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The Launch of the Arusha Report Package will take place in Helsinki, on 20th May 2019 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm EEST.

Daily Bible studies at the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism has been gathering participants from mainline Protestant, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Evangelical, Pentecostal, and African-instituted churches. The Bible studies prepared for the for the conference are available at the WCC website.

Under the theme ‘Moving in the Spirit called Transforming Discipleship’, the World Council of Churches is hosting a major conference on World Mission and Evangelism in Arusha, Tanzania, 8-13 March.

A document published in Swahili language titled, ‘The Church: Towards a common vision’ was launched at the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism in Arusha, Tanzania on 12 March. The document is now translated into 15 languages.

La versión suajili del documento “La Iglesia: Hacia una visión común” fue presentada el 12 de marzo en la Conferencia sobre Misión Mundial y Evangelización celebrada en Arusha (Tanzania). El documento ha sido traducido a quince idiomas.

“Is our notion of discipleship inclusive of those who exist in the marginal spaces of our world?”, asked Adi Mariana Waqa, the keynote speaker of a plenary on the theme of mission from the margins at the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME).

“The truth we are all sharing with the world is a living truth coming out of the life of people, it is not a dead dogma”, said Prof. Dr Dimitra Koukoura, from the Ecumenical Patriarchate, during a panel held at the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME).

“La verdad que todos compartimos con el mundo es una verdad viva que surge de la vida de las personas, no es un dogma muerto”, dijo la Prof. Dra. Dimitra Koukoura, del Patriarcado Ecuménico, durante una mesa redonda celebrada en la Conferencia sobre Misión Mundial y Evangelización (CMME).

More than 50 women from across the globe, representing diverse faith traditions, gathered on 6-7 March in Arusha, Tanzania, for a pre-conference on the theme “Women in Mission on the move of the Spirit: Mentorship for Transformation”.

Más de cincuenta mujeres de todo el planeta, que representan diversas tradiciones religiosas, se reunieron los días 6 y 7 de marzo en Arusha con motivo de la conferencia previa sobre “Las mujeres en la misión avanzando en el Espíritu: Mentoría para la transformación”.

A consultation in Arusha, Tanzania, has issued a communique entitled “Sustainable Peace in Burundi.” The meeting, organized by the World Council of Churches and the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, drew together Burundian religious leaders on 18-19 October.

Como resultado de una consulta celebrada en Arusha (Tanzania), se ha publicado un comunicado titulado "La paz sostenible en Burundi". La consulta, organizada por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias y la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Prevención del Genocidio y la Responsabilidad de Proteger, reunió a los líderes religiosos burundeses del 18 al 19 de octubre.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting proposals for workshops to be conducted at the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (WMC), which will take place from 8-13 March 2018 in Arusha, Tanzania, under the theme “Moving in the Spirit: Called to Transforming Discipleship”.

Greta Nania-Montoya Ortega has an enthusiastic message for young people considering signing up for the 2018 Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI): “Do not miss this unique opportunity. It will change your life!”

Greta Nania-Montoya Ortega tiene un mensaje entusiasta para los jóvenes que estén pensando en inscribirse en el Instituto Teológico Ecuménico Mundial (GETI, por sus siglas en inglés) de 2018: “No pierdan esta oportunidad única, ¡les cambiará la vida!”

Twenty church leaders from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania met in Arusha, Tanzania from 7-11 November to discuss deepening inclusion, participation and active involvement of persons with disabilities in the spiritual, social, economic and structural life of the church and society. The forum was organized by the WCC Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network and hosted by the Council of Churches in Tanzania.

The African continent bears witness to the tragic consequences of the manipulation of religion to incite violence. Yet it is also the home of untold instances of the power of religious leaders and actors to exert a positive influence, said panellists at an international meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, today.