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Cooler Earth – Higher Benefits Second Edition

Actions by those who care about children, climate and finance
Frederique Seidel
Emmanuel de Martel

The second edition of this publication gives suggestions of how churches and other organizations around the world can respond to the climate emergency through investment decisions that are crucial to protect children from global warming. Contains updated tables and reports.

The third edition was published in August 2022 and is available here

02 July 2021
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Faith(s) Seeking Justice

Dialogue and Liberation

Published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the WCC’s Programme on Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, this volume celebrates a common confidence that dialogue can be linked to liberation in ways that can be both faithful and fruitful.

From the Introduction: “The heartbeat of this book is its concern to reimagine interreligious dialogue as a “dialogue of and for life” by interlinking it with liberation. What drives it is a passion that seeks to hold together two distinct concerns that emerged within theological thinking during the latter half of the 20th century and have since freed theological imagination in manifold ways.”

01 July 2021
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Two volunteers prepare meals for homeless people in Porto Alegre, Brazil. 

Hoping against hope

The same week Brazil reached half a million deaths by COVID-19, my parents got the first dose of the vaccine. On my way to work, I pass through a vaccination post full of people, and through a cemetery full of grief. The past year and few months were a mix of fear, indignation and anger for me. But also a time where I saw generosity and hope bloom.

30 June 2021
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Les Églises au Service de la Promotion de la Santé

Réflexions sur la santé et la guérison pour les églises lors des Journées mondiales de la santé
Mwai Makoka

This booklet includes 15 reflections on international commemorative health days from Dr Mwai Makoka WCC Programme Executive for Health and Healing, who emphasises that he is not a theologian, but “ a lay Christian who is a medical professional and keen to promote health and healing from a Christian perspective.

30 June 2021
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a peace flag is carried during a public march in Brazil

La pandémie frappe les communautés vulnérables et accroît les défis sociaux dans une Amérique latine politiquement troublée

Démocratie en danger, augmentation des cas de violence contre les femmes et menaces sur l’avenir des enfants. Une réunion régionale avec des représentants des Églises d’Amérique latine, organisée dans le cadre du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) de 2021, a montré que les problèmes antérieurs à la pandémie frappent désormais plus durement les communautés vulnérables.

26 June 2021
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Luke’s Winter Count displayed at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church with a par flesh Gospel Book on the Altar.

Le Pèlerinage de justice et de paix se poursuit : « Priez pour la patience, la sagesse et la perspicacité ».

Le Groupe de référence et le Groupe d’étude théologique du Pèlerinage de justice et de paix du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), qui se sont réunis à la mi-juin, ont apporté des réflexions, des prières et des idées qui paveront la voie vers la 11e Assemblée du COE à Karlsruhe en 2022.



Jim Winkler, président et secrétaire général du Conseil national des Églises des États-Unis et le pasteur Peter Noteboom, secrétaire général du Conseil canadien des Églises, ont fait part de leurs réflexions sur leur récente réunion. 

 

25 June 2021
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Luke’s Winter Count displayed at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church with a par flesh Gospel Book on the Altar.

As Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace continues, “pray for patience, wisdom, and insight”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace Reference Group and Theological Study Group, which convened in mid-June, brought reflections, prayers and insights that will form a path toward the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe in 2022.

Jim Winkler, president and general secretary of the National Council of Churches (USA) and Pastor Peter Noteboom, general secretary of The Canadian Council of Churches, shared reflections on their recent gathering. 

22 June 2021
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Mapping Migration, Mapping Churches’ Responses In Europe

Being Church Together
Darrell Jackson
Alessia Passarelli

Copublication: Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe and World Council of Churches

Through migration, minority churches in some countries are growing. The current study Mapping Migration, Mapping Churches’ Responses in Europe, Being Church Together attempts to provide information on actual immigration and emigration figures for twenty‐two European countries, and seeks to identify the diversity of Christian presence.

This is the third study of this nature

22 June 2021
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What Are the Churches Saying About the Church?

Key Findings and Proposals from the Responses to The Church: Towards a Common Vision

Faith and Order Paper no. 236

This report was developed by the WCC Commission on Faith and Order as part of an ongoing conversation by churches about the Church that has included various elements. Following the publication of the two volumes of Churches Respond to The Church: Towards a Common Vision, this text provides an accessible summary of the findings of a process that took years of intense and hope-filled listening. It provides some highlights and impressions of what those who have listened have discerned what they heard.

The Commission on Faith and Order hope that readers will find this short text fascinating, challenging, and significant and that it will encourage the churches to take stock of the theological unity made evident here.

21 June 2021