World Council of Churches (WCC) moderator Dr Agnes Abuom called on assembly delegates to “let Christ’s love move us,” as she delivered her opening report at the WCC 11th Assembly on 31 August.
Opening the first business plenary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly on 1 September, WCC moderator Dr Agnes Abuom acknowledged the contributions of three former WCC general secretaries, as well as acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, and general secretary-elect Dr Jerry Pillay.
Opening to the sounds of nature reverberating through the speaker system, World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly delegates took part in the first thematic plenary, “The purpose of God’s love in Christ for the whole of creation – reconciliation and unity," on 1 September, the first day of Season of Creation.
An opening press conference for the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly was held on 31 August as the assembly began in Karlsruhe, Germany. Hundreds of media representatives were present both in person and online to listen to and interact with a panel comprised of WCC leadership and local hosts.
A daily Assembly News Show produced by the World Council for Churches (WCC) debuted with its first episode on 31 August, the opening day of the WCC 11th Assembly.
An Ecumenical Youth Gathering held 27 August helped to usher in the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly with a spirit of praying, dancing, and singing, as more than 200 young people drew together at St Stephen’s Church in Karlsruhe, Germany, to assert an inclusive assembly ahead.
As the World Council of Churches (WCC) focuses on final preparations for the upcoming WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, WCC moderator Dr Agnes Abuom offered some personal reflections on her leadership role within the WCC, the importance of ecumenical work, the loss of ecumenical luminary Metropolitan Gennadios of Sasima, and the most vital part of her own Christian faith.
Over 100 delegates and participants to the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly from African churches gathered virtually during an Africa region pre-assembly on 29-30 July to pray, share, discern, reflect and prepare for the assembly, which will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August-8 September.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee leadership met at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 18-19 July for a special focus on preparations for the WCC 11th Assembly as well as sharing from recent visits to the Middle East.
The general secretary-elect of the World Council of Churches (WCC) believes that growing up during a period of conflict and suffering in South Africa will stand him in good stead when he takes up his position as the head of the ecumenical body in January as a leader who believes in dialogue.
Addressing the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, moderator Dr Agnes Abuom welcomed the governing body with great joy for the first in-person meeting in nearly four years.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) will remember the life and work of Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima, vice moderator of the WCC central committee with a memorial service on 15 June at 8.30 am CET.
A new team of 42 young ecumenical communicators marked a learning milestone on 7 June when they graduated from a 12-session course in preparation for the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, convening via videoconference from 30 May to 2 June, continued the work of planning for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe even while the members mourned the loss of longtime ecumenical luminary Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima.
Three World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrim Team Visits, one to Italy, a second to Armenia and a third to Norway, are continuing the WCC’s accompaniment for communities in their quest for justice and peace under the theme of “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” through the lenses of post-war trauma healing, gender justice, and migration.
As the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee convenes this week, the global fellowship was focusing on the approach to the WCC 11th Assembly as well as the central committee meeting in June.
World Council of Churches moderator Dr Agnes Abuom participated in the 102nd Katholikentag in Stuttgart this week as the event was held under the theme “Sharing life.”