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“Dawn will never come if the heralds of dawn keep silence,” said an anonymous 19th century woman on the relationship between women and the church. That quotation has greatly inspired the International Association of Women Ministers, which is celebrating 103 years of existence this year.

Can inter-religious encounters and dialogue help address challenges and conflicts? Can representatives of different religions act together for peace?

Over 100 people including students, alumni, instructors, and guests from academic and theological institutions in Germany, Switzerland, and France gathered together to hear reflections as part of the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) program culmination on 7 September during the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe.

"God made me inquisitive by nature,” said Tavis Tinsley, 27, a graduate student from the United States and theologian from the United Methodist Church.

“The audacity to love as Christ loves,” said the Rt. Rev. Joy Evelyn Abdul-Mohan, is “an imperative, not an option” for churches in today’s world. “When we have our agenda inclusive of all, for the benefit of all, then the cooperation and the commitment of all will be assured, and Christ’s audacious love will become more real to us.”

Wo zwei oder drei Christinnen oder Christen versammelt sind, da findet man sie wahrscheinlich entweder bei einer Andacht oder dabei, wie sie ihre Gemeinschaft bei einem guten Essen feiern. Bring ein paar Tausend Christinnen und Christen zusammen, und man trifft sie sicher bei einer Bibelstudie an.

Where two or three Christians are gathered, you will most likely find them in worship or enjoying fellowship over food. Gather a few thousand Christians in one place, and you will definitely find them engaged in a Bible study.

Eine Schriftlesung aus Psalm 15 hat zu Beginn der Morgenandacht am Samstag, dem 3. September während der 11. Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) in Karlsruhe, Deutschland, gefragt: „Herr, wer darf weilen in deinem Zelt?“

“Lord, who may abide in your tent?” asked a reading from Psalm 15 at the start of morning prayers on Saturday 3 September during the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11^th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Karlsruhe, eine Stadt, die vor über 300 Jahren ohne Mauern gebaut wurden war, offen für Freunde und Gäste — in einer Zeit, als andere Städte sich noch hinter ihren Befestigungsanlagen versteckten — hieß Menschen aus der ganzen Welt zu Tagungen zur Vorbereitung auf die 11. Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) willkommen. Diese Vorbereitungstagungen bringen starke Aufrufe zur Vollversammlung.

Das Kunstwerk „Wasserfall der Solidarität und des Widerstandes“ ist fertig zusammengenäht und wird gegenwärtig auf der 11. Vollversammlung des ÖRK in Karlsruhe, Deutschland, ausgestellt.

The Waterfall Tapestry of Solidarity and Resistance has now been assembled and is on display at the WCC’s 11^th Assembly, in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Karlsruhe, a city built over 300 hundred years ago without walls, open to friends and guests —at a time where other cities still hid behind their fortifications —welcomed people from all over the world to four pre-assemblies that are bringing forward powerful calls to the 11^th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC).