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“We value unity, fellowship, and learning from others” says new WCC member Blantyre Synod

Blantyre Synod is the component part of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) for the southern region of Malawi. The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed the Blantyre Synod to the ecumenical fellowship in July at the WCC Central Committee meeting. Rev. Alex Benson Maulana, general secretary of the Blantyre Synod, spoke to WCC news about why the synod has joined WCC.

Pour le Synode de Blantyre, nouveau membre du COE, rien ne vaut l’unité, la communion et l’apprentissage mutuel

Le Synode de Blantyre est l’élément constitutif de l’Église presbytérienne d’Afrique centrale pour le sud du Malawi. Le COE a accueilli le Synode de Blantyre au sein de la communion œcuménique en juillet, pendant la session du Comité central du COE. Le pasteur Alex Benson Maulana, secrétaire général du Synode de Blantyre, a évoqué avec les Nouvelles du COE les raisons de l’entrée du Synode au sein du COE.

Study group focuses on moral discernment in churches

Increasingly, the unity of the church is threatened by different positions on moral issues. In response to this, the Faith and Order Commission of the WCC continues to study how churches arrive at the ethical decisions they make.

Évangélisme et éducation débattus lors d’un colloque en Afrique du Sud

Un colloque de cinq jours ayant pour thème «L’évangélisme dans l’éducation théologique et la formation missiologique en Afrique» a accueilli quelque 25 participants qui se sont demandé ce que signifiait vivre le témoignage chrétien authentique dans des contextes laïcs, multiculturels et multireligieux.

Ecumenical educators plan global institute

Starting preparations for a Global Ecumenical Theological Institute in the context of the 2018 World Mission Conference in Africa was a tangible result of a meeting of 20 ecumenical educators from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific. They met from 22-24 May in Halle (Germany) at the invitation of the World Council of Churches project on Ecumenical Theological Education.

Commission plans World Mission Conference in 2018

A World Mission Conference, hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, is being planned for 2018, reported the executive group of the World Council of Church’s Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.