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#WCC70 hymns resonate in Ecumenical Centre Chapel

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches, the board of the Anders-Frostenson Foundation led a sing-along concert at the Ecumenical Centre Chapel on 28 September, offering participants a unique experience full of emotion.

An ecumenical pioneer’s book re-launched in English

In 1984 a pastor from Uruguay became the first Latin American to be elected as general secretary of the WCC. The late Emilio Castro (1927 - 2013) left an unmatched legacy of passionate ecumenism behind him. His book “Pasion y compromise con el Reino de Dios”, first published in 2007, has now been translated into English and released in an edited version.

Leadership of WCC Central Committee gathers in Geneva

The leadership of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee met in Geneva on 16-17 September to prepare for the Executive Committee meeting and the joint day on Ecumenical Diakonia with ACT Alliance in Uppsala, Sweden, in November.

Los dirigentes del Comité Central del CMI se reúnen en Ginebra

Los dirigentes del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunieron en Ginebra los días 16 y 17 de septiembre para preparar la reunión del Comité Ejecutivo y la jornada conjunta con ACT Alianza sobre diaconía ecuménica, que se celebrarán en Uppsala (Suecia) en noviembre.

Tveit saluda a la Comunidad de Iglesias Protestantes en Europa

El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, dedicó unas palabras a la Asamblea General de la Comunidad de Iglesias Protestantes en Europa (CPCE, por sus siglas en inglés), que se celebra esta semana en Basilea (Suiza).
El tema de la asamblea es “liberados, conectados, comprometidos”.

WCC honours refugee work of Loïs Meyhoffer

Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, 13 September, for Loïs Meyhoffer, longtime staff member of the World Council of Churches, who died this week at nearly 100 years. A Geneva native, Meyhoffer joined the fledgling organization’s refugee assistance efforts in 1949 and moved to Germany to oversee its efforts there, returning to Geneva in 1955 and working on staff until her retirement.

#WCC70: From ecumenical seeds

A conversation on the way home to Chile from the WCC 4th Assembly planted an ecumenical seed that grew into a wonderful experience of Christian unity – the partnership agreement between the Pentecostal Church of Chile and the United Church of Christ.

#WCC70: Semillas ecuménicas

Una conversación durante el camino de regreso a Chile tras la IV Asamblea del CMI plantó una semilla ecuménica que dio lugar a una maravillosa experiencia de unidad cristiana: un acuerdo de colaboración entre la Iglesia Pentecostal de Chile y la Iglesia Unida de Cristo.

#WCC70: Nathan Söderblom, ecumenical pioneer

The archbishop Dr Nathan Söderblom, an ecumenical forerunner and messenger of peace in war-torn Europe, challenged a deeply divided Christianity 100 years ago. Against all odds, the Stockholm Conference on Life and Work in 1925 gathered church leaders at a scale the world had not seen since Nicaea 1600 years earlier. And it did not end there.