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WCC central committee: Making a difference together

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee closed its 13-20 February meeting after having chosen the venue for the 2011 International Ecumenical Peace Convocation, achieved progress towards a broader WCC Assembly, welcomed new member churches, appointed a search committee for a new general secretary and celebrated the Council's 60th anniversary. The WCC main governing body also put its stamp on a number of public statements, policy concerns and programme plans.

Three statements pay attention to elections

Election issues fresh from the headlines formed the focus for three public statements adopted by the World Council of Churches central committee on Tuesday 19 February in Geneva: one each on Kenya and Pakistan, and one on the larger picture of democratic electoral processes.

COE : Vigilance à l'égard des processus électoraux

Le mardi 19 février, le comité central du Conseil oecuménique des Églises s'est prononcé sur un certain nombre de questions liées à l'actualité. Trois des textes qui ont été adoptés sont liés aux récents processus électoraux à travers le monde qui ont parfois généré des situations de crises comme au Kénya et au Pakistan.

L'Église évangélique du Laos est l'une des deux Églises qui viennent d'intégrer le COE

M. Khamphone Kounthapanya est le président de l'Église evangélique du Laos, l'une des deux nouvelles Églises membres du Conseil oecuménique des Églises (COE) accueillies officiellement lors de cette 53ème session du comité central. M. Kounthapanya a fait le déplacement à Genève pour cette session qui se déroule du 13 au 20 février et nous a présenté son Église.

Welcoming the Lao Evangelical Church

Mr. Khamphone Kounthapanya is president of the Lao Evangelical Church, one of two church bodies newly welcomed into full fellowship as members of the World Council of Churches at the 13-20 February Central Committee meeting. Kounthapanya shared some information about his church:

Kingston will host WCC peace convocation in 2011

The convocation will meet under the theme "Glory to God and peace on earth". It will be the culmination of the WCC's Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV), which has sought to network and bring attention to the peacemaking initiatives of its various member churches.

Kobia sees changing landscape

New expressions of Christianity. The growing prominence of the global South. The impact of globalization. Increasing religious diversity. These factors and others are contributing to a "rapidly changing ecclesial context," one that World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia addressed in his comprehensive report to the Central Committee on Thursday.

Samuel Kobia encourage le dialogue interreligieux prôné par l'archevêque de Cantorbéry

Interrogé, lors d'une conférence de presse, au sujet des propos de Rowan Williams, l'archevêque de Cantorbéry, et de la controverse qu'ils ont soulevée en Angleterre, Samuel Kobia a adressé ses encouragements et ses prières au primat de la communion anglicane. Mgr Williams, avait déclaré dans une interview adressée à la BBC que l'adoption de certains aspects de la loi islamique en Grande-Bretagne lui paraissait inévitable. Ses propos, volontairement polémiques, devaient selon lui permettre aux gens d'appréhender avec ouverture d'esprit et clairvoyance la charia. "C'est le rôle des chrétiens d'être vecteurs de dialogue avec les autres religions". Selon le secrétaire général du Conseil oecuménique des Églises (COE), les propos de Mgr Williams permettront une ouverture du dialogue, prenant au sérieux le contexte mondial et religieux en évolution. Samuel Kobia a ainsi encouragé la démarche de Mgr Williams, qui démontre "un véritable engagement pour le dialogue avec l'Islam" tout en lui adressant ses prières pour faire face à la situation difficile dans lesquels ces propos l'ont placé.

Deux nouvelles Églises rejoignent le Conseil Oecuménique des Églises

Mercredi 13 février 2008 : le Conseil Oecuméniques des Églises (COE) compte désormais 349 Églises. Lors de la session d'ouverture de son Comité central, l'Église presbytérienne évangélique au Brésil et l'Église évangélique du Laos, ont été officiellement reçu comme Églises membres du COE.

WCC mourns the death of Greek Orthodox leader Archbishop Christodoulos

The news of the death of His Beatitude Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, who died yesterday at his home in Psyhico (Athens) at the age of 69, was received with "deep sadness" by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia. In a condolence letter to the Church of Greece, which the late archbishop had led since 1998, Kobia paid tribute to "a gifted head of church, an Orthodox primate looking at the modern world in an interesting and challenging way, a church leader committed to walk the path of Christian unity with courage and vision, perseverance and patience, care and humility."

WCC fellowship's 60th anniversary - Making a difference together then and now

Celebrating a 60th birthday for some is a milestone marked by visions of retirement - celebrating achievements and dreaming of new endeavours. The WCC, however, on its 60th "birthday" in 2008 does not want to rest on past feats as it looks ahead to the challenges of the 21st century. The largest, most inclusive fellowship of churches in the world, and the pre-eminent face of 20th century ecumenism, is grappling with a very different world today - politically, economically, religiously - than the one it faced following the second world war.

Le secrétaire général du COE assuré de l'avance de l'unité des chrétiens

Aujourd'hui, lors de l'office oecuménique des vêpres présidé par le Pape Benoît XVI, le pasteur Samuel Kobia, secrétaire général du Conseil oecuménique des Eglises, a souligné l'importance d'une "Eglise une, unie dans le témoignage" face à un  monde marqué par la violence et la désunion. Cet office, célébré à Rome, commémorait le centenaire de la Semaine de prière pour l'unité des chrétiens.

WCC general secretary confident about Christian unity progress

At today's ecumenical Vespers service presided by Pope Benedict XVI, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia underlined the importance of "a church that is one and united in its witness" to a world marked by violence and disunity.  The service in Rome marked the conclusion of the 100th anniversary of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

Christian youth movements call for signs of unity

A number of major international Christian youth movements and organizations called for stronger efforts towards unity in a joint statement issued on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Addressed to the heads of the Roman Catholic Church, the World Council of Churches, Christian World Communions and Regional Ecumenical Organizations, the statement asks them to "share ecumenical dialogue with young people" and expresses the commitment of the signatories to "raise awareness of the importance of Christian unity among young people".

Ecumenical initiative to accompany churches in conflict situations

A new World Council of Churches (WCC) initiative aimed at supporting Christians living in conflict situations around the world has begun. "When one part of the body suffers, the whole body suffers with it," Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the WCC said in a videotaped address to experts in international relations and ecumenical partners at a recent consultation held in Geneva, 8-10 December.