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Rev. Serge Fornerod reflects on crossroads of personal faith, professional life

Rev. Serge Fornerod is a former World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, a member of the Green Village steering committee, and the new president of the FAP Foundation for Reformed Churches. He recently published a book, Les Fornerod, une famille au service de l’Église” that details the intersection of his personal faith and professional life[1].

On Korean Peninsula, “the churches and the country need reconciliation and unity”

Rev. Dr Hyunju Bae represents the Presbyterian Church of Korea on the World Council of Churches central and executive committees and serves on the WCC Gender Advisory Group. She is a former professor of New Testament Studies at the Busan Presbyterian University, Republic of Korea, and now a co-president of the Korea Christian Environmental Movement Solidarity for Integrity of Creation.  Below, she reflects on a recent prayer vigil for peace, as well as other ecumenical activities in South Korea.

Nordic churches meet with WCC for a look at horizon of hope

Leaders from Nordic churches—including the Church of Sweden and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark—met with World Council of Churches (WCC) leadership and staff on 28 April, discussing preparations for the WCC 11th Assembly as well as directions for the next decade.

Una delegación de la Iglesia Protestante en Suiza visita la sede del CMI para hablar de los planes para la 11ª Asamblea, el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey y el testimonio público

Un grupo del equipo directivo de la Iglesia Protestante en Suiza visitó la sede del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en Ginebra el pasado 1 de octubre para expresar su interés por los aspectos más destacados de la labor del CMI en los últimos dos decenios y hablar de los planes para la próxima 11ª Asamblea del CMI que se celebrará en Karlsruhe (Alemania) en 2022.

Church of Sweden in Lund delegation visits the Ecumenical Centre and Bossey

Bishop Johan Tyrberg and a delegation from the Church of Sweden in Lund visited the World Council of Churches on 22-23 September, participating in a morning prayer for Christian unity, receiving a guided tour and discussing the theme of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

World Communion of Reformed Churches delegation visits WCC

A delegation composed of the “collegial general secretariat” of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) visited the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 17 September to discuss with World Council of Churches (WCC) leadership how to strengthen ties between the two organizations by connecting programmatically.

El Comité Ejecutivo del CMI se reunirá y llamará a la unidad para hacer frente a la COVID-19

El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunirá del 17 al 20 de mayo, y si es necesario el 25 de mayo, centrando sus esfuerzos en preparar la próxima reunión del Comité Central del CMI, planificar la 11ª Asamblea del CMI en Alemania en 2022, y hacer una declaración pública sobre superar la injusticia y la desigualdad en el mundo para vencer a la COVID-19.

WCC executive committee will convene, call for unity in defeating COVID-19

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will convene from 17-20 May, and if needed on 25 May, with a focus on preparing for the upcoming WCC central committee meeting, planning for the WCC 11th Assembly in Germany in 2022, and issuing a public statement on overcoming global injustice and inequity to defeat COVID-19.