Iranian rector Ayatollah M. Seyyed Abolhassan Nawab and Ms Zahra Sedigh, from the Iranian Mission to the UN,visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 27 July, discussing education and formation, as well as the importance of strengthening the role of interreligious cooperation.
As members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee and stewards visited the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, they came away newly inspired about the next generation of the ecumenical movement.
Rev. Dr Odair Pedroso Mateus began to teach at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute in 2004 and joined the World Council of Churches (WCC) in 2007. Most recently he served as WCC interim deputy general secretary and Faith and Order director. Below, he reflects on his fondest memories, accomplishments, and hopes.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is accepting applications for staff leadership positions from people who want to continue and build on the momentum of the global fellowship in its ongoing work for unity, justice and peace.
Los estudiantes del Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey profundizaron su comprensión del movimiento ecuménico ayudando a dirigir las oraciones durante la reunión del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), celebrada por videoconferencia del 9 al 15 de febrero.
Studierende des Ökumenischen Instituts in Bossey vertieften ihr Verständnis der ökumenischen Bewegung, als sie sich an der Leitung der Gebete während der Tagung des Zentralausschusses des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) beteiligten, die per Videokonferenz vom 9.–15. Februar 2022 stattfand.
Les étudiant-e-s de l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey ont approfondi leur compréhension du mouvement œcuménique en prêtant main-forte à la conduite des prières de la session du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) qui s’est déroulée par visioconférence du 9 au 15 février.
Students from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute deepened their understanding of the ecumenical movement as they helped lead prayers during the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting, held via videoconference 9-15 February.
Alentando a la comunidad del CMI en su constante llamado al discipulado conjunto, el Comité Central del CMI recomendó a las iglesias miembros de la organización el documento “Llamados a la acción transformadora: diaconía ecuménica y apéndices”.
In seiner Unterstützung der ÖRK-Gemeinschaft und ihres anhaltenden Aufrufs zur gemeinsamen Nachfolge hat der ÖRK-Zentralausschuss den ÖRK-Mitgliedskirchen das Dokument „Zur Verwandlung aufgerufen: Ökumenische Diakonie“ mitsamt seiner Ergänzung empfohlen.
Encourageant la communauté fraternelle du COE dans son appel permanent à la vie de disciple, le Comité central du COE a recommandé aux églises membres du COE le document « Appelé à la transformation – Diaconie œcuménique et addenda ».
Encouraging the WCC fellowship in its ongoing call to discipleship together, the WCC central committee commended to WCC member churches the document “Called to Transformation—Ecumenical Diakonia and Addendums.”
At the end of a 9 February press conference — which followed a long day of videoconference meetings — Dr Agnes Abuom and Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauce fielded a surprise question: what first got them involved in the ecumenical movement?
El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunirá de forma presencial por primera vez en dos años, del 12 al 17 de noviembre, para centrarse en los preparativos de la 11ª Asamblea del CMI –que tendrá lugar en Karlsruhe (Alemania) en 2022– y celebrar los 75 años de formación ecuménica en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey.
Le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se réunira du 12 au 17 novembre. Pour sa première réunion en personne depuis deux ans, il se penchera sur les préparatifs de la 11ᵉ Assemblée du COE à Karlsruhe (Allemagne) en 2022 et sur le 75ᵉ anniversaire des formations œcuméniques de l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will meet for the first time in two years, 12-17 November, focusing on preparations for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022, and celebrating 75 years of ecumenical formation at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.
Over 23-29 October, a Global Conference of Africa and Africans in the Diaspora (AAD) revisited the historical 1945 Manchester Pan-African Conference and critically reviewed progress made since then. Speakers and participants also worked to determine and develop effective global strategies to radically change the lot of Africans and people of African descent globally—and thereby defeat the scourge of racism in the world.
The life and insights of the German Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer can shed light on the theme of the forthcoming assembly of the World Council of Churches, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” writes Keith Clements in the article that opens the latest issue of the WCC quarterly, The Ecumenical Review.
