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Da rund 811 Millionen Menschen in der Welt derzeit jeden Abend hungrig zu Bett gehen, ruft uns eine gemeinsame interreligiöse Erklärung anlässlich des diesjährigen Welternährungstags am 16. Oktober zum Gebet und Engagement gegen den Hunger in der Welt auf.

A joint interfaith statement for World Food Day, being observed 16 October this year, calls us to pray and act against hunger at a time when 811 million people are going to bed hungry each night.

With World Food Day soon approaching, the World Council of Churches and a range of ecumenical organizations and partners invite people and churches around the globe to pray and act for an end to hunger.

The Ecumenical Network on South Sudan (Europe and North America Hub), on the occasion of International Peace Day on 21 September, released a call entitled “High Time for Peace and Accountability in South Sudan.”

At the G20 Interfaith Forum, which took place 12-14 September in Bologna, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on religious commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those focusing on children, hunger, water and sanitation.

The world's food systems are broken, and God is calling humanity to fix them, participants heard at an online meeting of faith-based organizations, titled “Facilitating a Global Dialogue.”

Im Bundesstaat Kaduna im Nordwesten Nigerias sind es die christlichen Gläubigen, die unter Unsicherheit und Gewalt  infolge der Angriffe von Banditen auf Häuser, Dörfer und Kirchen leiden. Die Angreifer töten Menschen oder kidnappen sie, um Lösegeld zu erpressen.
Im Mittelpunkt dieser  Gewaltausbrüche auf lokaler Ebene stehen religiöse Verfolgung, territoriale Ansprüche und ethnische Säuberungen in der Region, in der sich Gemeinschaften entlang religiöser Trennlinien niedergelassen haben, wie Pastor John Joseph Hayab berichtet, Landesdirektor der Global Peace Foundation, Nigeria.
 

Stephen Brown is editor of The Ecumenical Review. Below, he reflects on the legacy of Phillip Potter, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary from 1972 to 1984. An upcoming webinar on 23 August will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Potter’s birth, as well as introduce him to a new ecu-menical generation, that they may be inspired by his legacy, his passion, his commitment, his spirituality and his love for the Bible.