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Our series of interviews with Thursdays in Black ambassadors highlights those who are playing a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape and violence. Rev. Michael Blair is general secretary of the General Council for The United Church of Canada. He is also a member of the World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.

In a video released on 22 October, Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Susan Johnson, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, are promoting awareness of domestic violence and offering support.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) condemned an attack on a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi´s home north of New York City, on 28 December, stabbing and wounding five people. Several state and local officials have described the location of stabbing as a synagogue.

Pan African Women of Faith will gather in Washington, DC from 13-15 November to advocate for global nutrition and to observe the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved African peoples to Jamestown, Virginia (USA).

Susan Johnson is the national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. She was elected in 2007 and is the first woman to hold the post.

Elizabeth Eaton is presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). On 8 August, the ELCA adopted a resolution to encourage church-wide participation in the World Council of Churches Thursdays in Black campaign for a world free from rape and violence.

Durch die Annahme einer Resolution zur Unterstützung der Kampagne Donnerstags in Schwarz im August hat die Gesamtkirchliche Versammlung der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Amerika (ELKA) öffentlich die Selbstverpflichtung der Kirche bekräftigt, sich für Geschlechtergerechtigkeit einzusetzen. Diese Aktion ist ein bedeutender offizieller Schritt, um jetzt formal „alle Menschen über alle Ausdrucksformen kirchlichen Lebens hinweg aufzurufen, an der Kampagne #ThursdaysinBlack teilzunehmen, indem sie an jedem Donnerstag schwarze Kleidung anlegen und sich aktiv an diversen Diskussionen und Aktionen zum Thema beteiligen.“

Through adoption of a resolution in support of the Thursdays in Black campaign in August, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly has publicly affirmed the church’s commitment to fostering gender justice. The action is a significant official step that now formally “calls upon all people across all expressions of the church to participate in the #ThursdaysinBlack campaign by wearing black on Thursdays and actively participating in the various reflection and action items.”

Mediante la adopción de una resolución en apoyo a la campaña de los Jueves de Negro, en agosto, la asamblea general de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en América (ELCA) ha afirmado públicamente el compromiso de esa iglesia a impulsar la justicia de género. Esta resolución supone una importante medida oficial, con la que ahora “insta a todas las personas de todas las ramas de la iglesia a participar en la campaña de los Jueves de negro, vistiéndose de negro cada jueves y participando activamente en las múltiples reflexiones y actividades de la campaña”.

En adoptant une résolution de soutien à la campagne des Jeudis en noir en août dernier, l’Assemblée des Églises de l’Église évangélique luthérienne d’Amérique (ELCA, dans ses sigles anglais) a affirmé publiquement l’engagement de l’Église en faveur d’une plus grande justice sensible à la spécificité des sexes. Cette action est une étape officielle de poids qui, désormais, «appelle toute personne de toute expression ecclésiale à participer à la campagne #ThursdaysinBlack en portant du noir les jeudis et à prendre activement part à différentes réflexions et actions».

Rev. Nathan Day Wilson is a pastor with the Disciples of Christ in the United States and currently holds the position as director of communications at the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is associate editor and columnist for the Faith and Values section of the Indianapolis Star. Wilson was a lecturer at the seminar, “Equipping each other for Christian Witness in a multi-cultural and multi-faith world”, taking place at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute from 5-15 August.

Mehr als 1.000 Teilnehmende der 15. Gesamtkirchlichen Versammlung der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Amerika haben sich offiziell hinter die Bewegung Donnerstags in Schwarz gestellt, die sich für eine Welt ohne Vergewaltigung und Gewalt einsetzt.

More than 1,000 attendees at the 15th Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Churchwide Assembly have formally endorsed the Thursdays in Black campaign for a world free from rape and violence.

Más de un millar de asistentes a la 15ª Asamblea Evangélica Luterana en América han respaldado formalmente la campaña los Jueves de Negro, por un mundo sin violaciones ni violencia.

Plus de 1 000 participants à la 15e Assemblée générale de l’Église évangélique luthérienne d’Amérique ont officiellement appuyé la campagne des Jeudis en noir pour un monde sans viol et sans violence.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is standing in solidarity with the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and WCC member churches in the USA as they demand an end to gun violence, racist rhetoric, and white supremacy.