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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is attending the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions, hosted by the Organization of African Instituted Churches from 5-7 November in Nairobi, Kenya.

As Kenyan youth anti-tax hike protests persisted, church leaders were suggesting measures to calm the country, amidst fears of further chaos in the near future.

Rev. Canon Dr Emily Awino Onyango, a Kenyan woman theologian, was consecrated on 27 March as the assistant bishop of the Bondo Anglican Diocese, making her the first woman to hold such a post in the church in east-central Africa.

The National Council of Churches USA (NCCUSA) will confer its President’s Award for Excellence in Faithful Leadership to Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) central committee.

More than 70 African ecumenical leaders will take part in training seminars for diakonia and development, improving human resource development capacities of churches across all regions of the continent.

From opening church doors to providing food and shelter, Kenyan churches are offering an initial response to the nation’s growing flood crisis.

The moderator of the WCC Central Committee called for an openness to change in an era of encounter with “different types of cultures and religions”.