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In a statement on 21 April, the Youth Office of the Sudan Council of Churches reflected on the difficult situation in the nation.

Rev. Dr Fidon Mwombeki, general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches, urged youth to work for the prosperity of Africa, as he reminded them that the continent was their future home.

As part of an ongoing campaign on youth and patriotism, the All Africa Conference of Churches has convened a pre-congress meeting in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to prepare for a continental youth assembly later next year.

Rev. Fr Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi is dean of the Ecumenical Institute, the graduate school which opened its academic year this week. Below, Iwuamadi reflects on the arrival of new students at the Ecumenical Institute during this remarkable time.

Young African clergy, theologians and laypersons are eager to engage with the challenging issues facing their continent and the world. This became clear in a recent essay competition for authors below 35 years by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in partnership with the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC).

Numerosos jóvenes clérigos, teólogos y laicos africanos están dispuestos a comprometerse para afrontar los profundos desafíos a los que se enfrenta su continente y el mundo. Esto se puso de manifiesto en un reciente concurso de ensayos para autores menores de 35 años organizado por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en colaboración con la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África (AACC).

A wave of change is blowing at the All Africa Conference of Churches, as the African ecumenical body implements a new five-year strategic plan. In an ambitious six pillar road map, the grouping of Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and indigenous churches has unveiled completely new areas of work, as it moves to inject new energy into older programmes. At the core of the strategy is effectiveness, efficiency and reliability for the ecumenical body, which is keen to deliver on its prophetic mission.

Soplan vientos de cambio en la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África (AACC, por sus siglas en inglés), gracias a la implementación de un nuevo plan estratégico de cinco años en el organismo ecuménico africano.
En una ambiciosa hoja de ruta compuesta por seis pilares, la agrupación de iglesias protestantes, anglicanas, ortodoxas e indígenas ha anunciado áreas de trabajo completamente nuevas, y emprende medidas para inyectar energías renovadas en sus programas más antiguos. El núcleo de la estrategia es la eficacia, la eficiencia y la fiabilidad en el organismo ecuménico, que está decidido a cumplir con su misión profética.

Each year students from all over the world arrive at Bossey near Geneva for a three-month language training course to pave their way for ecumenical studies that follow on straight after. “The title captures the goal of the course,” says Father Lawrence Iwuamadi, the Nigerian priest who studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and is academic dean of the Ecumenical Institute.

“Congratulations for being a student at Bossey!” Fr Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, director of the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey and deputy general secretary, welcomed the students for the new academic year 2018-2019. Thirty-one students from diverse countries and traditions will start their classes at the ecumenical institute on Tuesday.

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.

En los alrededores de la Conferencia sobre Misión Mundial y Evangelización (CMME), varias personas y grupos organizaron numerosas exposiciones de coloridos artículos para su venta: bolsos, ropa tradicional, zapatos, joyas y piezas de arte.

Economic justice. Equal opportunities. Care for orphaned children. More knowledge about mission and how it helps the church act dynamically.

Justicia económica. Igualdad de oportunidades. Cuidado de los huérfanos. Más conocimiento sobre la misión y la forma en que esta ayuda a la iglesia a actuar dinámicamente. En un intercambio honesto de sus problemas y esperanzas, 20 jóvenes indígenas de todo el mundo y de diversas tradiciones religiosas se reunieron en Arusha, del 5 al 7 de marzo.

In a symbolic event dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), students of the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) 2018 planted 12 trees at Tumaini University Makumira, Arusha, Tanzania on 7 March.

En un evento simbólico, dedicado al 70° aniversario del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), estudiantes del Instituto Teológico Ecuménico Mundial 2018 (GETI, por su sigla en inglés), el 7 de marzo plantaron 12 árboles en el campus de Makumira de la Universidad de Tumaini en Arusha, Tanzania.

Gathering in Makumira near Arusha, Tanzania on 5 March, more than 100 theology students from around the world celebrated the opening of the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute 2018, organized by the WCC.

Más de cien estudiantes de teología de todo el mundo reunidos en Makumira (Tanzania) celebraron la inauguración del Instituto Teológico Ecuménico Mundial (GETI) 2018, un acontecimiento organizado por el CMI.

With the aim of building competency in economics within churches, the second Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) was held from 21 August - 1 September in Lusaka, Zambia.

Con el propósito de mejorar las competencias en materia de economía dentro de las iglesias, la segunda Escuela Ecuménica de Gobernanza, Economía y Gestión para una Economía de la Vida tuvo lugar del 21 de agosto al 1 de septiembre en Lusaka (Zambia).