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Agnes Abuom, pèlerine pour la paix, décède à l’âge de 73 ans

Agnes Abuom, meneuse œcuménique très appréciée et inlassable défenseuse de la paix, est décédée à l’âge de 73 ans au Kenya des suites d’une courte maladie.

05 June 2023

News

Peace Pilgrim Agnes Abuom dies at 73

Beloved ecumenical leader and indefatigable peacemaker Dr Agnes Abuom has died at the age of 73 in her native Kenya, following a short illness.

01 June 2023

Interview

Pandemic and pedagogy: what are the valuable lessons?

Rev. Prof. Dr Benjamin Simon, World Council of Churches programme executive for Ecumenical Theological Education, offered reflections after a December hybrid conference entitled “Theological Education: Pandemic and Pedagogy,” held at the Trinity Theological Seminary in Accra, Ghana. The conference was co-organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC), World Communion of Reformed Churches, Lutheran World Federation, and Evangelische Mission Weltweit. The conference drew more than 80 participants from all over the world.

21 December 2022

Interview

WCC general secretary-elect Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay: “If we learn to trust the work of the Holy Spirit, we can find each other even through difficulties”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee elected Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay as the ninth general secretary at its 17 June meeting. Below, Pillay reflects on his longstanding passion for ecumenism and his expectations for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe.

23 June 2022

Interview

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Bridging gaps and bringing people to the table

Global Christian Forum sustains imperative role in a post-pandemic world and reaches out to new groups of people. Global meeting to be held in Ghana in 2024.

23 June 2022

News

Le Comité exécutif du COE appelle «au soutien et à l’accompagnement pour les Églises et la population du Soudan»

Dans une déclaration, le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a affirmé son soutien en faveur des Églises du Soudan dans leur témoignage et leur ministère. Il s’y félicite d’une visite de solidarité œcuménique au Soudan du 20 au 25 avril effectuée conjointement par le COE, la Conférence des Églises pour toute l’Afrique et la Communauté fraternelle des Conseils et des Églises chrétiens dans la région des Grands Lacs et de la Corne de l’Afrique.

07 June 2022

News

WCC executive committee urges “support and accompaniment to the churches and people of Sudan”

In a statement, the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee affirmed its support for the churches of Sudan in their witness and ministry. The statement welcomed an ecumenical solidarity visit to Sudan on 20-25 April undertaken jointly by the WCC, All Africa Conference of Churches, and Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa.

02 June 2022

News

“Theological Education: Pandemic and Pedagogy” conference will take stock of online education experiences

A “Theological Education: Pandemic and Pedagogy” conference will convene from 5-7 December at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Accra, Ghana. The hybrid conference is being organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC), World Communion of Reformed Churches, Lutheran World Federation, and Evangelische Mission Weltweit.

31 May 2022

News

Les nouvelles et anciennes épidémies au cœur de la réunion du COE à Nairobi

Les responsables de deux initiatives de lutte contre le VIH du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se sont réunis pour examiner et célébrer le travail accompli ainsi que pour poursuivre la planification d'une lutte renforcée du COE contre le VIH au sein de la nouvelle Commission pour la santé et la guérison du COE.

16 May 2022

News

New and old epidemics in focus at WCC gathering in Nairobi

Two World Council of Churches (WCC) HIV initiatives met to review and celebrate the critical and life-changing work of the initiatives and to continue planning for a strengthened WCC HIV response in the new WCC Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing.

13 May 2022

Feature story

Women carry water in the cans on their heads

Churches reach out to communities suffering drought in the horn of Africa

As the war in Ukraine triggers an unexpected rise in food and commodity prices in African markets, church leaders are reaching out to communities struggling with food insecurity and shortages.

11 May 2022

News

Members of the ecumenical solidarity visit to Sudan

Ecumenical solidarity visit encourages cooperation between churches and people of Sudan

To accompany the churches and people of Sudan in the midst of significant changes and challenges in the country, a delegation of World Council of Churches (WCC) along with its ecumenical partners is undertaking an ecumenical solidarity visit to Sudan.

22 April 2022

Feature story

South Sudan church official highlights country’s humanitarian crisis, as global attention turns to Ukraine

A church leader in South Sudan is urging the international community to keep its focus on the growing humanitarian crisis in the world’s youngest nation, as the globe beams its attention on the conflict in Ukraine.

17 March 2022

Feature story

Un responsable de l’Église du Soudan du Sud rappelle la crise humanitaire qui ébranle le pays, alors que le monde a les yeux rivés sur l’Ukraine

Un responsable de l’Église au Soudan du Sud exhorte la communauté internationale à se concentrer sur la crise humanitaire de plus en plus grave qui fait rage dans la nation la plus jeune du monde, tandis que le conflit en Ukraine monopolise l’attention.

17 March 2022

Feature story

Les responsables d’église d’Afrique expriment leur espoir de guérison, de réconciliation et d’unité

Une réunion de responsables d’églises en Afrique, organisée par vidéoconférence le 11 février dans le cadre de la réunion du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Eglises (COE), a exprimé l’espoir d’une guérison, d’une réconciliation et d’une unité au milieu de plusieurs défis auxquels le continent est confronté.

15 February 2022

Feature story

Church leaders in Africa express hope for healing, reconciliation and unity

A gathering of church leaders in Africa held via videoconference on 11February as part of the ongoing World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting has expressed hope for healing, reconciliation and unity amidst several challenges facing the continent.

14 February 2022

News

Church of Norway, Norwegian Church Aid will host memorial service for Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The Church of Norway and Norwegian Church Aid will hold a memorial service for Archbishop Desmond Tutu on 9 January in Oslo Cathedral. Public broadcaster NRK1 will carry the service on live TV.

06 January 2022

Feature story

Human rights training for women and girls in Abuja, Nigeria

Nigerian churches train women and girls on human rights

Many women and girls are still struggling to attain their fundamental human rights, despite churches and the systems of the world affirming the equality of men and women, a church human rights training for young women and girls in Nigeria heard recently.

20 December 2021

News

South Sudan church leaders call for help, as flooding reaches alarming levels

As flooding in South Sudan reached extreme levels, the country’s church leaders are urging the international community to aid their country in battling the catastrophe which experts linked to climate change.

13 December 2021

Feature story

People sit in line at a table in a conference room.

African church conference tackles misleading theologies in faith and healing

A symposium exploring the complex question of misleading theologies in Africa ended here on 24 November, amid concerns that the phenomenon was harming the efforts to combat coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and other diseases.

25 November 2021