs.
At the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Lesotho Evangelical Church, a WCC member church, WCC’s associate general secretary Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri expressed her deep admiration for its missionary legacy and its “clear witness for God”.
Die neuen Mitglieder der Kommission für Jugend in der ökumenischen Bewegung (ECHOS) des ÖRK versammeln sich zum ersten Mal zu einem viertägigen Treffen, welches in der Koptischen Kirche in Kairo, Ägypten, stattfindet.
New members of the WCC Commission on Youth (ECHOS) have gathered for the first time, for a four-day meeting hosted by the Coptic Church in Cairo, Egypt.
Es war eine Wanderung für den Frieden – inspiriert von der biblischen Geschichte von Emmaus –, bei der Teile des Heiligen Landes in den Fußstapfen Jesu durchkreuzt wurden.
