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Statement on democratic electoral processes

20 February 2008

Central Committee

Statement on the crisis in Kenya and the churches' response

20 February 2008

Central Committee

Minute on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip

20 February 2008

Central Committee

"We hope to contribute to the progress of the ecumenical movement"

By Manuel Quintero (*)

20 February 2008

Burnt-down houses and looted shops after the contested presidential election in Kenya, February 2008. Photo: WCC/Juan Michel

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.

20 February 2008

Dr Ezra Chitando during the presentation of his newly published books on HIV and AIDS.

HIV/AIDS: "We can't be silent"

By Walt Wiltschek (*)

19 February 2008

Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, Rev. Assir Pereira, Rev. Dr Walter Altmann, and Rev. Khamphone Kounthapanya (left to right) celebrate the joining of the Lao Evangelical Church and the Independent Presbyterian Church in Brazil to the WCC.

WCC welcomes two new member churches

Two church communions from opposite sides of the globe were welcomed into full fellowship of the World Council of Churches Wednesday, increasing the membership of the WCC to 349.

13 February 2008

The brunt of the crisis has been borne by women and children, like these Luhya women from Nyanza and the Western province, who had to flee the tea farms in the Central province where they used to work. They found shelter at the Tigoni camp near Limuru, in the outskirts of Nairobi, along with some 6,000 other refugees. Photo: Juan Michel/WCC

Kenya: Living Letters allow churches to affirm peace, grasp a complex conflict

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11 February 2008

Report on the AACC/WCC peace delegation visit to Burundi

A delegation sent by the All Africa Conference of Churches and the World Council of Churches headed by His Excellency former President Joachim Chisano of Mozambique arrived in Burundi on 29th January 2008 for a 3-day visit at the invitation of the National Council of Churches of Burundi.

01 February 2008

WCC and new and emerging technologies

The author of this e-book, Dr Gregor Wolbring is a member of CAC/ISO - Canadian Advisory Committees for the International Organization for Standardization, section TC229 Nanotechnologies; a former member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO; a Disabled People's International Bioethics Taskforce Chair; a biochemist, health researcher, and a researcher on ethics, sociology and governance of emerging technology researcher, and disability/ability studies. This e-book is not an official WCC publication but a discussion paper.

01 January 2008

Background document

Learning To Live Together

An Intercultural and Interfaith Programme for Ethics Information. Interfaith Council on Ethics Education for Children, Global Networks of Religions for Children, Arigatou Foundation.

01 January 2008

Abolished but Not Destroyed: Slavery in the 21st Century

A statement from the delegates of the ecumenical conference "Abolished, but Not Destroyed: Remembering the Slave Trade in the 21st Century" in Runaway Bay, Jamaica; December 2007

14 December 2007

Ecumenical movement

An illustration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations building in New York. Photo: Zack Lee , 2007

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights' 60th anniversary makes 2008 an opportunity for passionate church advocacy

As 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it will be a "fantastic opportunity" for churches to re-connect with the endeavour of protecting and promoting human dignity, participants at an international ecumenical consultation were told.

07 December 2007

Aide Memoire from the Global Consultation on Genetics, New Biotechnologies and the Ministry of the Church

Aide Memoire summarizing the discussions at a 2-5 December Global Consultation on Genetics and New Biotechnologies held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Participants stated that "the creativity of science needs to serve the common good" and alerted about the risk of biotechnology leading to "increased dependency and threat to biodiversity". "Communities can be devastated by the intrusion of genetically modified seeds and bio-piracy", participants said. They recognized the "need for dialogue with scientists", so as to move "beyond a reactive mode", and called for the "restoration of the churches' prophetic voices and public witness in the growing debate regarding the ethical use of genetics and biotechnologies".

05 December 2007

Report on the first meeting of the Continuation Committee

20 November 2007

This 86 year old Filipina mourns her son, who died in an extrajudicial killing at the hands of the military, as she told the ecumenical delegation. Photo: WCC

Filipino Christians testify on the mistreatment of brothers, sons and husbands

By Maurice Malanes (*)

19 November 2007

Photo: Marcelo Schneider/WCC Click here for high resolution version

Greed, overproduction and over-consumption are sinful, say African Christians

A severe reminder "of the wealth that was built and sustained on the continued extraction and plunder of Africa's resources as well as on the exploitation of Africa's people" was addressed to Christians in the global North by the participants in the African ecumenical consultation "Linking poverty, wealth and ecology" last week.

15 November 2007

Dar es Salaam Statement on Linking Poverty, Wealth and Ecology

Statement by the Alternative Globalisation Addressing People and Earth (AGAPE) Consultation on Linking Poverty, Wealth and Ecology: Africa Ecumenical Perspectives
07-09 November 2007, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

09 November 2007

Report on the African Ecumenical Consultation on Linking Poverty, Wealth and Ecology

09 November 2007

African Women's Statement on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology

We, African women of faith, church leaders, theologians and activists, enriched by contributions from our sisters from Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America, have gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 05-06 November 2007 to analyse the links between poverty, wealth and ecology in Africa, in deepening study and theological reflection on neoliberal economic globalisation, as part of the Alternative Globalisation addressing People and Earth (AGAPE) process.

06 November 2007