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El 20 de abril, una delegación ecuménica encabezada por el presidente del CMI para África, Su Santidad el Rev. Dr. Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, de la Iglesia del Señor (Comunidad de Oración) en el Mundo, se reunió con el presidente de Sudán, el general Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan.

“What is God calling Christians and the Christian Church to do today? Whose and what voices are we listening to?” asked Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in his sermon at the ecumenical worship of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) on 30 April, in Charlotte, North Carolina (US). 

Churches in Kenya are opening places to pray and congregate for thousands of people displaced by floods that have killed more than 200 people.

A new brochure published by the World Council of Churches (WCC) describes momentous commemorations occurring in 2025 that will draw people across the world together in unity during a time when divisions threaten the world. 

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias dirigió una delegación en una visita al Sudán del 18 al 22 de abril. El grupo ecuménico incluyó al Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda África, ACT Alianza, la Asociación de Conferencias Episcopales Miembros de África Oriental, los Ministerios Globales, la Comunidad de Iglesias y Consejos Cristianos de los Grandes Lagos y el Cuerno de África, la Junta General de Ministerios Globales de la Iglesia Metodista Unida y la Ayuda de la Iglesia Noruega.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen hat eine Delegation geleitet, die vom 18.–22. April den Sudan besucht hat. Zu dieser ökumenischen Gruppe gehörten der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK), die Gesamtafrikanische Kirchenkonferenz, das ACT-Bündnis, die Vereinigung der Bischofskonferenzen Ostafrikas Global Ministries, die Gemeinschaft christlicher Räte und Kirchen in den Großen Seen und am Horn von Afrika, das General Board of Global Ministries der Vereinigten Methodistischen Kirche und die Norwegische Kirchenhilfe.

During a webinar on 25 April, young people shared their honest perspectives on “safe spaces” in faith communities. They talked about the characteristics of a safe space—and what churches can do better, particularly when working with issues related to HIV and reproductive health.

On 20 April, an ecumenical delegation led by World Council of Churches president from Africa His Holiness Most Rev. Dr Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, of the Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide, met with Sudan president General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. 

The World Council of Churches led a delegation on a visit to Sudan from 18-22 April. The ecumenical group included the World Council of Churches (WCC), All Africa Conference of Churches, ACT Alliance, Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa Global Ministries, Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa, General Board Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, and Norwegian Church Aid. 

As climate change induced floods terrorize communities in East Africa, clerics and officials here fear that nature was hitting back.

Floods have struck Kenya and Tanzania, leaving behind a trail of death, destruction, and displacement. Floods are most intense in some of the same areas previously struck by a lengthy drought described by the UN as the worst in four decades.

A book discussion on “Ahead of Her Time: Pan-African Women of Faith and the Vision of Christian Unity, Mission, and Justice,” showed how women of pan-African descent are bringing the wisdom and fire of ecumenism into the hearts and minds of the next generation.