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Peace with the Earth was the focus of IEPC Bible studies and workshops on Friday.

An environmental agenda for the churches

21 May 2011

Workshop organizers Carlos Intipampa, Vicenta Mamani Bernabé and Sofía Chipana Quispe

Bolivian shares indigenous theology of “sacredness with the earth”

SofÃa Chipana Quispe is part of the first generation of her family born in the city. Her parents migrated to La Paz, Bolivia, from the Andean mountain rural areas before she was born in 1952.

20 May 2011

Threats to creation addressed at peace convocation

Tuvalu, a Polynesian island nation in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Australia, is home to more than 11,000 people, whose very existence, which at one time was tied to the ocean and its bounty, is now threatened by rising ocean water levels.

20 May 2011

Peace convocation opens with strong calls from global voices

The International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) formally opened on Wednesday in Kingston, Jamaica, as theologians, faith leaders and the prime minister of Jamaica welcomed some 1,000 participants from more than 100 countries.

19 May 2011

Lecture - Speech

Climate Justice and Human Rights

Presentation on Climate Justice and Human Rights by Theodor Rathgeber at the meeting of the WCC Working Group on Climate Change held immediately before the IEPC in Kingston.

17 May 2011

His All Holiness, Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch

Bartholomew I: “peace is a matter of choice”

In an encyclical letter intended to be read in congregations of the Church of Constantinople around the world on Sunday 22 May, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I welcomes âwith great joyâ the initiative of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in convening the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) in Kingston, Jamaica from 17 through 25 May 2011.

10 May 2011

Interfaith seminar on decent work looks at values, responsibility and meaning

The âdignity of workâ or âdecent workâ in the context of a values-based response to globalization was at the core of a recent international inter-religious seminar hosted by the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC).

05 May 2011

From Chernobyl to tsunami stones: Life-saving lessons on peace convocation agenda

The Chernobyl disaster of 25 years ago remains a human and environmental tragedy so severe the consequences will continue for centuries. Its anniversary this week is especially timely given the current emergency in Japan which echoes some of Chernobylâs hard lessons. To learn them would honour those who suffer from the past and could save lives in the future.

26 April 2011

EKD Council member Tabea Dölker expressed the visitors’ gratitude by presenting a sculpture of Martin Luther.

“We cannot be ecumenical by ourselves”

Five general secretaries of international ecumenical organizations engaged in lively conversation with leaders of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) on Friday 8 April, the final day of the EKD Councilâs visit to the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. The general secretaries are heads of the ACT Alliance, the Conference of European Churches (CEC), the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC).

08 April 2011

Statement: public statement

Violence in Cote d'Ivoire

In a public statement issued 5 April 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland the general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, expressed deep concern regarding the ongoing violence and killings of a large number of civilians in Cote d'Ivoire, including women and children, particularly in Duekoue and Abidjan.

05 April 2011

General Secretary

Ambassador Raul Estrada Oyuela spoke on the international diplomatic framework on climate change

Towards an eco-theology

By Marcelo Schneider (*)

30 March 2011

“Peace on Earth – Peace with the Earth” is focus for WCC journal

As churches worldwide prepare for the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) in Jamaica in May, the latest edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) quarterly journal, Ecumenical Review, will focus on challenges of peacemaking in places as varied as the Middle East and Africa.

24 March 2011

Letter

Letter to churches in Japan

Letter to churches in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011.

23 March 2011

General Secretary

Commission on International Affairs

Policy document

Social Justice and Common Goods - Policy Paper

Policy Paper by the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Working Group on Social Justice and Common Goods.

22 March 2011

Bible study

Seven Weeks for Water 2011, week 7: "We desire to do your will", by Rev. José Pilar Álvarez Cabrera

In these verses the psalmist describes a situation of danger that leads him to cry out to God for God’s protection and salvation.

What is being described is not a passing situation. It has been happening for some time, and thus the cry to God as well. Hence God’s actions have resulted in joy, thanksgiving and praise.

07 March 2011

Bible study

Seven Weeks for Water 2011, week 3: "The Earth is the Lord’s", by Linwood Blizzard II and Shantha Ready Alonso

The psalmist once declared, “The Earth is the Lord’s, and all that is in it” (Psalm 24:1). From generation to generation, we have a lifespan to enjoy and steward God’s Earth. However, in recent decades, industries that unsustainably extract from God’s Earth have been spinning out of control. Their actions challenge God's sovereignty over the gifts that were created for sharing by all Creation and for all generations. Extractive and other industries have been privatizing the natural gifts of God’s Earth and have excluded local communities from sharing in these gifts.

03 March 2011

Bible study

Seven Weeks for Water 2011, week 1: "Adamah – the land we come from", by Ani Ghazaryan

The Bible begins with the story of creation by God, with the Genesis of the Earth. Before the creation of humankind, God creates the heaven and the earth; he then separates the earth from water which he called “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas” (Genesis 1:9). God then plants a garden and puts humankind in the middle of this garden to live there and to cultivate the land and take care of it and his creation (Genesis 2:15). Land is the place where humankind is invited to live and called upon to be its stewards.

01 March 2011