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The recently established Network for Ecumenical Learning in Central and Eastern Europe ( NELCEE ) held its first consultation in Prague, 14-17 October.

By Fofo Lerefolo (*)

By Fofo Lerefolo (*)

"We are called to be one, to be reconciled, so that the world may believe that God reconciles the world to himself in Christ," the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said in a 17 October address on the opening day of the 3rd Lausanne Congress for World Evangelization in Cape Town.

The president of the Swiss Confederation, Doris Leuthard, met the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on Thursday 14 October during her state visit to Oslo, Norway. Tveit has been general secretary of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC) since January 2010 and is a minister in the Church of Norway. Tveit’s presence in Oslo at the invitation of the king of Norway provided him with an opportunity to greet the Swiss leader.

In a message concerning the recent awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, World Council of Churches general secretary, said the prize this year shows a strong message of support to all those around the world who are struggling for freedom, development and the dignity of all human beings.

By John Gibaut (*)

At the 50th meeting since its foundation in 1946, the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) decided to refocus, establishing four thematic working groups, in order better to respond to the needs of the member churches.

Since the mid-1960s, regular meetings of the Joint Working Group of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Roman Catholic Church have provided an opportunity for the coordination of Christian concerns and activities across boundaries of confession and tradition. This year’s meeting took place from 26 September to 2 October 2010 at the Saint Christophoros Patriarchal Monastery in Saidnaya, Syria.

The future of theological education in Asia was addressed during a meeting of the Foundation for Theological Education in South East Asia (FTESEA) in the US city of Philadelphia, 4-5 October 2010. The FTESEA is preparing to celebrate its 75 th anniversary in 2012 and is looking back to years of creative partnership with both the World Council of Churches (WCC) programme on Ecumenical Theological Education (ETE) and the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland.

The Churches' Commission on International Affairs (CCIA) for the World Council of Churches (WCC) is meeting in Tirana, Albania from 2 through 8 October 2010 at the St Vlash Theological Academy in Durrës, Albania. The CCIA dates from 1946 and provides an ecumenical witness on issues and conflicts of global importance.