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At Mailampaveli Camp in Batticoloa the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka and its partners are supporting some 80 families displaced by the conflict. Photo: NCCSL - ACT International, 2007.

Sri Lanka to receive first ecumenical solidarity mission with churches facing conflict situations

War-torn Sri Lanka is to receive the first of a series of ecumenical "living letters" teams which will visit Christian communities facing situations of violence in different regions of the world in the run up to the 2011 International Ecumenical Peace Convocation being organized by the World Council of Churches.

31 July 2007

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WCC secretary general Kobia is briefed by an ecumenical accompanier as they walk through the center of Hebron.

WCC to strengthen churches' peace efforts in Palestine/Israel

Local churches in Palestine/Israel are looking to the whole fellowship of the World Council of Churches (WCC) to play a stronger role in supporting local churches' struggles for a just peace there. This is the main finding of a delegation led by the Council's general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia that visited Palestine/Israel from 21 to 26 June. A new advocacy forum launched prior to the visit, and ecumenical accompaniment are high on the churches' list of actions in pursuit of this goal.

27 June 2007