Address of Rev. Dr Dagmar Pruin, president of Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World) and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Address of Rev. Dr Dagmar Pruin, president of Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World) and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany.
En Allemagne, au son des cloches de Karlsruhe qui tintaient dans toute la ville, des milliers de chrétiennes et de chrétiens se sont rassemblés ce mercredi 31 août dans la tente de prière, au cœur de la 11e Assemblée du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE). Des personnes représentant chacune des huit régions géographiques dans lesquelles le COE est actif ont fait part des dons et des préoccupations propres à leurs environnements culturels et historiques. La congrégation internationale a rendu grâce à Dieu et fait part de ses vœux pour les neuf prochains jours de l’Assemblée: «Nous partageons l’espérance de nous rencontrer dans l’étreinte chaleureuse de l’amour du Christ, qui nous mène à la réconciliation et à l’unité».
As the bells of Karlsruhe, Germany rang out across the city, thousands of Christians gathered on Wednesday, 31 August in the prayer tent at the heart of the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC). Representatives from each of the eight geographical regions in which the WCC is active brought gifts and concerns reflecting their own cultural and historical contexts. The international congregation prayed in thanksgiving to God, adding their expectation for the coming nine days of the Assembly, “We share the hope of meeting each other in the warm embrace of Christ’s love that moves us to reconciliation and unity.”
Karlsruhe, a city built over 300 hundred years ago without walls, open to friends and guests —at a time where other cities still hid behind their fortifications —welcomed people from all over the world to four pre-assemblies that are bringing forward powerful calls to the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC).
As the World Council of Churches (WCC) focuses on final preparations for the upcoming WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, WCC moderator Dr Agnes Abuom offered some personal reflections on her leadership role within the WCC, the importance of ecumenical work, the loss of ecumenical luminary Metropolitan Gennadios of Sasima, and the most vital part of her own Christian faith.
Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches
Peace is a Treasure for All: An Ecumenical Reflection on Peacebuilding in Situations of Conflict and Violence
Migrants and Refugees: Ecumenical Challenges and Opportunities
These Study Documents to the JWG 10th Report—Walking, Praying and Working Together, together with the report, encourage intensive ecumenical cooperation of all Christians and people of goodwill, with a particular emphasis on the contributions that can be made by the WCC and the RCC together.
Over 100 delegates and participants to the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly from African churches gathered virtually during an Africa region pre-assembly on 29-30 July to pray, share, discern, reflect and prepare for the assembly, which will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August-8 September.
In the world today, border is far from a neutral or natural notion. Depending on the context of interpretation, it evokes different thoughts and emotions. For some, it may recall an expensive wall of xenophobia. For others, it could mean a gateway to safety and refuge, or the relentless defense against hostile aggressors. As we ponder the theme “Christ’s love (re)moves borders,” we shall begin by asking: What are borders? At a time when world powers are trying to change borders by force, what does it mean for Christ’s love to (re)move borders? And, ultimately, how do we discern between ideological pacifism and true unity?
Lors de sa visite en Terre Sainte du 14 au 17 juillet, le secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le Père Prof. Ioan Sauca souhaitait faire savoir aux responsables des Églises que leurs points de vue seront entendus lors de la 11e Assemblée du COE à Karlsruhe en Allemagne.
As he visited the Holy Land from 14-17 July, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca wanted church leaders to know that their perspective will be heard at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany.
After being received by representatives of the churches managing the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on 15 July, President Joseph Biden was accompanied on a short tour to the site of the birth of Christ, where he was awaited by Patriarch Theophilos III, the Custos Father Patton, and the Armenian Orthodox Patriarch Norahan Manugian, all of whom took Biden on a tour and exchanged discussion with him in the presence of a number of Palestinian officials.
In a joint letter to President Joe Biden, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and ACT Alliance urged that he find ways in which the intended purposes of sanctions can be pursued without harm being inflicted on ordinary Syrians.
In a joint letter to President Joe Biden, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and ACT Alliance urged that he find ways in which the intended purposes of sanctions can be pursued without harm being inflicted on ordinary Syrians.
As protests grow across the world over the senseless loss of migrants’ lives, the World Council of Churches (WCC) reiterated its call for the right to life for migrants, particularly in the wake of the tragic loss of lives at the Morocco-Spain border as well as in Texas (USA).
Rev. Dr Hanns Lessing, from the Evangelical Church of Westphalia, is acting general secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches. He moderated a confessional meeting of reformed and united churches at the meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee. Below, he shares highlights from the meeting.
Organised by the Geneva Interfaith Forum during the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, the event addressed the importance of defending the rights of persons who are forced to move in the context of climate change.
On 20 May 2022, a group of us, 14 pilgrims from different parts of the world (Kenya, Brussels, Germany, Hong Kong, Philippines, Poland, Rome, Korea, Canada, Fiji, Australia, London, Scotland, and Geneva—a very diverse group) gathered in Palermo, Italy for a Pilgrim Team Visit on the theme of migration.
Erklärung zur Notwendigkeit einer wirksamen Reaktion auf den Klimanotstand Der Zentralausschuss des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen tagt vom 15. bis 18. Juni 2022.