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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss of Dr William Stanley, who passed away on 11 December. Stanley contributed to the WCC’s work on economic and ecological justice especially during the period between the WCC 8th Assembly in Harare in 1998 and WCC 10th Assembly in Busan in 2013. 

An einem Gottesdienst im Rahmen der Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen versammelten sich in der Kapelle des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen am 18. Januar Vertreterinnen und Vertreter von 25 Kirchen in Genf.

In a service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, representatives from 25 churches in Geneva drew together in the World Council of Churches chapel on 18 January.

In an online conference attended by more than 150 people on 15 January, churches across the world explored how they can contribute to faith-driven and impactful investing.

Erzbischof Hieronymos von Athen und ganz Griechenland spricht aus orthodoxer Sicht über die derzeitige Misere und Not der Flüchtlinge in Griechenland und anderswo und formuliert Gedanken, wie die Kirchen mit Soforthilfemaßnahmen helfen, aber auch zum langfristigen Wohlergehen dieser Menschen beitragen können.

Im Zentrum einer kürzlich abgehaltenen zweitägigen Konferenz in Genf stand das Überbrücken der Kluft zwischen Glauben und Geldanlagen dank der Zusammenarbeit zwischen verschiedenen Interessengruppen.

Bridging the gap between faith and investments with cooperation between different groups was the focus of recent a two-day conference in Geneva. It was a rare meeting of the likes of asset managers and clergy, and the solution at the heart of success was how to collaborate for success based on Christian principles.

How to spiritually strengthen, to live faith and values in daily professional decisions may not be in the human resources manuals of 21st-century companies, but if they were, many pitfalls could be dodged.

WCC deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri presented at the ReDI Conference, held 12-14 September at the headquarters of Diakonie Deutschland in Berlin.

A 10-day program on global economics with participation of church leaders and young activists from diverse backgrounds was opened 19 August in Mexico City.

Leaders from more than 20 international and national associations of Christian entrepreneurs from 60 countries and diverse Christian traditions gathered at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva from 22-23 January for a conference titled, “Faith-based Entrepreneurs: Stronger Together.”

Das Streben nach Dialog in Nigeria und in der Welt dürfe niemals enden, sagte der Primas der Kirche des Herrn (Gebetsgemeinschaft), Pastor Dr. Rufus Ositelu, bei einem Besuch des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen am 29. Januar.

The quest for dialogue in Nigeria and worldwide must never stop, said Primate of the Church of the Lord (Aladura) Rev. Dr Rufus Ositelu at the World Council of Churches on 29 January.

On 29 January 2018, the WCC invites media to a public panel discussion on “Christianity and human rights in multi-faith Nigeria”, hosted at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva at 14.00-15.30. The event is followed by a press briefing. The event forms part of a visit to Geneva by His Holiness Pope Dr Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, Primate and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Church of The Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide, and will feature a discussion on current challenges for Christianity in Nigeria and Africa as a whole, as well as how churches address human rights violations in a multi-faith context.

Participants in the 2015 Agape International Political Camp have explored the concept of security and issued a call for a “pedagogy of and for peace” founded on justice.

Youth engagement in eco-justice is expanding in scope and sophistication, says Marcelo Leites, Latin American and Caribbean regional secretary for the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF).

A framework and criteria for a new financial and economic architecture will be discussed at an ecumenical conference in Brazil this week. These criteria will embrace ethics and justice to address ecological concerns. The debates at the event will highlight the concerns of millions of people affected by the financial crisis.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) kann „auch heute noch prophetisch“ wirken – und tut dies auch, sagte Pastor Dr. Walter Altmann, Vorsitzender des ÖRK-Zentralausschusses in seinen Betrachtungen über Höhen und Tiefen der ökumenischen Bewegung und die Identität des ÖRK.

"The WCC can be and still is prophetic today,"€ said the Rev. Dr Walter Altmann, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee, reflecting on highs and lows in the ecumenical movement and on the identity of the WCC.