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On 30 June, the World Council of Churches and Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe will host a conversation “remembering all victims of Whiteness, with a particular focus on “The Criminalisation of Blackness and the Toxicity of ‘Greener Pastures".

Dans le cadre du Gospelfest de la Barbade, le coordinateur pour les Caraïbes du Réseau œcuménique de personnes vivant avec un handicap (EDAN) du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Gordon Cowans, a donné une conférence publique le 22 mai sur le thème «Comprendre la vie des personnes vivant avec un handicap: être libre pour exister».

As part of the Barbados Gospelfest, Caribbean co-coordinator of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network Rev. Dr Gordon Cowans offered a public lecture on 22 May, exploring the theme “Touching Lives of Persons With Disability: Freed to Simply Be.”

A webinar on 25 May, “Exploring the nexus between racism, xenophobia and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and African Union (AU) free movement protocol,” marked Africa Day by focusing on the potential of faith communities, especially Christians, in bridging the gaps that continue to frustrate the free movement of people and goods around the continent.

Churches in the southern hemisphere will observe the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on 21-28 May, the week between Ascension and Pentecost. This year’s theme is “Do good; seek justice (Isaiah 1:17).”

The upcoming Barbados Gospelfest, set for 21-28 May, will express churches’ affirmation and celebration of persons with disabilities in musical and other creative ways.

Speakers and participants will explore the question: What does it mean to be the church within the contemporary context of world Christianity?

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order is convening for the last time with its current composition before a new commission takes its place.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order will convene for the last time with its current composition before the new commission takes its place.

Le 5 mai, un webinaire commémorera les victimes de l’esclavage et du commerce triangulaire, en mettant l’accent sur l’Europe.

Un webinaire organisé le 25 avril évoquera les obstacles, les opportunités et les stratégies dans la lutte contre le racisme, la xénophobie et la discrimination raciale au sein de l’Église et dans le monde.

À l’occasion du lancement du livre «The Future of Mission Cooperation» (L’avenir de la coopération missionnaire), le dernier ouvrage d’une trilogie du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) sur le centenaire du Conseil international des Missions, le pasteur Jerry Pillay, secrétaire général du COE, a décrit l’ouvrage comme «l’aboutissement d’un processus riche et long».

A webinar on 25 April will explore obstacles, opportunities, and strategies to combat racism, xenophobia and racial discrimination in the church and in the world.