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The visit to China will begin the celebration of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 70th anniversary. In Beijing on 7 January, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit preached in Chongwenmen Church, one of the oldest Protestant churches in China, on the theme “Jesus Christ, the Joy of the World.”

La visita a China da inicio a las celebraciones del 70º aniversario del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI). En Beijing, el secretario general del CMI, Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, pronunció un sermón el 7 de enero en la Iglesia Chongwenmen, una de las iglesias protestantes más antiguas de China, sobre el tema “Jesucristo, la alegría del mundo”. El Dr. Tveit transmitió los saludos de la comunidad viva que cuenta con 348 iglesias miembros en el mundo entero.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and a WCC delegation will visit member churches in China 7-16 January. The historic visit will begin the celebration of the WCC’s 70th anniversary. The WCC delegation, in addition to Tveit, includes WCC Asia president Dr Sang Chang and Rev. Dr Peniel Rajkumar, WCC programme executive for Interreligious Dialogue.

El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, y una delegación del CMI visitarán a iglesias miembros de China del 7 al 16 de enero. La histórica visita será el inicio de las celebraciones del 70º aniversario del CMI.

Participants in a 7-11 December consultation on ecumenical diakonia held in Seoul, South Korea, didn’t just talk about the important concept of service. They also took time to visit local projects where Korean Christians are fleshing out their call to actively practice diakonia in the communities they serve.

For the first time in its history, the World Council of Churches (WCC) has initiated a formal dialogue with Confucians. Organised in collaboration with the Council for World Mission and the Korea Forum for Science and Life and with the support of the National Council of Churches in Korea, the Sungkyunkwan University, the City of Andong and the Korea Foundation for Culture and Ethics, the dialogue commenced on 27 October with an interreligious consultation on Christian-Confucian relations in Seoul

"The world must listen to the people of Korea. They do not want war. They want peace.” Those are the words of Rev. Frank Chikane, moderator of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, as he reflected what was on the minds of several dozen people from all over the world who attended a videoconference on the Korea crisis on 5 October.

“El mundo debe escuchar al pueblo de Corea: no quiere guerra, quiere paz”. Así lo expresó el Rev. Frank Chikane, moderador de la Comisión de las Iglesias para Asuntos Internacionales del CMI, reflejando la opinión de varias docenas de personas de todo el mundo que asistieron, el 5 de octubre, a una videoconferencia sobre la crisis de Corea.

On 30 May 2017 a delegation led by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit met with the President of the Republic of Korea, Moon Jae-in, who took office on 10 May 2017.

El 30 de mayo de 2017, una delegación liderada por el secretario general del CMI, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, se reunió con el presidente de la República de Corea, Moon Jae-in, que tomó posesión de su cargo el 10 de mayo de 2017.

On the 28th Quadrennial Assembly of the National Council of Churches in India, held in Jabalpur from 27-30 April, Rev. Dr Sang Chang, WCC president for Asia, urged Indian churches to commit themselves afresh to the task of building just and inclusive communities.

A delegation representing churches and ecumenical bodies around the world met for an historic international ecumenical visit and meeting in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from 23 to 30 October.

Una delegación de doce representantes de iglesias y organismos ecuménicos de distintas partes del mundo realizó una visita a la República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC) del 23 al 30 de octubre, donde celebró una reunión ecuménica internacional histórica.

The WCC welcomed an initiative by the South African government to propose a resolution on “Ethical Imperatives for a Nuclear-weapons-free World” for adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.