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Al dirigirse a la Comisión de Fe y Constitución del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) durante la reciente reunión histórica de la comisión en Indonesia, el secretario general del CMI, Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, expresó su agradecimiento por el trabajo de la comisión y su esperanza para el devenir ecuménico de cara a 2025.

As the World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order convened in North Sulawesi, Indonesia from 1-8 February, the gathering was underscored with hope at the heart of a Christian message to the world. 

Speaking to the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order during the commission’s historic meeting in Indonesia, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed gratitude for the commission’s work, and hope for the ecumenical journey in 2025.

Un servicio con motivo de la Semana de oración por la unidad cristiana reunió a representantes de veinticinco iglesias de Ginebra en la capilla del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) el 18 de enero.

In a service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, representatives from 25 churches in Geneva drew together in the World Council of Churches chapel on 18 January.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca shared greetings with the Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua upon its “167 mission day anniversary celebration.”

En seguimiento a la decisión del Comité Ejecutivo durante su reunión de noviembre de 2021, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) publica tres vacantes para puestos directivos. Las vacantes incluyen los puestos de director/a de programa de Unidad y Misión, de director/a del programa de Testimonio Público y Diaconía y de director/a de la Comisión de Fe y Constitución del CMI.

Following the decision of the Executive Committee during its meeting of November 2021, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is posting the opening of three staff leadership positions. The openings include programme director for Unity and Mission, programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia, and director of the WCC Commission on Faith and Order.

Looking toward the 2022 assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) that will gather around the theme “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” the latest issue of the WCC journal International Review of Mission focuses on the relationship between mission and unity.

A collection of documents and publications from the World Council of Churches (WCC) is now available through its longstanding partner organization Globethics.net. The WCC collection, updated weekly, reflects a growing and longstanding electronic bridge between the organizations’ websites.

El arzobispo Rev. Dr. Soritua Albert Ernest Nababan, dirigente ecuménico mundial, falleció el 8 de mayo en Yakarta (Indonesia) a los 87 años. Fue presidente del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) de 2006 a 2013 y sirvió como éforo (arzobispo) de la Huria Kristen Batak Protestan, la iglesia protestante más grande de Indonesia y la mayor iglesia luterana de Asia con cuatro millones de miembros.

Archbishop Rev. Dr Soritua Albert Ernest Nababan, a global ecumenical leader, passed away on 8 May in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the age of 88. He was the World Council of Churches (WCC) president from 2006-2013 and served as the former Ephorus (Archbishop) of the Huria Kristen Batak Protestan, the largest Protestant church in Indonesia and the largest Lutheran church in Asia with a membership of 4 million people.

A webinar held 22 October gave space for persons with disabilities to share their reflections. Entitled “From Lamentation to Transformation,” the event, first in a series of webinars on COVID-19 perspectives, highlighted hope through stories, practical support, and social change as experienced by persons with disabilities.

The newly available materials for next year‘s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity draw on the experience of contemplative community life to guide us on a journey of prayer bearing fruits of reconciliation and solidarity. Tasked with preparing a draft for the 2021 edition, the Community of Grandchamp in Switzerland chose the theme “Abide in my love and you shall bear much fruit” (cf. Jn 15:5-9).