The World Council of Churches, in partnership with Centro Evangélico de Misiología Andino Amazónica, will host a Consultation on Evangelism in Theological Education and Missiological Formation In Latin America.
With great sadness, the World Council of Churches (WCC) received news of the demise of Prof. Vuyani Vellem on 4 December. A member of the WCC’s Commission on Ecumenical Education and Formation, Vellem was director of the Centre for Public Theology and associate professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He also served as deputy secretary of the South Africa Council of Churches.
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).
The long-anticipated Conference on World Mission and Evangelism opened on 8 March in Arusha, Tanzania, with African rhythms, almost thousand participants, storytelling, and a spirit of sharing that set the stage for the rest of the week.
La tan esperada Conferencia sobre Misión Mundial y Evangelización se inauguró el 8 de marzo en Arusha, al ritmo de percusiones africanas, con casi mil participantes, narración de cuentos y un espíritu de intercambio que prepararon el terreno para el resto de la semana.
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”.
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”.