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The Rev. Jennifer Leath is a member the World Council of Churches Joint Consultative Group with the Pentecostals and ECHOS, the WCC commission of youth. She is a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the USA and identifies herself as “a Black American who lives in solidarity with those in the African Diaspora and all those who experience oppression, these are they who capture my heart.” Leath was one of the speakers at the 2011 WCC Central Committee plenary on “Ecclesiological Landscape”, where she shared a strong testimony on the issue of youth and ecumenical movement.  She was interviewed by Marcelo Schneider.

by Theodore Gill (*)

A team of church representatives will pay a solidarity visit to churches, ecumenical organizations and civil society movements in Tuvalu from 25-27 May 2010. The team will be travelling as " Living Letters " on behalf of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

The role of the church in building just peace was highlighted last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where three World Council of Churches (WCC) advisory groups met to recognize the culmination of the Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV) and the forthcoming International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) scheduled for May 2011.

Christian villagers are rebuilding their lives and relationships more than a year after being attacked by a group of Hindu extremists in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

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The Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) agreed to hold a mission event involving some 200 participants in mid-2012, in advance of the WCC 10th assembly to take place the following year.

Despite having a constitution which does not allow discrimination and a proactive government working for the integration of the marginalized parts of society, violence and discrimination persist in some parts of India.

Challenges facing Christians today are too strong for a divided church, said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia in Egypt recently as he called for church unity both locally and globally. Kobia was speaking during a 16-21 June visit to WCC member churches in the country.

Die Notwendigkeit für Frieden im Nahen Osten steht im Mittelpunkt einer Ägyptenreise des Generalsekretärs des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pfarrer Dr. Samuel Kobia, vom 16. bis 21. Juni.

La nécessité de la paix au Moyen-Orient sera mise en lumière lors d'une visite en Egypte, du 16 au 21 juin, par le pasteur Samuel Kobia, secrétaire général du Conseil oecuménique des Eglises (COE).

La necesidad de paz en Oriente Medio se pondrá de relieve durante una visita a Egipto que realizará, del 16 al 21 de junio, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia.