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En una ceremonia, el Consejo de Iglesias de Sierra Leona presentó un nuevo libro, “La iglesia en Sierra Leona después de la COVID-19”, editado por el obispo Arnold C. Temple, bajo su seudónimo ACee Temple-Anono.

Im Rahmen einer Feier hat der Nationale Kirchenrat in Sierra Leone die neue Publikation „Die Kirche in Sierra Leone nach COVID-19“ (The Church in Post COVID-19 Sierra Leone) vorgelegt, herausgegeben von Pastor Arnold C. Temple unter seinem Pseudonym ACee Temple-Anono.

Lors d’une cérémonie, le Conseil d’Églises de Sierra Leone a lancé une nouvelle publication, The Church in Post COVID-19 Sierra Leone (L’Église en Sierra Leone au sortir de la crise de COVID-19), sous la direction d’ACee Temple-Anono, nom de plume de l’évêque Arnold C. Temple.

In a ceremony, the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone released the new publication “The Church in Post COVID-19 Sierra Leone,” edited by Rt. Rev. Arnold C. Temple, under his pen name ACee Temple-Anono.

Rev. Fr Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi is dean of the Ecumenical Institute, the graduate school which opened its academic year this week. Below, Iwuamadi reflects on the arrival of new students at the Ecumenical Institute during this remarkable time.

Bishop John K. Yambasu, resident bishop of the United Methodist Church in Sierra Leone and president of the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone, died suddenly in a road accident on 16 August.

Ayoko Bahun-Wilson is regional coordinator for West Africa for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy programme. She hosted a weekly radio show for churches in Benin called “Zero Rape, Zero Violence.” The show was offered in collaboration by the WCC, Deborah Network, INACES and Hosannah Radio.

Below, Bahun-Wilson reflects on how the radio show, offered every Wednesday for three months, has heightened awareness—but there are many challenges that remain.

In a message about the current security situation in Sierra Leone, representatives of the Christian community urged the political chaos be addressed immediately, even as the nation tries to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Vom 13. bis 17. Mai fand in der westafrikanischen Republik Benin ein Seminar über Personalmanagement und Entwicklung von Leiterschaft in der Diakonie statt.

A seminar on human resources and leadership development for diakonia was held in the West African Republic of Bénin from 13-17 May.

Del 13 al 17 de mayo, se celebró un seminario sobre recursos humanos y desarrollo del liderazgo para la diaconía en la República de Benín (África Occidental).

Un séminaire de formation des ressources humaines et des responsables sur la diaconie s’est déroulé en République du Bénin, en Afrique de l’Ouest, du 13 au 17 mai.

A workshop co-facilitated by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the South Sudan Council of Churches in South Sudan on 1-3 May drew 18 people to explore resources churches use to aid in trauma healing. Participants also discussed potential common approaches that could unite churches in their response to people faced with trauma.

Mehr als 70 ökumenische Führungspersonen aus Afrika werden an Fortbildungen in den Bereichen Diakonie und Entwicklung teilnehmen, um die Kapazitäten der Kirchen in allen Regionen des Kontinents für Personalentwicklung zu verbessern.

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.

Más de 70 líderes ecuménicos africanos participarán en los seminarios formativos sobre diaconía y desarrollo, para mejorar las capacidades de desarrollo de recursos humanos de las iglesias en todas las regiones del continente.

Plus de 70 personnalités œcuméniques africaines participeront à des séminaires de formation sur la diaconie et le développement afin de renforcer les capacités des Églises de tout le continent en matière de développement des ressources humaines.

The life of Rev. Dr Rena Joyce Weller Karefa-Smart is being remembered and commended this week by the WCC fellowship after her passing last week. Karefa-Smart was the first Pan African woman to graduate in 1945 from Yale Divinity School. She was a champion for global ecumenism over the course of a long and distinguished career. An attendee of the first WCC Assembly, she was also a procession leader and author of the liturgies at the second WCC Assembly in Evanston, Illinois (USA).

Three weeks have now passed since this year’s edition of the World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden was wrapped up and delegates from all over the world headed home, inspired to “float” the issues, as the WCC Ecumenical Water Network chairperson, Bishop Arnold Temple from Sierra Leone, put it.