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Baptists confessional meeting, CC 2022

Baptistische Gläubige erörtern, wie sie Stimme und Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl zum Wohl der ökumenischen Vision stärken können

„Für uns baptistische Gläubige ist es ein Anliegen, unsere Stimme und unser Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl zum Wohl der ökumenischen Vision zu stärken. Und unsere Teilnahme an der anstehenden Versammlung des Baptistischen Weltbundes ist in unseren Augen eine gute Gelegenheit dafür“, sagte Pastorin Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith von der National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. und Bread for the World in Washington, DC, während der konfessionsgebundenen Sitzung der Baptistengemeinden im Rahmen der Tagung des Zentralausschusses des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) vor Kurzem. 

06 July 2022
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Baptists confessional meeting, CC 2022

Baptists reflect on how to strengthen their voices and be in closer fellowship for the ecumenical vision

“As Baptists, we are concerned to strengthen our voices closer together and be in closer fellowship for the ecumenical vision. We see our presence in the Baptist World Alliance gathering coming up as a possible forum to do this,” said Rev. Dr Angelique Walker-Smith of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. and Bread for the World in Washington, DC, during the Baptist confessional meeting that took place at the recent World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting. 

30 June 2022
Interview
protests over the depletion and contamination of groundwater resources famously led to the closing of a Coca-Cola factory in the village of Plachimada, India, in 2005. 

Groundwater is “a political question”

In many regions, groundwater is being extracted faster than it can be replenished. Groundwater pollution from raw material extraction, industry, private households, and agriculture is also increasing. This year’s UN’s World Water Day focused on groundwater, urging to make “the invisible visible.” A new publication by Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World, Germany), a member of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network, takes up this call and demands the better protection and fairer use of this vital resource.  WCC news talked to co-author Dr Ingrid Jacobsen about the social and political dimension of groundwater.

27 April 2022
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Sept semaines pour l'eau 2022, semaine 6 « L'eau est un don de Dieu, un bien commun et un droit de l'homme » par Dinesh Suna

La sixième réflexion des Sept semaines pour l’eau 2022 du Réseau œcuménique de l’eau du COE est rédigée par Dinesh Suna.* Dans la réflexion qui suit, il donne un aperçu historique du ministère de la justice de l'eau du COE et réaffirme que l'eau est un don de Dieu, un bien commun et un droit de l'homme. S'inspirant d'Ésaïe, il appelle les Églises à devenir des communautés bleues et à refuser la privatisation de l'eau et l'eau en bouteille.

06 April 2022
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Seven Weeks for Water 2022, week 6 “Water is a gift of God, a common good and a human right” by Dinesh Suna

The sixth reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2022 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is written by Dinesh Suna.* In the following reflection ,  he gives a historical background of the WCC's water justice ministry and reaffirms that water is a gift of God, a common good and human right. Taking the inspiration from Isaiah, he calls the churches to become blue communities and say no to privatisation of water and to bottled water.

04 April 2022
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Seven Weeks for Water 2022, week 5: “Water – a blessing and a threat?”, by Peter Pavlovic

The fifth reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2022 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is written by Peter Pavlovic.* He reflects that  Europe is a water rich continent, still, a lot of concerns related to water availability persist in the region.  Climate change makes this problem worse, our vulnerability is, as the last IPCC report warns, increasingly exposed.  Faith describes the world as a gift of God given to humanity. Fragility of our existence is closely related to disrespecting the limits of the world in which we live and is rooted in the failure of our relationship with God.

28 March 2022
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man inside a well in Honduras

Groundwater: a hidden treasure we need to protect, say EWN members

Groundwater resources are the invisible lifeline of our planet. They provide almost half of all drinking water worldwide, about 40% of water for irrigated agriculture and about one third of the water supply required for industry. Yet many people are unaware of the importance of groundwater. That is why this year’s World Water Day on 22 March focuses on the theme “Groundwater: making the invisible visible.” In this article, members of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network testify to the urgency of protecting our global groundwater.

28 February 2022