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Bishop Arnold Temple urges respect for the right to water

You wouldn’t pay two thousand times more than the value of a cup of coffee, so why pay that for a glass of water? That’s one of the reasons why members of the World Council of Churches’s Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) are encouraging you to consider joining the “Blue Community” and to stop using bottled water in places where tap water is safely and freely available.

Moderator rallies WCC for peacebuilding and empowerment

“Where is God?” Evoking the desperate cry of a South Sudanese girl stranded in a refugee camp far from home, WCC moderator Dr Agnes Abuom opened the Central Committee’s biennial meeting on 15 June with a stirring yet clear-eyed cry for deeper engagement by the WCC and its member churches to counter the world’s most intractable problems through nurturing hope and empowerment.

La moderadora moviliza al CMI para la construcción de la paz y el empoderamiento

“¿Dónde está Dios?”
La moderadora del CMI, la Dra. Agnes Abuom, inauguró la reunión bienal del Comité Central, el 15 de junio, con una petición conmovedora pero firme –evocando las desesperadas súplicas de una niña sudanesa perdida en un campo de refugiados– con la que instó al CMI y a sus iglesias miembros a comprometerse más en la lucha contra los problemas más espinosos del mundo, alimentando la esperanza y el empoderamiento.

#WCC70: A story of life

In writing a story for the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Elias Crisóstomo Abramides of Argentina, from the Ecumenical Patriarchate, is writing the story of his life. His service at the WCC opened for him the gate to meeting and loving “the very good Creation of God”: love, respect and admiration for the life of his neighbours and for all creation.

#WCC70: Historia de una vida

Al escribir una historia para el 70º aniversario del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Elías Crisóstomo Abramides de Argentina, del Patriarcado Ecuménico, escribe la historia de su vida. Su labor en el CMI le abrió las puertas para conocer y amar “la muy buena Creación de Dios”: amor, respeto y admiración por la vida de sus prójimos y por toda la Creación.

Pilgrimage of Faith

Introducing the World Council of Churches
Donald W. Norwood

Donald Norwood traces the history of the World Council of Churches from its roots in pre-World War I Europe through the story of its ten successive assemblies. Published in the Council’s 70th anniversary year, this is a timely reminder not only of WCC’s rich history but also of its significance for member churches and the broader world in the 21st century.