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Hope in a Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace formed the integral thread for proceedings at the meeting of the Central Committee of the WCC in Trondheim, Norway this week. The 2016 meeting took place 22-28 June, the second gathering since the Central Committee was elected at the WCC 10th Assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea in 2013.

Der ÖRK-Zentralausschuss hat auf seiner Sitzung in Trondheim, Norwegen einen neuen Exekutivausschuss mit 11 neuen Mitgliedern gewählt

The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), at its meeting in Trondheim, Norway, 27 June 2016, has elected a new executive committee with 11 new members.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has welcomed three new member churches to the ecumenical fellowship and also admitted two others to interim membership status.

The action, taken by the WCC Central Committee at its June 20-28 meeting in Trondheim, Norway, expands the number of member churches to 348.

Frauen afrikanischer Herkunft sind seit Jahrzehnten eine Antriebskraft der weltweiten ökumenischen Bewegung, werden aber immer noch nicht angemessen für ihren Beitrag gewürdigt. Es sei an der Zeit, dies zu ändern, meinen die Organisatorinnen eines Netzwerks afrikanischer Theologinnen, Laiinnen und Geistlichen innerhalb des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK).

Women of African descent have been a force within the global ecumenical movement for decades but are still not well recognized for their contributions. It is time for that to change, say the organizers of a network of pan African theologians, laywomen and clergy within the WCC.

Leaders and other representatives of Anglican churches throughout the world have gathered from 8 through 19 April for the 16th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in Lusaka, Zambia. Participants are celebrating good news of faithful ministries within the communion, while exploring tensions among its provinces, especially over issues of sexual ethics on which Christians disagree.

Während ihres Solidaritätsbesuchs in Burundi vom 1. - 4. März sandten der ÖRK und die Gesamtafrikanische Kirchenkonferenz eine Friedensbotschaft aus, in der sie alle Parteien in Burundi eindringlich dazu aufriefen, sich für nationale Einheit, Heilung und Versöhnung einzusetzen.

During a solidarity visit to Burundi 1-4 March, the World Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches sent a “Peace Message” urging all parties in Burundi to promote national unity, healing and reconciliation.

Vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen angespannten Lage in Burundi haben Vertreterinnen und Vertreter des ÖRK und der Gesamtafrikanischen Kirchenkonferenz vom 1. bis zum 4. März dem afrikanischen Land einen Solidaritätsbesuch abgestattet.

Amidst the current tense situation in Burundi, representatives of the World Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches have embarked on a solidarity visit to Burundi from 1 to 4 March.

While news headlines continue to document tragedies on land and sea as desperate people flee violence and abject poverty in their homelands, representatives of governments, UN agencies and civil society organizations, including churches and faith-based organizations, met 18-19 January at a high-level conference on the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe, hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva, Switzerland.

„Kinder müssen wissen, welchen Platz sie in der Kirche haben. Und dieser Platz ist nicht hinten, sondern vorne“, erklärte Bischof Raphael Opoko von der Methodistischen Kirche in Nigeria am 19. November im Ökumenischen Zentrum in Genf anlässlich eines Rundtischgesprächs über die Förderung der Rechte des Kindes.

“Children need to know their place in the church. And that is at the front, not the back”, said Bishop Raphael Opoko from the Methodist Church of Nigeria, speaking at a round table discussion on promoting the rights of children held on 19 November at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

Commemorating the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23 was to have been the principal focus of the service of Sunday morning prayer on 15 November in the cathedral church of Saint-Pierre at the summit of Geneva’s old town. Following terror attacks in Beirut and Paris killing and wounding hundreds of civilians over the preceding days, the prayers of the Protestant Church of Geneva and the WCC Executive Committee took on a new dimension.

Churches continue to play their role in peace building for South Sudan despite the dashed hopes of many in the world’s newest nation, the moderator of the WCC said at a regional meeting.

Der ÖRK-Exekutivausschuss hat auf seiner Tagung vom 8. - 13. Juni die alarmierende Situation im Südsudan erörtert. Nach wie vor werden dort Menschen ermordet, vergewaltigt, vertrieben und gefoltert. Berichten zufolge verschlechtert sich die humanitäre Lage im Land zusehends.

The WCC Executive Committee discussed at their meeting 8-12 June, in Armenia, the alarming situation in South Sudan where people continue to be killed, raped, displaced and tortured. The humanitarian situation is reported to be deteriorating.

As the tragic situation of conflict in South Sudan moves into its 17th month, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invites its member churches to a special day of prayer on Sunday, 10 May, for those affected by the South Sudanese conflict, for the revival of fruitful peace talks, and for new ways ahead.

The WCC in collaboration with the South Sudan Council of Churches convened church leaders for a special consultation on the South Sudan Peace Process in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.