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"Light of Peace" book now available in Korean

The National Council of Churches in Korea has published a Korean translation of The Light of Peace: Churches in Solidarity with the Korean Peninsula, a book the World Council of Churches (WCC) fellowship is using to recognize 70 years of unresolved conflict on the Korean Peninsula.

06 January 2021

Liturgical text

Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 23 December 2020

O God, grant us a humble heart...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan.

23 December 2020

Liturgical text

Morning Prayer for Tuesday, 22 December 2020

Lord of life, God of love, here and now, I offer you my whole life...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan.

22 December 2020

Feature story

Rev. Shin Seung-min: “We want to create hope, not despair”

Rev. Shin Seung-min, programme executive of the National Council of Churches in Korea, firmly believes that Christians live by the power of prayer. As he looks back at one of the largest global prayer campaigns in which he’s ever been involved, he sees that the year 2020 brought forth the power of prayer in unprecedented ways, even amid a year that brought grave suffering to the world.

22 December 2020

Liturgical text

Give us wings of freedom like the birds in the sky, to begin a new journey.

Morning Prayer for Monday, 21 December 2020

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of

Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan.

22 December 2020

Interview

Bishop Hee-Soo Jung in prayer in United Methodist Church Global Mission Center

Bishop Hee-Soo Jung: “Prayer is a radical action”

Recently the World Council of Churches (WCC) published “The Light of Peace: Churches in Solidarity with the Korean Peninsula.” The article below is linked to the questions in Chapter 15 in the book, a chapter that highlights the road ahead for peace and reconciliation on the peninsula. In this interview, Bishop Hee-Soo Jung, president of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, reflects and shares his deep wisdom, and emphasizes the importance of working for peace and justice.

11 December 2020

“Converting Discipleship: Dissidence and Metanoia” paper newly announced during webinar

A 24 November webinar unveiled and then unpacked many aspects of “Converting Discipleship: Dissidence and Metanoia,” a study paper produced by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission for World Mission and Evangelism.

26 November 2020

Statement: public statement

Thursdays in Black Ambassadors: Joint Statement on 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence 24 November 2020

24 November 2020

Collage Joint Statement on 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence 2020

Thursdays in Black ambassadors: “The resolve to end gender-based violence must remain strong"

Thursdays in Black ambassadors have created a joint message, unifying their voices in support of “16 Days against Gender-Based Violence.”

24 November 2020

Event

Webinar-“Converting Discipleship: Dissidence and Metanoia” study paper

24 November 2020

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission for World Mission and Evangelism is presenting the study, “Converting Discipleship: Dissidence and Metanoia”, during a webinar on 24 November at 15:00 CET.

https://www.oikoumene.org/live

Webinar will explore many facets of “Converting Discipleship: Dissidence and Metanoia” study paper

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission for World Mission and Evangelism is presenting a study, “Converting Discipleship: Dissidence and Metanoia,” during a webinar on 24 November at 15:00 CET.

17 November 2020

Publication

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

Publication

The Light of Peace (booklet)

The Churches and the Korean Peninsula

This booklet is the first iteration of a multiphase publication project highlighting the ongoing participation of the ecumenical movement toward peace on the Korean Peninsula.
In addition to this introductory booklet, a more comprehensive book “The Light of Peace – The Churches and the Korean Peninsula” will be published by the WCC in September as well as a later multimedia publication.

19 October 2020

His Beatitude Most Rev Dr Joseph Mar Thoma

WCC mourns passing of Metropolitan Joseph Mar Thoma

It is with great sadness that the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its global fellowship received the news of the passing away of His Grace The Most Rev. Dr Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan, the Supreme Spiritual Head of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, on 18 October.

19 October 2020

Feature story

World Mental Health Day 2020 testimony Youtube preview image

On World Mental Health Day, “expect your colorful life”

In honor of World Mental Health Day, observed on 10 October, Hanbeet Rhee, a member of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Korea and a member of the World Council of Churches ECHOS Commission on Youth, shared her personal encouragement and testimony about the importance of caring for one’s mental health

12 October 2020

On World Mental Health Day, “expect your colorful life”

12 October 2020

Thursdays in Black ambassadors map positive future

As the global ambassadors for Thursdays in Black gathered online, they looked ahead at what they can accomplish together, as well as ways to deepen their commitment even more to ending gender-based violence.

06 October 2020

Join young people across the world to pray for peace on the Korean Peninsula

Young people from across the world have gathered virtually to pray for peace on the Korean Peninsula, and are inviting people to join them by viewing a video highlighting their prayers.

05 October 2020

Study document

Rev. James Bhagwan, an ordained minister of the Methodist Church in Fiji

Solwara: Saltiness and the Liquid Continent – An introduction to the Seven Weeks of Water from the perspective of Oceania

The first reflection of the seven weeks for water 2020 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is by Rev. James Bhagwan, an ordained minister of the Methodist Church in Fiji. Rev. Bhagwan holds a Bachelor of Divinity (with Honours) in Ecumenical Studies from the Pacific Theological College in Suva, Fiji and a Masters of Theology in Christian Social Ethics from the Methodist Theological University in Seoul, South Korea. He currently serves as the General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches.

29 September 2020