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Water pours from a faucet into a person's hands

Human rights advocates celebrate democratic control of water in Nigeria

After a years-long battle against proposed water-related legislation in Nigeria that had high potential for privatizing water, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network in Nigeria celebrated the defeat of the proposed law, and pledged to continue to protect water as a human right.

07 June 2023

El seminario de capacitación para las iglesias africanas brinda un espacio para el aprendizaje y el intercambio sobre la atención diaconal

Del 17 al 21 de abril se celebró en Nairobi un seminario de capacitación centrado en el liderazgo, la diaconía y el desarrollo de las iglesias en África.

25 April 2023

Lernen und Austausch über diakonische Fürsorge in einem Kapazitätsaufbau-Seminar für Kirchen in Afrika

Der Schwerpunkt in einem vom 17. bis 21. April in Nairobi abgehaltenen Kapazitätsaufbau-Seminar lag auf Führungsverantwortung, Diakonie und Entwicklung für Kirchen in Afrika.

25 April 2023

Un séminaire de renforcement des capacités pour les Églises d’Afrique permet d’apprendre et partager au sujet des services de diaconie

Le séminaire de renforcement des capacités qui s’est tenu à Nairobi du 17 au 21 avril s’est centré sur le leadership, la diaconie et le développement pour les Églises en Afrique.

25 April 2023

Capacity building seminar for churches in Africa offers learning and sharing about diaconal care

A capacity building seminar held in Nairobi on 17-21 April focused on leadership, diakonia, and development for churches in Africa.

24 April 2023

During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Roman Catholic priest in Africa stresses churches’ unity for justice

As Christians in Africa joined the celebrations to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a Roman Catholic priest who is involved in ecumenism, stressed the unity of the churches as central to building a concrete response to poor people’s need for justice in the continent.

23 January 2023

As climate-linked drought traps more people, Kenyan church leaders urge permanent solutions

Church leaders in Kenya were reiterating the call for solutions to the country’s food crisis, even as rain brought some hope for communities battered by a severe drought.

17 November 2022

As Horn of Africa drought bites, church leader highlights children’s malnutrition

In drought-stricken regions in eastern Africa, churches and church congregations continue to pray for rain, as the weather conditions leave millions of people without food, water and pasture for their animals.

20 May 2022

Women carry water in the cans on their heads

Churches reach out to communities suffering drought in the horn of Africa

As the war in Ukraine triggers an unexpected rise in food and commodity prices in African markets, church leaders are reaching out to communities struggling with food insecurity and shortages.

11 May 2022

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca and Dr Agnes Abuom outside the Ecumenical centre in Geneva

WCC leaders recall life-changing experiences from early days

At the end of a 9 February press conference — which followed a long day of videoconference meetings — Dr Agnes Abuom and Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauce fielded a surprise question: what first got them involved in the ecumenical movement?

10 February 2022

Participants of the capacity building workshop Nairobi

African church leaders train in leadership, diakonia and development

Although it is unfolding in a mixed context of political and economic upheavals, tragic conflicts, exploitation, and enormous opportunities, growth, and successes, the African experience of diakonia and development has a lot to teach the world, a workshop for senior African church leaders heard.

12 November 2021

Churches offer some relief in Kenya’s drought disaster

As severe drought ravages 2.1 million people in Kenya, churches in the East African nation are in the front offering interventions.

16 September 2021

A group of African children holding a sign commemorating the Day of the African child in Kenya.

Religious leaders call for justice for 14-year-old Memory Machaya—and for all women and girls

The All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) are calling for justice for Memory Machaya, a 14-year-old who died while giving birth at the shrine of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church.

18 August 2021

Rev. Canon Dr Emily Awino Onyango accepts new Anglican leadership role

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.

30 March 2021

Dr Agnes Abuom : «Nous prions pour que les Églises s’engagent à nouveau dans la recherche de l’unité visible»

Les Nouvelles du COE ont rencontré en ligne Mme Agnes Abuom, modératrice du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, et elle nous fait part de ses réflexions sur l’impact de COVID-19, sur ce qui lui donne de l’espoir et sur l’avenir du mouvement œcuménique.

17 December 2020

“Oramos por que las iglesias se comprometan de nuevo con la búsqueda de la unidad visible”, dice la Dra. Agnes Abuom

Noticias del CMI se reunió en línea con la Dra. Agnes Abuom, moderadora del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, que ofrece sus reflexiones sobre las repercusiones de la COVID-19, lo que le da esperanza y el futuro del movimiento ecuménico.

17 December 2020

Dr. Agnes Abuom: „Wir beten, dass sich die Kirchen erneut für das Streben nach sichtba-rer Einheit verpflichten mögen“

ÖRK-News traf sich online mit der Vorsitzenden des Zentralausschusses des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen, Dr. Agnes Abuom. Sie spricht über die Folgen von COVID-19, über Gründe für Hoffnung und die Zukunft der ökumenischen Bewegung.

17 December 2020

Dr Agnes Abuom: “We pray that churches will recommit to the search for visible unity”

WCC News met online with Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, and she offers reflections on the impact of COVID-19, what gives her hope, and the future of the ecumenical movement.

17 December 2020