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En cette aube du 21e siècle, notre monde est marqué par une intensification de l'incertitude et de l'inquiétude. C'est un monde meurtri, un monde dominé par des forces mauvaises qui alimentent une culture de violence et de désespoir. Les signes des temps sont clairs : la pandémie du sida, le génocide au Soudan, la catastrophe provoquée par le tsunami en Asie du Sud-Est, pour ne citer que quelques exemples.

The present document has been prepared by a multicultural and interdenominational group of missiologists, medical doctors and health professionals. It builds upon the tradition of the WCC's Christian Medical Commission (CMC) and its most fruitful contribution to an understanding of the healing ministry of the church. This document does not repeat what remains well formulated in earlier texts of the World Council of Churches, such as the document "Healing and Wholeness. The churches' Role in Health", adopted in 1990 by the Central Committee.

Le présent document a été préparépar un groupe multiculturel et interconfessionnel de missiologues, demédecins et de professionnels de la santé. Il s'inscritdans la tradition de la Commission médicale chrétienne(CMC), du COE, et s'appuie sur ses travaux, qui ont largementcontribué à mieux cerner le ministère deguérison qui incombe à l'Eglise.

Presentation by Peter Weiderud, Director, CCIA, at the Advocacy Days of the churches in the United States, Washington D.C.

The report of the Officers to the Central Committee is a constitutional obligation. The purpose of this report is to inform the Central Committee of the decisions taken by the Executive Committee at its meetings of 17-20 February and 24-27 August 2004, as well as those taken by the Officers at their meetings of 20-21 November 2003, 9-10 June and 28-29 November 2004.

This paper is a development of a draft prepared by Alan Falconer and Martin Robra to describe the ethos of the Padares at the Eighth General Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Harare (1998). It continues to be the underlying understanding for the deliberative sessions of the WCC Central Committee.