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WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay speaks at an inaugural Joint Meeting of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), the Commission on Health and Healing (CHH), and the Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development (CCJSD) of the World Council of Churches, in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

Tres comisiones del CMI se reúnen para afrontar los nuevos desafíos mundiales

Tres comisiones del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) —la Comisión de las Iglesias para Asuntos Internacionales, la Comisión de las Iglesias para la Salud y la Sanación y la Comisión sobre Justicia Climática y Desarrollo Sostenible— celebrarán una reunión conjunta del 5 al 8 de marzo en Ginebra para explorar el tema “Fe, testimonio eficaz y diaconía en el siglo XXI”.

06 March 2024
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Pilgrims on the Path of Peace Cover

Peregrinos en el camino de la paz

El recorrido del CMI de Busan a Karlsruhe (Illustrated)

This report, received by the WCC central committee in February 2022, is the accountability report of the central committee to the WCC 11th Assembly, describing and offering an assessment of the activities of the WCC, since the 10th Assembly, in Busan, Republic of Korea, in late 2013.

This illustrated version is a narrative of a fellowship of churches committed to moving together on a Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, conveying something of the energy, excitement, ambition, and initiative that have marked the WCC’s journey since Busan. It aims to assist assembly delegates to understand the council’s journey in this period and help them actively participate in the assembly, and to share the ecumenical vision reflected in the WCC’s activities with member churches, partners, and the wider fellowship.

This report is available in English, Spanish, French, and German.

24 August 2022
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Libro de recursos

Consejo Mundial de Iglesias 11ª Asamblea, Karlsruhe, Alemania, 2022

This assembly Resource Book, a documentary collection published in four separate language editions, is meant to orient assembly delegates and participants to the assembly process, convey documents and reports upon which the assembly will act, and also link participants to a variety of important background documents about the many substantive matters that will engage the gathered fellowship there.

To that end, the Resource Book will function as a ready documentary reference and resource for assembly delegates as well as other participants.

Translations to follow.

21 August 2022
Publication
Cocer image of worship booklet with assembly theme

¡Celebremos El Amor De Cristo!

Canto y Oración

Celebrate Christ’s Love! Sing and Pray

Feiern Wir Die Liebe Christi! Singen und Beten

Célébrons L’amour Du Christ! Chante et Prie

¡Celebremos El Amor De Cristo! Canto y Oración

In four languages, a newly released publication developed by the assembly’s worship planning group, Celebrate Christ’s Love!, expands the opportunity to prepare spiritually for the assembly.

This publication contains some of the components of the final spiritual-life resource that will be used at the assembly. It invites assembly participants and the wider fellowship to celebrate the love of God that we find in Christ through prayer, song, and reflecting on Jesus’ preaching and healing as portrayed in the Gospels.

17 May 2022
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Pilgrims on the Path of Peace Cover

Peregrinos en el camino de la paz

El recorrido del CMI de Busan a Karlsruhe (sin ilustraciones)

For each assembly, the central committee submits an accountability report, describing and offering an assessment of the activities of the WCC between the assemblies; in this case, since the 10th Assembly, in Busan, Republic of Korea, in late 2013.

The report “Pilgrims on the Path of Peace – The Journey of the WCC from Busan to Karlsruhe,” is now available online for WCC member churches, ecumenical partners, and other global pilgrims. The WCC central committee received the report in February.

23 March 2022
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WEA and WCC representatives in the Ecumenical Centre Chapel

El CMI y la Alianza Evangélica Mundial refuerzan su colaboración

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y la Alianza Evangélica Mundial (AEM) se reunieron el 25 de agosto en Ginebra para examinar posibles áreas de cooperación en el futuro y debatir al respecto.



Las dos organizaciones hablaron de sus planes actuales y de las posibilidades de establecer una colaboración más estrecha en ciertas áreas temáticas, tales como la sensibilización y la consolidación de la paz, la emergencia climática y las cuestiones relativas a la condición de miembro. 

 

31 August 2021
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WEA and WCC representatives in the Ecumenical Centre Chapel

WCC, World Evangelical Alliance strengthen collaboration

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) met on 25 August in Geneva to explore and discuss possible areas of future cooperation.

The two organizations shared current plans and discussed possibilities for closer collaboration on thematic areas such as advocacy and peace building, the climate emergency, and membership matters. 

 

30 August 2021
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Nigerian Christian and Muslim women standing together arm in arm

Los cristianos son las principales víctimas de los ataques de bandidos en el estado nigeriano de Kaduna

En el estado de Kaduna, ubicado en el noroeste de Nigeria, los cristianos son las principales víctimas de la inseguridad y la violencia a raíz de los ataques perpetrados por bandidos que asaltan viviendas, pueblos e iglesias, matando a cristianos y secuestrando a otros para pedir rescate.

La persecución religiosa, las ambiciones territoriales y la limpieza étnica ocupan un lugar central en la violencia intercomunitaria de una región donde las comunidades se han establecido en función de su pertenencia religiosa, según explica el Rev. John Joseph Hayab, director de la Fundación Paz Global para Nigeria.

 

19 August 2021
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Nigerian Christian and Muslim women standing together arm in arm

Christians, pastors and churches bear brunt of bandit attacks in Nigeria’s Kaduna State

In Nigeria’s northwest state of Kaduna, Christians are bearing the brunt of insecurity and violence, as bandits attack homes, villages and churches, killing Christians and kidnapping others for ransom.

At the centre of the communal violence is religious persecution, territorial ambition and ethnic cleansing in the region where communities have settled along religious lines, according to Rev. John Joseph Hayab, the country director for the Global Peace Foundation, Nigeria.

 

18 August 2021
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Luke’s Winter Count displayed at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church with a par flesh Gospel Book on the Altar.

Mientras continúa la Peregrinación de Justicia y Paz, “oren por tener la paciencia, la sabiduría y el entendimiento”

El grupo de referencia y el grupo de estudio teológico de la Peregrinación de Justicia y Paz del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), que se reunieron a mediados de junio, aportaron reflexiones, oraciones y conocimientos que pavimentarán el camino hacia la 11a Asamblea del CMI en Karlsruhe, 2022.



Jim Winkler, presidente y secretario general del Consejo Nacional de Iglesias (EE. UU.), y el pastor Peter Noteboom, secretario general del Consejo Canadiense de Iglesias compartieron reflexiones acerca de su reciente reunión. 

25 June 2021
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The Light of Peace

Churches in Solidarity with the Korean Peninsula

The publication aims to provide WCC member churches with resources for recognizing 70 years of unresolved conflict on the Korean Peninsula during 2020. 

The second publication in the series, the content is drawn from a variety of contributors, each with their own experience of, or expertise in, the Korean journey.

Emphasizing the importance of the spiritual response, every chapter again starts with a spiritual reflection, followed by a text, and ends with a prayer.

The publication will serve as an educational, spiritual, and formation resource and encourage churches and individuals to pray for peace, reunification, and an end to the war and division on the Korean Peninsula. It could be used in Bible study or for Korea interest- and other groups.

25 October 2020
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Decididas las nuevas fechas de la 11ª Asamblea del CMI en 2022 como “una oportunidad para profundizar la unidad visible”

El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha aprobado las nuevas fechas para la celebración de la 11ª Asamblea del CMI, que ahora tendrá lugar en Karlsruhe (Alemania) del 31 de agosto al 8 de septiembre de 2022. El acontecimiento, previsto inicialmente para 2021, fue aplazado un año por la gravedad de la pandemia de la COVID-19 y las incertidumbres relacionadas con ella.

27 July 2020
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Love heals: it never hurts

Love heals: it never hurts

Let us talk about Abuse and Love. Growing up as a child, I saw my mother being physically, emotionally, mentally abused by my father. She was beaten, violated, abused – but not once did she ever mention this to anyone. One day, I asked my mother why she had to take all the pain, the violence and abuse she was going through in the hands of my father all to herself. Guess what… She said, my daughter listen, “your father hits me, he beats me, he hurts me because he loves me.”

12 February 2019